Cash/Ring games

[texfast1]

Cash/Ring games are pretty straight forward depending on table size. Play ABC poker, positional play and expect about 1 hand per hour in a live session. Do not play it like a freeroll or sng or multi table tourny.
Patience and timed aggression. And as the the great "Mad" Mike Carro observed, "If a hand is good enough to call, it's good enough to raise.

 

[Woopsie]

Oh, that's a nice thought. I was too frustrated, coming from tournament freerolls, under impression that I should donk many hands.

 

[Bawse]

Oh, that's a nice thought. I was too frustrated, coming from tournament freerolls, under impression that I should donk many hands.

I usually always play like a donkey when I join freerolls, but I find whenever I switch from tourneys from cash games. If I play generally solid, and don't chase with weak hands. I usually do pretty well, there's a lot of bad players at micro stakes.

 

[Scorpion Girl]

That's solid advice, especially that Mike Caro quote about raising versus calling - really makes you think about why you're in the hand. Playing patient and waiting for good spots is way smarter than getting involved in marginal situations.

 

[texfast1]

Patience and timed aggression.

 

[Kins G]

Instead of calling too much in cash games, I would rather make it a raise and be in charge of the pot, and that is actually dependant on if I feel very convinced that my hand is strong enough to continue. I have learned by experience that calling too much in cash games is where players burn money.