Strategy for Crushing the No Limit Texas Holdem "Online Penny Poker" Games

ABlufferIsMe: I'm not coaching you, just saying that particular call was mathematically wrong.. SuitedPairAA: you could go ALL IN with 27 os and hit and it would be called a perfectly good play by you franksteroo: he won't admit to it but the even more stupid mistake was me calling but I overstimated his play based on his calling, this is typical of how you get beat by bad players on the river, had it been a bad player, I would have layed it down afox: implied odds (eventual odds) made it right ABlufferIsMe:: you needed him to call a bet 12.5x the turn bet in order to break even. those are bad implied odds. franksteroo: well afox, no direspect but that's what we're telling you, it didn't make it right afox: it was CHEAP and after I caught he paid me BIG compared to the pot franksteroo: you didn't have the odds SuitedPairAA: no matter what he does he wont be wrong...you cant tell him ****...wasting your time ABlufferIsMe: you didn't get him to call a bet 12.5x the turn bet. therefore, that was a bad call mathematically. ABlufferIsMe:: I'm gonna stop arguing now. franksteroo: there is no question of cheap or not if you are talking of odds, stick to odds afox: you are talking POT odd I am talking EVENTUAL (implied) odds of what you will call if I hit afox: I was right and you paid me ABlufferIsMe: afox.. did you read my explanation? you did not have implied odds. franksteroo: well you have to compare the two to make your decision you can't go calling anything based on 8% eventual odd ABlufferIsMe: it wasn't 8%. it was 4%. afox: him and his buddy Suited both lost bonehead calls to me franksteroo: after the flop, 8%? ABlufferIsMe: oh, right. ABlufferIsMe: thought you were talking about after the turn. ABlufferIsMe: but he had the two pair draw on the flop. so he was ~16% then. ABlufferIsMe: turn paired the board, so he was only drawing to a boat. franksteroo: after the flop I made the 50% pot bet to see where I stood so he called rudra: I don't care about the odds, it's just wrong to call with 74 Dealer: Game #3673288354: franksteroo wins pot ($0.08) afox: do you think I play that way when I play 2/4 and 3/6? ABlufferIsMe: does my logic not make sense? you were 25-1 to hit, getting 2-1 odds, so you had to get him to call 12.5x the turn bet to break even by implied odds. therefore, it was a -EV call. afox: wrong afox: I had to get him to call the RIVER if I hit franksteroo: calling anything with 7-4 is wrong to me, but that's just me ABlufferIsMe: I analyzed your turn call in relation to your river play. ABlufferIsMe: 12.5x15=1.87 ABlufferIsMe: you won 1.50 on the river. afox: my river play made all rounds before correct ABlufferIsMe: you didn't cover the 12.5-1 odds. so it didn't make the previous plays correct. rudra: Since when does a good river play make up for idiot play every other round? ABlufferIsMe: afox. true or false. your river winnings did not cover your implied odds. ABlufferIsMe:: how is 4% to hit better than a random hand? I'm confused. afox:: did you see how those 2 were playing with top pair and over pairs? ABlufferIsMe: no. that was one of the first hands I saw. afox: trust me...suited had a stack by betting preflop and betting bigger on the continuation

As you can see by the above chat (at a ".01/.02" table), many of the players think way beyond "simple play". These kinds of debates are actually quite common, even at the micro-stakes. What I have come to realize is that most of the players who play for money have above average intelligence. That said, they also have many misconceptions about what is correct and incorrect (and thus play badly), but as you can see they certainly put some thought into it.

Your Goals

To reduce variance by multi-tabling and playing VERY tight

To always look to play from superior position, unless you are looking to "flop a set" (in which case you will be looking to get all your opponent's money in the pot when you hit your set)

Position

A key part of my strategy requires that you pay attention to your position at all times when deciding whether to enter the pot. That is, before you decide you will even PLAY THE HAND, you will check your position. Since you will be multi-tabling, this is one of the "first" things you look for when your turn "pops up" at a table. Where are you? Are you early, middle, or late? Since you will be ultimately playing multiple games, you may be making a decision pre-flop, post-flop, post-turn, or after the river.

Some of the hands I allow you to play require that you be "ON THE BUTTON" (that is LAST to ACT). Other hands may allow you to play "one off the button" (known as the cut-off position). Most of the hands you fold will be folded because they are considered "marginal" and you will be "out of position" meaning your TURN is "early in the betting process". What we are trying to avoid is calling a small bet and then having to FOLD.

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