Low Stakes Cash Games

jiggy40

Hi All,

I am currently investing some extra time in playing some online cash games, I have played a fair bit of live cash games and have been pretty sucessful in this, mainly playing at 1/1, 1/2.

However I appreciate that bankroll management is vital in becoming a good online cash player, unfortunatly my bankroll means I can only generally be playing the low stakes, in particular 5p/10p, as my bankroll isnt large enough to be playing 50p/£1 which I am used to.

I am finding this level particularly frustrating, I only seem to be winning very small pots, I know that winning lots of small pots is the best way of making a profit, but I will then end up losing a lot of this profit to a 'donk call', which comes from the fact that when you are only playing for a tenner some people will call you very light due to the small amounts involved.

Any suggestions on what I should be doing, should I invest some more money in my bank roll so that I can step up a level or two, or do I grind it out at this level until my bankroll allows me to move up a level.

Am I picking the wrong tables to sit down at, I am a fairly aggressive player, so which types of players should I be trying to play against, im finding that the tables at this level are full of players who are calling stations who show no aggression, but are hard to outplay because they will call you so light!

Thanks

Jamie

OMahonyO

I definitely would not invest any more money to play higher yet.  Even though the amounts you are used to live are 1/1, 1/2, there is a world of difference between live and online players.  Someone could crush 1/2 live games, but get crushed and be the table fish at the same stakes online.

Low level cash here is all about playing `abc`, dont bother trying to outplay your oppos as such, just bet big hands big, dont bluff etc.  In the end their donk calls will win you the big pots.  Over time you will probably realise that most of your money at 5p/10p will come from the big pots where ppl cant lay down top pair etc and call off their whole stack with it.

Let the other people think `its only a tenner`, while you are making all your decisions on the amount of big blinds.

gl

jiggy40

Hey, thanks for the advice.. I think your spot on, maybe I ve been playing too aggressive/tricky which is more suited to the higher level cash games, and I also appreciate that there is a huge difference between the level of play in live and online play.