I recently started playing for money online. I have been playing live cash games for about a year. I have probably lost about 150$ online, but I can sit at a live game and dominate. It seems that my problem online is that I am not respecting the possible power of my opponents hands do to the erratic play on the .05/.10 and .10/.25 tables. It just seems that almost every hand someone makes a bet or raise that just screams that it is a bluff. I have caught a couple, some have caught me, but I tend to fold on them the most. I feel like on these limits, opponents play is similar to what you find on a "play money" table. Any advice?

quote from another thread:

"if you raise me one more ****ing time, I am going to come over there and slit your throat"

Originally Posted by Crundy

Yup, play money and microlimits are completely different. I tried doing a bit of practice with the play money and it was pointless. At a 5/10 point game every hand someone was going all in with 10,000,000 points preflop. It was just a fuckabout.

A lot of idiots who think they're really good at poker don't play for money, because they're convinced that if they give their card details to a poker site then the government will legally own them and come round to remove their eyeballs and sell them on the black market, or some other hash-induced bollocks.

That is kinda what I was meaning. It just seems like alot of moves similar to those that are done with play money happen on these micro limit tables. Or it could just be that I need to tighten up the game. I guess I need to respect the possible hands opponents could be holding rather than thinking they are full of shit the whole time.

Another subject real quick - Low buy in sit n go's or low buy in full tourney's?

Kinda like asking "Do you like meat or fish?".

To give a weak answer: MTTs for me.

Originally Posted by idaho kid

I guess I need to respect the possible hands opponents could be holding rather than thinking they are full of shit the whole time.

That was a big moment for me. Accepting that when people bet like they have it at these levels, they often really do. And unless what I have can beat what I think they have, I should fold.

Once I realized that my results improved dramatically.

Do you tighten up your starting hands quite a bit? I like to play suited connectors in late position especially if I can see a flop for cheap, but I have had poor results online with this. Live games seem to play a little better with a wider range of hands.

Originally Posted by idaho kid

Do you tighten up your starting hands quite a bit? I like to play suited connectors in late position especially if I can see a flop for cheap, but I have had poor results online with this. Live games seem to play a little better with a wider range of hands.

I do play pretty tight and I'm just recently getting a better handle on appropriate aggression.

SCs late are fine if the hand develops properly.

How many hands have you played online?