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Old 10-23-2007, 11:00 AM
Sherman Sherman is offline
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Default Re: Low-stakes rebuys: Playing the middle period well.

FWIW,

My method for not sucking with deepstacks is really straightfoward and borrowed from PNLHE:

"Out of position, out of the action."

Meaning play hands as the aggressor PF when you have position. Cards don't matter much when you are deep (they actually don't matter much when you are shallow either; mostly in the middle). That means come in for a raise in the CO or the Button if it is un-raised to you. And don't Cold-call too much PF. That is a big mistake I see deep-stack players make. They think they can outplay everyone and CC with everything on the button.

When you don't have position, play real tight. That means don't defend your BB without a very strong hand. Don't open-limp unless you have a good implied odds hand that doesn't mind getting raised.

Anyhow, it sounds like a pretty weak/tight strategy, but if you open up your game in position, you will actually look like a complete lagtard rather than weak/tight. Mostly however, by playing all your big pots in position, you will stay out of trouble and if you get lucky you will stack many donks.

Sherman
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