Quote Originally Posted by Anosmic
What other than AA do you play this way?

If it's not a number of hands you're just giving away information.

It's $2NL it's the easiest game with the least to lose, try playing some real ABC poker now while it'll cost less to iron out the problems.
well put.

sarbox,

where i admire you for focusing on fundamentals in a $2 game, i gotta tell you...no one else down there is respecting their money.

this puts YOU at a bit of a disadvantage, imo. if you are playing "correctly" by taking away odds, only betting 3/4 to psb on various streets, 3betting with strong hands pf, etc, then you are going to see a ton of bad beats. it comes with the territory of betting smaller than necessary for the stakes...you let all the crap in, and inevitably it will catch.

if you get AA or KK, i am not as worried about a "read" down there. i am not worried about odds, etc. i am trying to get it in ASAP.

its 2 friggin dollars! i dont mean that in a condescending tone, but for most people its barely real money...and plays that way.

play like you would for play money. when you flop a solid hand, try to get it in. when you complete your monster, push it. when you get JJ+, AQ+ pf, i would almost push those straight away in position. when you have the big stack at the table, USE IT. start to bully people off anything they arent willing to push. you have a draw to the nuts...push that short stack with a buck fifty in...right away.

obviously, this isnt "textbook" advice for other games. its play money strategy. teasing the odds and valuebetting isnt going to win you as much money as pushing powerhouses at this level...because you will get called here. at higher levels, people know where the fold button is.

you may think of it as "learning NL," but a lot of your opponents are thinking of it as, "i dropped $20 into this site...its friday night...i can screw up 10 times, and im only out a few drinks at the bar...F-it, you cant push me around, you bluffer, you. I CALL with my A-high, jerkwad!!"

save the "learning" for 10NL or 25NL where people respect their monies a bit more (you could argue 10NL is play money). and, just get up here as fast as you can.