Hi All, I may go walkabouts for a few days again as I am on another trip to Auckland for work and will no doubt hit SkyCity for a few more live games. The games there look soft, but I struggle to win there for some reason. I've had a chance to think about a few things since last time, so here's hoping!
All tips welcome for wild, loose, 7-10 x BB preflop raises not uncommn type poker with 25BB BI and a 10% rake. Only +EV I've found is the free diet cokes.
5 years ago
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It's tricky to make any sort of profit at that rake level. What is the cap on rake? Is 25BB the minimum? Is the max 100BB?
There are two strategies I would suggest. One is to try to sit on the *right* of a maniac. Then play super tight, and limp-reraise with premium hands (AA, KK, AK, maybe QQ). The idea is to build a huge PF pot where you are a big favourite. This approach has the advantage of minimising the rake you pay (since you will be involved in few large pots rather than many small). It has the disadvantage of being boring as batshit :)
The second approach is to take normal position to the left of a maniac and to reraise to isolate with a solid range that is clearly ahead of the maniac's. Then you proceed to outplay them postflop :)
Bottom line is it's always going to be tough to beat a game with 10% rake.
Great minds think alike. The rake is capped at $10 (a lot). The game is pretty unbeatable unless the others are making mistakes. On a Monday night full of regulars, that's not the case.
Last night I took the batshit approach with only two biggish hands.
1) Maniac to left raised 5 limpers to $12 from BB, all folded to me on Button and I reraised AI for $61 (bought in short for $60 given strategy) with AJ given maniacs range. He had AT and Turned a T to win.
2) Raise to $10 UTG, re-raise to $30 MP, I re-raised AI for $90 and got called twice for $30 and $65. Phil Gordon was right - I had AA against KK and TT. Maniac to me left folded 99. AA held up nice pot.
Broke even after several hours, vs the rake that's a moral victory in my book. Still Level 2 according to Ray Zee.
Definitely a victory - and it could have been much better if your first hand had held up as a massive favourite.
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