Look for the loose players
Keep a lookout for those loose players, they’re always about, especially at the lower limit tables. Watch their betting patterns and exploit them. A couple of losing hands and they will be getting itchy feet, wanting to try and show strength… but do they actually have anything in their hand or are they just hoping to chance it and get lucky on the flop, turn or river?
Its worth calling them a few times to check what they have and to establish any patterns of play. Look around your table and classify the players, aggressive vs conservative, loose vs tight.
When you start out playing freerolls and at the low tables, you will find many overly aggressive players with not much to lose, so they throw their chips around without a care in the world. Sure it happens higher limits too, but it is more common at the lower tables. Its good to pick up on the signs of a loose player and squeeze them for chips when it counts.
August 21st, 2009 at 12:35 am
Yes this is a good poker strategy, works for me.