Help please

[isuck]

Alright ill explain each person that i play with using names as well to help us all out.

Franklin-Conservitave, raises with 2 face cards/high pocket pairs, and bluffs after a streak of conservativeness.
Greg-Raises like a beast with a good hand, check-raises a lot, and bluffs when he feels he had a good hand and wants to protect it.
Brian(me)-Medium/Agressive. I bet pre flop quite a lot with any hand that i feel is worthy of a flop.
Tam-Very Conservative, Slow plays EVERYTHING, raises small when he has something, doesnt bluff.
Rob- Conservative, basically same as Franklin cept he mixes his bluffs up a little more.
Adam- Plays every hand....lol


Here's how our tourneys go:
Blinds start small (this is NL by the way) and there is minimal raising before the flop unless they have very nice hands, or unless im in the hand.

Now, how should i go about a strat for it. IM consistently a top contender but i lose my confidence when i get reraised when i feel i have a very nice hand. Like i have K J and J 7 7 comes out. He checks, i bet small, and he goes over the top. Its a hard fold......but in some cases i feel its worth it. Regardless, tell me how i should play with these people, whats the best strat?

[Krapp]

Just a guess from me: but it sounds like you need to play each person a bit differently and in the muti-way pots play TPTK or strong draws. Any strong playback should probably be folded.

Franklin-Conservitave, raises with 2 face cards/high pocket pairs, and bluffs after a streak of conservativeness.

Your probably win your money on early bets to make him fold. Hes conservative so he shouldnt be calling with marginal hands or draws. The bluffs will be a problem, but if he does this infrequently, shouldnt be no problem to fold them. Probably could play more marginal hands and earn the small early pots, you bet, he holds. Also, if he limps in instead of raising, thats a sign does doesnt have high cards so any bet from you on a missed flop (from him) should get him to fold. You can also challenge the preflop raises. I would assume he would call any re-raise.

Greg-Raises like a beast with a good hand, check-raises a lot, and bluffs when he feels he had a good hand and wants to protect it.

Looks like the most dangerous of the bunch. His big raises are are leak though and looks like he bluffs on the flop not preflop. In that case, I would challenge him on a preflop (say AA, KK) and maybe try some all-ins. If he limps in on the preflop or doesnt check-raise on the flop, he probably has weak cards.

Tam-Very Conservative, Slow plays EVERYTHING, raises small when he has something, doesnt bluff.

Easy money. Play the draws and kill him when it hits. Dont play the marginal hands. Play the strong TPTK hands. If you lose, youll only be down a few BB. Catching your pot odd draws should win the money. If he limps the preflop, I am guessing he would only bet or call the flop when he hits, hopefully folds everything else.

Adam- Plays every hand....lol

Same as Tam. Althought betting the flop with marginal hands wont work as well since he wont fold


Here's how our tourneys go:
Blinds start small (this is NL by the way) and there is minimal raising before the flop unless they have very nice hands, or unless im in the hand.

Now, how should i go about a strat for it. IM consistently a top contender but i lose my confidence when i get reraised when i feel i have a very nice hand. Like i have K J and J 7 7 comes out. He checks, i bet small, and he goes over the top. Its a hard fold......but in some cases i feel its worth it. Regardless, tell me how i should play with these people, whats the best strat?[/quote]

[isuck]

Thanks your the man ima play in about 30 min so ill try to follow it tell u how it goes. BTW What';s tptk?

[Xianti]

TPTK = Top Pair, Top Kicker

For example, on a flop of J-8-4, TPTK would be AJ in the hole.

[isuck]

Here is how it went Today:

Every hand i considered going into the flop with, i raised before the flop with. Most of the time it weeded out weak hands and narrowed it down.

Lemme just tell you, i am 0-5 when i put someone all in with a better hand. I had Ace QUeen, he had queen 10 and won with two pair. I had Pocket Kings and he got 4 of a kind, yes 4 of a kind of 8's. Basically, Greg, the agressive one got bad beats from me early and i was chip leader. Later he gained it back when i swore to myself to bet my two pair hard, and he slow played pocket aces 4 times, YES 4 times tonight. F ed me in the A but i managed to get the win when it was heads up.

So your strategy was flawless and worked quite well. I just have to be more confident in my hand and gamble a bit more.

[Krapp]

Glad that helped. Although I am not recommending that you raise preflop everytime. However in a short-handed game and 2-ppl conservative, I cant say it would be all that bad.