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King Spew-

Interesting post. You're almost advocating a loose passive strategy ....

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Thanks quark. First off, I would like to say that on this new Micro forum we are caught in a conundrum.... we need to understand that we are talking to beginners as well as seasoned veterans that for whatever reason, haven't made a permanent move to the $50 tables and beyond. There is a beginners section on this site, but I believe this section will get more beginner traffic as NL is the TV game and the beginner's section covers many different games really.

So my post was merely an attempt to show a different, yet successful way to play preflop. As you noted in your post (and I discovered in my DB also) Loose passives can win on the Micro tables.
Not all do though. As 4-2-it and others have suggested, postflop is where it's at, baby. Being loose-pass PF allows you to learn a post-flop game that you can take to the higher tables. When you move up, you will have to raise 8 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]7 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] PF; you will now have a fairly good idea how to handle that hand postflop under a variety of flops.

Quark, you touched on something I think is very valuable about this strat..... hand reading. I know my reading skills have improved since I stopped blasting every PF bet.

Lastly, it's kinda fun [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I get to play more hands. WHHhhheeeeeeeeeeeee! When I was practicing a TAG game earlier this year, I almost never hand a hand when the flop was J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] against three opps. Now, I'm Da Playah that everybody fears has the 5 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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Funny this particular topic came up because it is something I have been mulling over and was considering a post on. I recently had to drop to the 25NL tables due to real life circumstances. And I have been playing pretty loose. Because I played as high as 1/2 when my bankroll was still intact, I almost feel like the 25NL tables are free money. Here is the key: Dont play the speculative hands OOP.
In the CO and Button Im making a lot of loose calls. I dont do this with utter trash of course. I still play very aggressively too but I tend to limp a bit more at the 25 tables because CBs are slightly less effective (depending on the table of course).

I remember when I first started playing way back when thinking to myself that it was near impossible to put people on hands. Now I find it trivial at these limts. Why? Because by and large these guys are so passive and play all their like hands in like fashions that you figure them out quick. I had a guy last night that would minraise the river as a bluff. Never saw him do it with a hand worth raising the river with.

Im with King Spew here. Play as many hands as you can at these limits. Do it when you have position, tighten up in the early positions. Stay aggressive though, dont be afraid to put people to the test. They will fold more than you think and if you are up against "that guy", then just value bet him death.