Breakroom game with a different structure

[Dtroitkid]

I play in a NL game at work almost daily. $50 buy-in, $2 SB, $2BB. i've tried to get them to either raise the buy-in or lower the blinds. they simply won't budge. i was lucky to get the buy-in raised from $20!

A typical PF raise is $7 to $12. 5 to 8 players. i do well in this game, but was wondering what, if any adjustments should be made.

[Slap My Jack]

Might need to steal the blinds more often given such an expensive structure with shortstacks, think deep in a tourney. And you're probably never getting away from top pair top kicker or big overpairs. All-in on most flops is probably normal, depends on how many see the flop though.

[Off Duty]

If it's a breakroom game, it's probablly more than half the players. Into a raised pot. Every time.

[ThePortuguee]

Make some raises with speculative hands to blind steal with position, and basically just try to make hands and value bet/double up. OOP play very tight, and focus on entering pots with the strongest PF holdings. Thing about a game like that is if it goes on for a while the stacks will deepen pretty quickly, since raised pots will result in flop all-ins and calls. You want to stack one of your buddies and get up a decent stack, then you can play around.

Also you have to always be conscious of the stacks of your opponents, and the fact that implied odds are often less.

[roxtar]

All depending on how well you know the boss a change of time and location might be a good idea.

Where I come from gambling in the workplace is -ev

[kitaristi0]

Calling raises with small PPs and SCs become -EV since you don't have the required implied odds. Stick to big hands like TT+, AT+, KJ+ that can make a strong one pair hand.

[ThePortuguee]

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Calling raises with small PPs and SCs become -EV since you don't have the required implied odds. Stick to big hands like TT+, AT+, KJ+ that can make a strong one pair hand.

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One caveat to this, though, is that PPs and SCs can regain their EV edge if each flop has 4+ players for any reasonable amount of money.

[Miyogi]

Just be wise in your blind stealing attempts if the play is very loose and people are going to call all the time.