Micro stakes poker

As a firm believer of correct bankroll management, micro stakes poker is an important part of building your bankroll and preventing yourself from going bust. The only thing I add is that the players you encounter in micro stakes poker are incredibly poor and should not be compared to players in higher stakes. There are of course some sharks who dominate the micro stakes. It is incredibly important for beginners and even regular micro stakes players to back up their earnings with bonuses, freerolls, and other promotions. Recently I made 50$ partaking in the take 2 promo offered by Fulltilt poker. The promotion involved playing two tables simultaneously and earning one fulltilt point a day from this for 10 days.

The key to micro stakes poker for me is using the find a player function. Whenever I am at a table, I'll find everyplayer on it with the find a player function to see how many tables they are playing at a time. I then use the notes on players function to mark these players. For players who play 8-16 tables at a time, I generally mark them as red notes. These players will be involved in too many tables to get a proper read on you and you can steal their blinds and bluff them out of hands. You will also get a read on the possible range of hands that they play, I assume for players who play 16 tables, they limp in on low pocket pairs, raise with high pocket pairs, AK, AQ etc. For players playing fewer tables I generally don't mark them as anything, because I feel that later on if I play them a month later, they might improve and start playing more tables but if I had notes on him I might forget to check. Also I will know what sort of range they will be playing with, players playing 2 or less tables will have a much wider range than players playing 16 tables. They will also bluff more, check raise more and float more.

The reason we bet 3x big blind preflop is to test for strength and clear out the field. We don't want players limping in with 23 and hitting two pair or trips. There is a lot of patience involved in playing online, and the variance in micro stakes poker are so extreme that you really should quit when you feel like you are on tilt or can't play at your best. There is a tendency for micro players to call with losing hands just to see what the other player has. There is a reason for this but over time you need to trust your instincts and cut your losses short and maximise earnings by encouraging this behaviour from your opponents. The reason why players beginning poker call with losing hands just to see if you were bluffing is to get a read on general online play. I am guilty of this myself but I think that it is necessary to make these mistakes to refine your read on players in general and also exploit the patterns later.

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