How to play No-Limit 5-5 in a real casino

TheStandman · #1 06-03-2006, 10:13 AM

Hello,

I have played limit for a long time, and recently I started playing No-Limit. Online I am doing pretty good and win at the highest levels with No-Limit.

Online I know how much to bet and I play semi-loose agressive. I raise a lot, very agressive and know when to fold.

When a person goes all-in this person probably hit 2 pair or trips or the straight or the full house. Persons don't bluff a lot when going all-in.

I played in real life, and in this casino there was a lot of bluffing going on and limping was not possible. Almost every pot was raised. The buy-in was 250-500 and blind structure was 5-5. It was clear to me that limping was not possible and I had to bet with good cards.

I started with 500 and I bet with AJo, and immediately when I did that a person raised me big time, from 40 till 150. I folded that hand. Then I waited and got TT, I bet 40, got called, and the flop came AK5 and I was the first to choose. The pot was 130, 3 persons in so I bet 40, and a person made it 160 and i had to fold my TT.

It kept going on that way and i knew some people knew I folded every hand and therefore they kept raising me when I was in a pot.

Then I started to play tighter, and got 77, flop 2 6 7 and I limped. Turn J, I bet 40 and they all folded.

But when I bet, usually everyone folded because i played that tight. How should I adjust to this short-stacked play in a real casino?

People bluff a lot to eachother but not to me if I play that tight. People go all-in with top pair to get a bigger stack. It almost seems normal to go all-in very quickly to double up and then the real game starts. So persons who just start try to double up and then start with their real tactics into dominating that table. If you start with 500 you are really shortstacked and they use that to push you out of every hand. How to adjust?

Regards,
Vincent

luckychewy · #2 06-03-2006, 11:37 AM

Play it super TAG and more like a re-buy tournament than a cash game, since you essentially have a very shallow stack the way the game plays.

jrockhaf · #3 06-03-2006, 12:18 PM

Then I waited and got TT, I bet 40, got called, and the flop came AK5 and I was the first to choose. The pot was 130, 3 persons in so I bet 40, and a person made it 160 and i had to fold my TT.
I would make it $160 with anything here,if you bet $40 into this pot vs me.Seems like you were a little nervous and the locals were picking up on it to me.

TheStandman · #4 06-03-2006, 01:25 PM

That 40 was not smart and I knew that when I put the 40 in. When I did it I was almost sure to be reraised and that I had to fold, but I wanted to repeat this pattern when i DID have a strong hand like trips or AK and then it would result in an all-in situation in my advantage. 160 is an amount that makes it very reasonable for me to win if no-one hit but I wouldn't burn myself too-much if it didn't work.

TT is not very strong. TT have a 69% chance of facing overcards. So what would be the correct amount in a situation the rest has about 1000-1500 in chips and I start with 500 and get TT, just push it all-in? They are not afraid of 40 or 60 at all.