Strategies for Beating Small Stakes Poker Cash Games by Jonathan Little

Author:Jonathan Little [Little, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jonathan Little
Published: 2015-10-19T07:00:00+00:00

Your strategy when facing one limper depends primarily on the limper’s probable range, the limper’s position, your position, your image, and your hand. Your position is important because if you are in early position, you have to worry about everyone else at the table waking up with a strong hand whereas if you are in late position, you only have to worry about the few remaining players. Your image is important because if your opponents expect you to raise their limps frequently with a wide range, they will adjust and fight back. If they expect you to play in a blatantly straightforward manner, raising when you have premium hands and calling with everything else, you should actively look for spots where you can steal their limps.

For example, if you have a tight, straightforward image, when a weak player limps at $1/$2 from middle position and the action folds to you, regardless of your position, you should strongly consider raising to an amount you expect your opponent will frequently fold to with hands that flop poorly, such as A-4, K-6, and Q-4. If you think your opponent will always call a raise to $8 but will usually fold to a raise to $12, make it $12. If you happen to have a premium hand and want action, then you should simply raise to $8. Obviously if your opponents figure out this strategy, you should adjust to a more balanced strategy of raising to the same amount with all of the hands you plan to play (probably to $12 because you will have more stealing opportunities than premium hands). If instead of a tight image, you have a maniacal image or your opponents will not allow you to easily push them around, you should never bluff and instead raise almost entirely for value.

It is vitally important that you be aware of your image at the table and then make plays designed to take advantage of your image. If your opponents expect you to raise with a wide range, tighten up. If they expect you to be overly tight, steal whenever you have the opportunity. Realize that your opponents only know what they see. If you have raised or reraised four times in the last orbit but have yet to show down a hand, your opponents will think you are crazy even if you have had premium hands every time. If you think that your opponents think you are tight, whereas in reality, they think you are crazy, you will make significant errors. That being said, in small stakes games, some players aren’t aware of image concerns at all. Don’t overthink yourself. While your image is a huge concern, the rest of this section will assume you have a relatively generic image of being reasonably in line most of the time.

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