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  1. 12-17-2007 04:11 PM #1
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    Default Can do well at tournaments, but can't beat cash Games

    I've been playing for a few months now. I've tried cash games and couldn't beat them, so I've moved to small buy-in tournaments. I do well there. I've managed to increase my bankroll a little bit. Can someone give me some advice to make my cash game play better?
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  2. 12-17-2007 04:28 PM #2
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    Don't be as prepared to stack off with TPTK bottom two pair etc. especially when facing aggression.
    You are 100bb's deep so don't see a pocket pair pre and start to play for stacks.
    Play really tight in early position and loosen up a little as you go round.
    Have a browse through the site and think through a few hands yourself then see what others think. Read the strategy section.
    Play with 20-30 buy ins for your given level.
    Some will say buy in short for a bit to reduce the importance of the last few streets, I don't like it buy you may.
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  3. 12-17-2007 04:30 PM #3
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    read, absorb, apply, profit

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  4. 12-18-2007 06:42 AM #4
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    Hi and welcome to FTR, it's great to have you here

    I suggest you post hands either here or in the NL cash games forums (either 6-max or full ring, whatever you're playing) to get advice. It's hard to give general advice because it may be generally correct but specifically wrong.
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  5. 12-18-2007 07:19 AM #5
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    Make a hand, and drop the hammer. Don't drop the hammer on other people's made hands.

    This is my cash cliche of the day. Wait, I feel another coming on...

    Make sets, get payed. Mmmm tasty
    It's not what's inside that counts. Have you seen what's inside?
    Internal organs. And they're getting uglier by the minute.
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  6. 12-18-2007 07:25 AM #6
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    Play halfstack "Fnord poker" for a while.
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
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  7. 12-18-2007 07:31 AM #7
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    Its kind of hard to sum up cashgames in one sentance. They are certainly a different beast to tournaments. Id say the two liner to describe beating 2NL on stars is

    Play tight preflop and if you make a hand bet it until you are raised.
    If you are raised fold less than 2 pair.

    Obviously you need to play a more complicated game to do really well but that should get you started.
    gabe: Ive dropped almost 100k in the past 35 days.

    bigspenda73: But how much did you win?
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  8. 12-18-2007 09:15 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rondavu
    This is my cash cliche of the day. Wait, I feel another coming on...

    Make sets, get payed. Mmmm tasty
    I damn near spit out my coffee on that one.
    Poker is easy, it's winning at poker that's hard.
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  9. 12-18-2007 09:28 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vrax
    Play halfstack "Fnord poker" for a while.
    Agreed.


    Also, OP, learn pot control. Dropping a 20BB stack in a tournament is not the same as dropping a 100BB stack in a cash game.
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