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Key points:
1. Be aggressive - but make sure you understand the term. Aggression used properly involves making big enough bets to force out drawing hands and define your opponent's hands. It does NOT mean overbetting or trying to bully people out of pots when you don't have any justification for doing so, and it does NOT mean bluffing (except in specific pre-definied situations, most of which don't exist at microstakes).
2. Fold if you are getting strong resistance and your hand is marginal or weak. This includes top pair weak kicker (AJ on an Axx flop, for example). If you are playing a good aggressive game you should always be getting useful info on the strength of your opponent's hand - if you play passively, always checking or calling, you will not know where you stand.
3. Don't even think about playing more than 20% of hands (at 10-handed ring). This means all pocket pairs, AJ-AK, KQ, KJ, Axs in late position, suited connectors in late position. Fold everything else. Don't make loose calls from the blinds just because you've already got money invested - only play premium hand from the blinds as they're the worst position on the table. Don't EVER play unsuited aces A9 or less (when you have a bit more experience you might be able to add these, with raises, in late position, but not as a beginner and not at the micr tables).
4. If you have a strong broadway hand like AK, KQ, always raise pre-flop - the idea is to be heads up against one player (2 absolute maximum) on the flop. More than two and you're likely to be beaten by a drawing hand and you may throw away a lot of money if you hit TPTK and they hit a hidden straight.
5. Drawing hands (low to mid pocket pairs, suited connectors, Axs) play well at low limits because people call too much and don't bet enough. But position is very important with drawing hands - you can mostly fold them unless you're cut-off or button. Be aware of the odds you need to make calls with these hands, and make sure you can spot when your outs are dirty (if you have a straight draw and there's a flush draw on the board, the outs you have of the flush's suit may give someone a flush even if you make your straight. Similarly, paired boards make full houses possible, so be careful of them).
6. Don't slowplay unless you have the (post-flop) nuts. Even with AA you want isolation pre-flop and to shut out drawing hands post-flop. The minimum criteria you want for slowplaying is a made set with no obvious draws on a rainbow flop. Don't EVER slowplay two pair or a pair.
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Originally Posted by ray
