My Guide to Beating the $20/180s....

[StrayBullet]

Thank You for the post, nicely constructed.

Had a VERY interesting match last nite where I came in 2nd to a fellow 2+2'r.

We were down to 18 by then end of level 8, hour 2...I was AMAZED, we were done 1st hand into 4k/8k.

At any rate, I plan on posting some questionable hands from last nite, thanks again!

[91106guy]

I'll agree with internetjunky. I think the competition in the 20/180s is soft enough to take chances, at least until I'm down to 1200 chips or so, to get in pots cheap with the hands that, as Sklansky puts it, are good at extracting chips from opponents in deepstack NL poker (pocket pairs, A-sooted, suited connectors, etc). If it doesn't work, you still have enough chips to wait for good hands.

Great guide overall, thanks to the OP.

[Toddy]

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I'll agree with internetjunky. I think the competition in the 20/180s is soft enough to take chances, at least until I'm down to 1200 chips or so, to get in pots cheap with the hands that, as Sklansky puts it, are good at extracting chips from opponents in deepstack NL poker (pocket pairs, A-sooted, suited connectors, etc). If it doesn't work, you still have enough chips to wait for good hands.

Great guide overall, thanks to the OP.

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Ya even though I wrote it the way I did I do sometimes take chances at the early double up or try to play more suited connectors. I play this way sometimes to mix it up.

[ImWeakTight@UCLA]

sounds like there are no fish in this just 2p2ers now, and after this post yesh.

[Wetdog]

Very nice. I had this up while I finished 6th in a $4/180 tonight. Went out with a push SS 88<AA. Oh well, no ballz no bux.

[Toddy]

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Very nice. I had this up while I finished 6th in a $4/180 tonight. Went out with a push SS 88<AA. Oh well, no ballz no bux.

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Good job

[JCool]

The quality of play in the 20/180s is getting better. When they first started a year ago it was like taking candy from a baby. I'm not saying their isn't still money to be made, but oh how I long for the days when donks with second pair called off all their chips at the 10/20 blind level.

[Comrade Tom]

Great post, most of it is also applicable to thr 4/180s which I play.

The main thing I've taken from it is to really ramp up the agression at the bubble approaches. I've played a couple since reading this and finished 3rd and 18th (18th place finish was due to losing a race right on the bubble - my TT vs AK). Both times I went from ~4000 to over 10,000 when the play went down to three tables.

So yeah thanks, I know two games is hardly a great sample size, but I feel my game was much better in the last two tournies than in any of the previous ones I'd played.

[BadAndy]

Awesome post- very helpful. This is pretty much what I go by now ... just nothing you can do about the donks in these things.

[Toddy]

Ya the variance is ridiculous..