Day three of making the most at the low limit tables

Cheap Flops

What you want for your game is to see as many flops as possible where if you hit you can be confident of winning. You also don’t want to invest too much up front in hands that you may be forced to walk away from.

The basic reason for this, is that at this level you want to be able to start calling big bets with confidence. There will be times that you will lose to a higher set or better flush. That’s poker. And of course, a Bad Beat still can’t be discounted. But in general terms you are now beating three very lucrative opposing hands:

1. TPTK – top pair top kicker. We know how much people love this one, especially people who are slaves to beginners strategy advice;

2. Overpairs – again a favourite of many a player – some wrongly slow play them, and most can’t lay them down;

3. Random Two Pairs – another non-nut hand that players will overbet – this time probably players who haven’t read any strategy.

Unfortunately, these hands aren’t going to hit all that often, so you cannot afford to start calling raises with A plus other suited or pocket three’s. That said, many estimate that with ace rag suited you have a 20% change of hitting a flush but that choice is yours. If the game will not allow you to limp with these hands on a reasonable number of occasions then you probably need to move tables.