Ring games

[larrdawg69]

I've definitly found that you are playing against a better calibor of players. People seem to play alot different when it's cold hard cash. Your more likely to throw away those so so cards and play a better hand somtimes.

[Wakou222]

Just plain WRONG Llardawg! Those "So-So" hands are your goldmine in ring games, calculate your pot odds, and if they are +ev, chase those gutshots! In a ring game, it is not all-in and you're out.... it is All-in and top up, and top-up again.... reel in them fishies....

[JuniorMontana01]

My opinion is in contrast with yours,larrdawg69.
At real money cash tables people play less tighter than in tourneys. Many players play tight if they play for cash. I think they shouldn't. You have to know when to play tight, agressive, loose, etc. Everything depends on your opponent(s). If they play tight you should play loose. At Poker.com, at small stakes players are less likely to call a bet with A5 off suit.(i mean a bigger bet)
But *A10 off suit from the last position is good for them. Why?
1. They don't really know position play
2. They don't really cares about the previous hands
3. They don't really recognise their opponents' moves
4. They are optimists.(lol)
5.[not every player can be characterised by these features,there are many "high stakes" player play at micro-staked tables]


*I don't say that if you have A10 off suit you can't win. Everything can happen. But if the flop doesn't show anything for you, you won't call you opponent's (big) bet. But it's your choice what to do.

[larrdawg69]

Thanks for your insight, your advice will come in handy. I'll try to remember those situation's when I come across them. I try to think I'm becoming a better player. There are lots of things to keep in mind.

[arjonius]

In low-level ring games, you can win regularly by playing only solid hands - ABC TAG poker. That's because a lot of the players just look at their cards, and will play with you without considering that you've folded almost every hand for the past hour. However, you can win more money overall by playing more hands. The cost is increased variance. Your percentage of winning sessions will probably be somewhat lower, but your overall win rate will go up anyway.

[bizwzubi]

In my own humble opinion, it's not about the difference in games that changes the players, it's about the difference in players that changes the game.

On a ring game, it's about the players bankroll comfort. Are they willing to top-up constantly, chasing after one big pot while calling away hand after hand, or are they conservative and tight and willing to just grind a few mediochre pots out of a table with a solid image and style?

Some ring games draw certain types of players like moths to a flame, my truism to this effect, the lower or higher the level you go, the more apt you are to find a table full of players who don't care about their bankroll. In low limits, it isn't enough cash involved for a player to care about it, at the high stakes, these players have enough money not to care about it in general. Hence, be ready for some crazy action on some crazy hands.

And lastly, when you find a "good" table with "good" players, you better open up your reportoire. these are gonna be the gear changers, trap mixers, by the book within the book players, that know, sometimes a 7-2 can look like AA, yet sometimes an AA is just a 7-2 in formal wear.

i never really played to many ring games. i started my bankroll with sng's but i am considering to play cash games. my only problem was lots of very loose players who dont care because they can buy right back in so i thought the quality of poker was worst. i dont know am i right?

[germanfalcon]

In ring games a well timed aggressivness and loosiness is the key to make money. If u play an tight aggressive style ur way to easy to target an outplayed.
If players mark u as loose its much easier to get the big payday.

[arjonius]

Originally Posted by sin2win

i never really played to many ring games. i started my bankroll with sng's but i am considering to play cash games. my only problem was lots of very loose players who dont care because they can buy right back in so i thought the quality of poker was worst. i dont know am i right?

Having poor quality of poker at your ring tables is a good thing. It may seem self-evident to read, but in play, it's easy to forget that most of your winnings come from players who aren't as good as you are. So you want those players at your tables, and can profit by choosing your tables accordingly.

In terms of these poor players being loose, that's comes into play when you consider your tolerance for variance. The more loose players at your table (still assuming you're better than they are), the higher your EV, but also the greater your variance. So if you can stand larger swings in return for more profit over the long run, then very loose tables are fine; indeed, you should look for them.

[JuniorMontana01]

Chris Ferguson stands up from a table:
If at any time during a No-Limit or Pot-Limit cash-game session the money on the table represents more than 10 percent of his total bankroll, he must leave the game when the blinds reach him.