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How to play against weaker, passive players
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June 23, 2014 - 3:16 pm
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So I've got a conundrum going for myself. I feel I've learned a lot from this site, especially in terms of becoming a more aggressive player. I play at about a 23/18 vip/pf for the most part now,  but I'm not seeing the results yet, at least this year. I play mostly low stakes, usually $5-$11 MTTs on line. My problem seems to be, even though I often feel like I'm the best player at a table (and perhaps I'm fooling myself), I often run into weak calling stations that I (seemingly) inevitably overplay a hand against them when thy make their monsters.
So my questions are:
  • How do I optimally play these low stakes against weak player fields. Am I actually too aggressive for this level? Maybe the obvious answer is to tighten up
  • What kind of swing thought (to use a golf term) should I have in my mind for these situations?
  • Any other tips I should be thinking about?
  • I'd love to see a video on this subject if at all possible
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June 23, 2014 - 3:46 pm
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It's still about ranges and mistakes. You don't necessarily need to tighten up, just try to make the best possible decision against their ranges, which will end up being weak in many spots because their mistake is that they call too much preflop and peel too many flops with weak hands.

They will end up getting to turns and rivers with weak ranges and you can barrel them off with your bluffs, or you can value bet thinly when you have it. (Don't worry too much about balance against fish. You can exploit their mistakes by manipulating sizing according to what you're trying to accomplish.)

Don't slowplay…get the money in early with your value hands (again, their mistake is seeing too many flops and calling too often with weak pairs and draws).

Also, try to familiarize yourself, through experience, with the standard actions and lines they take, which are pretty common and often really transparent. (For example, sizing bets according to hand strength.)

I have a live sweat series coming up soon that features a lot of Bovada. There should be several good spots on there.

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