You are right in a sense. Yes, I'd bluff more against a tight player as it becomes painfully obvious when they have something and yes I'd bluff less against a calling station who never throws anything away.

The key I think for cash games though is aggression. At the limits you mention, it will be full of loose passive players, this is a gold mine for the tight aggressives. They will play far too many hands preflop so when you come in, raise to charge them the maximum and force them into mistakes.

Don't play too loose, have a set range and deviate slightly depending on those at the table. The other key is position, try and play as many pots against these guys in position, it just makes it so much easier. Probably the weakest part of my game is I play too many pots OOP and get myself into trouble, something I'm working on at the moment.

As for the tourney/cash game thing, yeah it is possible to be good at both but alot of people find that they are suited to one or the other. Personally I'm more suited to cash but it took me a good year to find that out.

lol, I made a thread about this a while ago about how bad I was at multi-tabling.

It's a case of practice, really. If you are used to one table it becomes very easy to make mistakes when playing more. My suggestion would be to get your game to a level that you are consistently winning and then bring in more tables slowly.

I use Poker Tracker and a live display so I get all the stats on the table, that allows for playing more tables alot easier. At the moment I still only play 2 at once, that's about as much as I can concentrate on, I'll eventually move up to 3 at some point.

Another thing, if you have a bankroll of $80 I wouldn't play the 5/10c tables, 8 buyins is just not enough to cope with the swings. I would drop down to the 2/5c for a while to build it back up.

With $80, stay away from cash games.

I hate saying this, but $80? If your job+lifestyle can't allow you a bankroll of more than $80, stay away from gambling. If you want to play with $80 like people play Sudoku, Snake, or Air Hockey on their phones, go for it and have fun. Poker's a great game.

But in your spot. You shouldn't play anything more than $3 SNG's and $1 MTT's, though..

Originally Posted by burea1124

And do poker softwares help? what do they do exactly, keep stats?

Alex does have a point, cash games can be very dangerous with a small bankroll. But if you aren't a tourney player then that probably won't get you anywhere either, I'd mix both until you find out what you are best at.

As for the software, something like Poker Tracker or Poker Office is great. It will track every little thing you do when you play and when you get a large enough sample size you can really pick apart your game and find leaks you never thought were possible. If you get another program such as Poker Ace HUD (with PT), it puts the stats for your opponents next to them on the table in real time. This can help you quickly judge how people are playing, which is good for when you are multi-tabling.

$55.

Me > Phil Gordon. That's not good for him.