Adjusting to strange local rules

[paulish]

Hi, I'm currently working on Malta, and at the local casino they only offer a funny structured Fixed-Limit game:

SB: $6
BB: $12

A) The cap on each street is 3 bets, instead of the usual 4 bets.

B) The beting is fixed to $12 on each street; and does not double on the Turn & Rver as usual.

c) The local players are very loose pre-flop, and will usually hang in there if they hit anything.


Ok, guys, plz help me out here, how do you adjust to this structure, and how do you extraxt the most value.

Regards, Paul

[talentdeficit]

three bet more, as you don't have to worry about facing a raise.

peel less draws on the flop, as your implied odds are worse.

value bet more, since the opponents are looser.

[paulish]

thx for taking the time mate!

-” three bet more, as you don't have to worry about facing a raise ”
I’m not sure exactly what you mean by this.

” peel less draws on the flop, as your implied odds are worse ”
- the thing is that the avg. amount of players seeing the flop is about 6-7. Often, 3-4 players will hang around to see the river. So I think I might have implied odds, and if you see the turn, you’ll always have odds to draw too the gut-shot..right?

-In 3 nights I have NEVER seen a pot og down pre-flop. And I have only seen about max 12pots total in this time go down without a showdown on the river.
-There is also very little pre-flop raising in this game.

What I’ve figured out is that value-betting is important, and I also think that pairs should only be played for set-value. Aces NEVER hold up. I play any No-gap connector and any One-gap, and any suited hand that is at worst a 2-gap…. And I play these hands from any position. AK is not that good in these games.

My problem is often negative-implied odds, I think I’m the best hand on the flop, but when half the table sees one more card, and then I’m often behind here anyway.

I hope this rambling makes sense, please throw any pointers folks.



Regards, Paul
Only in Malta

[chesspain]

This sounds like a great game, assuming the rake is reasonable.

[paulish]

The game is great, in the sende that I have never seen so many bad players (loose-passive) around that one table they've got. The thing is, that the pot is so big on the turn, that they are not doing any big mistakes when they are calling me here.
I'm just wondering what the best strategy and tactics are to extract the most value. Where can I punish them the most?

regards, Paul

[dhaimon]

i'd play very tight and very aggressive when I hit. don't go drawing with overcards etc.

[Evan]

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I also think that pairs should only be played for set-value. Aces NEVER hold up. I play any No-gap connector and any One-gap, and any suited hand that is at worst a 2-gap…. And I play these hands from any position. AK is not that good in these games.

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This is about the worst possible strategy other than not looking at your cards.

[paulish]

lol, guess your right. I'm not saying I'm not playing AK or high pockets, but at showdown at the end with 3 players still in the pot, it's very seldom you see a lone pair win.

I'm usualy he only one to re-raise pre-flop in that game. When you limp utg in these games, nobody will re-raise you, not becouse they think you might have something, they don't even think about what youmight hold. So with the decreased chance of getting raised, you should be ok to see a couple of pots out of position.

Let me give you an example of a hand from his place

7 of them limp (I'm out), the flop is 773rainbow, the SB bets, 4 of them call!!!, the turn is a T, the SB bets again, one fold, and the other 3 calls. The river is an Ace, the SB bets again, everybody folds except for one guy, he calls. The SB shows a 7-something, while the other guy shows A-8 and mucks. How sick is that!

[Roger Mainfield]

Hehe i'm going to malta in a couple weeks and was hopeing to play some poker, do they have any no-limit there?

[paulish]

srry mate, only the structure I described above... and only one table.

They are planning to open up a NL-table, but sh#t takes time here. Maybe in a couple of years.

For the "Open Poker" as they called it here, they start playing at 9-10pm. You have to sign up on list. Remember to bring your passport.

Ok, I've gotta go, hitting that same table once more...

paul