There's a LOT to be said about this as well as Spoon's advice.Originally Posted by Mezza Morta
Hammer, meet nail. But seriously, I don't know why so many people have trouble with micro-stakes games. It's imperative to play as tight as a Jewish banker, unless you want high variance, which I assume most players at these levels can't handle.
Any decent poker player should be CRUSHING the micro-stakes. The main reasons why people aren't is that they (a) play too many hands, and therefore don't know how to play them post-flop; and (b) they don't open-raise nearly enough, hence too much limping or min-raising.
Play super-tight pre-flop. When you get a hand - raise, raise, raise. If you can't raise, fold (unless implied odds warrants a call). If you're ahead on the flop, BET, don't slow-play. If you missed the flop, C-BET if the situation calls for it. Don't be the passive player at the table - be the aggressor!
Nothin' but ABC poker here...
And everything in the OP I wholeheartedly agree with.
Good stuff guys.
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