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Old 02-19-2010, 10:40 PM     Post subject: Adjusting from tournament strategy to ring games? #1 (permalink)  
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 Hi I'm new. I've been playing the cheap MTT and Sit n Goes on Pokerstars for a little over a year and I've gotten pretty decent at it...

Anyway, I've never gotten into cash games. Part of the reason I liked the tournaments was you pay a little and get a whole stack to play around with. Plus it was more fun IMO. They can take a lot of time so I was kind of hoping to learn how to play ring games. I have a good understanding of position, chip utility, and all that as far as tournaments go. What's the best way to go about adjusting for ring games?

Any good books on the subject as well? I'm still working on my tournament game but in between I think it would be beneficial to learn ring games well too...
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Old 02-20-2010, 07:59 AM #2 (permalink)  
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 In a ring game, if you have 51% equity against your opponent's range, you try to put all your chips in the middle and you hope that your opponent calls because that makes you money in the long run.

In a tournament, if you have 51% equity against your opponent's range, you try not to put all your chips in the middle and you hope that your opponent folds because you don't want 49% chance of loosing a big chunk of your stack.

Books, in this order: No limit hold'em theory and practice, Professional No Limit and Spoon always recommends Small Stakes Hold'em but I have not read that one
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