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Old 03-02-2007, 05:31 PM
EZgo EZgo is offline
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Default What are the most common, easily exploitable NL cash game mistakes?

Heading to LV in a couple of weeks, and plan to sit in as many soft $1/2 and $2/5 NL games that I can stay awake for! From my experience, these games are very beatable. But I'm just trying to gear up and get my thinking clear on what to look for. Here is my short list. I'd love to hear anyone's thoughts on how they look to exploit these mistakes, and any other favorites. Of course, this list could go on for pages, and the discussion would not have to ever end. But I thought it might lead to some lively discussions...

1) Too much cold calling raises preflop, especially with trouble hands like AJ, KQ or worse.
2) Overplaying TPTK (or even TP big kicker) in a big pot.
3) Advertising big hands by only raising preflop with a monster.
4) Not playing positionally.
5) Over using or under using the continuation bet. And also not defending against the continuation bet on the right flop.

What mistakes or patterns do you look for?
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Old 03-02-2007, 06:05 PM
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Default Re: What are the most common, easily exploitable NL cash game mistakes

6) Why did he just go all in against me...

he must be bluffing :>
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Old 03-03-2007, 10:13 AM
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Default Re: What are the most common, easily exploitable NL cash game mistakes

7) betting too small to properly protect against a draw when the pot is big already.
8) not folding when the pot is big, but they do not get the proper odds anymore.
9) playing way too obvious (never bluff, bet small with little, bet big with nuts, etc)
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Old 03-03-2007, 12:23 PM
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Default Re: What are the most common, easily exploitable NL cash game mistakes?

All of those plus:

Regularly making asinine big bluffs with air and no draw against players who have shown strength and aren't inclined to fold made hands.
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Old 03-03-2007, 04:07 PM
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Default Re: What are the most common, easily exploitable NL cash game mistakes


I find that the playing ability in these limits vary much more than a larger limit game or a tourney probably due to varying bankrolls. Its real important to identify the different calibre of the players at your table because of this. I also find that the players talk to much at these games and reveal too much about previous inexperience in such games.
As a final note, 1/2 and 2/5 are games more vulnerable to a large stack steam rolling the entire table because of the number of players not buying in for the max and I think thats where your value is in these games if you are a solid player.
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Old 03-03-2007, 04:54 PM
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Default Re: What are the most common, easily exploitable NL cash game mistakes

flop continuation bets
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Old 03-03-2007, 05:37 PM
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Default Re: What are the most common, easily exploitable NL cash game mistakes

that was an excellent question and i've learned from the question itself and the answers.
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Old 03-03-2007, 10:34 PM
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Default Re: What are the most common, easily exploitable NL cash game mistakes?

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All of those plus:

Regularly making asinine big bluffs with air and no draw against players who have shown strength and aren't inclined to fold made hands.

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Some players do this a couple of times and have the nuts the next time you call. It is a big risk if you do not bring enough buyins with you. These players know that if they need to bluff way too big sometimes they also need to value bet way too big. You'll need a very good read on these players before you start calling these big bluffs. Definately not easy to exploit imao.
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Old 03-04-2007, 12:11 AM
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Default Re: What are the most common, easily exploitable NL cash game mistakes

Not sure what number we're on but...

-Paying you off when they know they're beat. (So, value bet the river)
-Chasing without the odds to do so.
-Reraising too small
-Overplaying their transparent holdings (offering huge implied odds on their big pairs)
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Old 03-04-2007, 04:06 AM
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Default Re: What are the most common, easily exploitable NL cash game mistakes

against those soft live games, value betting hardcore is gonna pay off. not sure if cbetting would work much since there will probably be big multi-way pots against calling stations whenever you raise preflop.
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