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Not a specific hand, but a situation I keep experiencing playing the $5 to $10 buy-in tournaments on ACR.
I am pretty new to poker. I have only been playing/studying for about 5 months. The last couple of weeks I have been playing the $5 to $10 buy-in tourneys on ACR and it seems that whenever I open up UG or UG1 (for 2 to 3 BB), the table folds around to me about 80%+ of the time. I don’t mind picking up the blinds and antes, but it would be nice to get some more value some of the time. When I limp in it seems like everyone else limps and we are 7 to 9 people to the flop. My range is usually 88+, T9s+, AKo, AQo from these positions.
Is this normal in low stakes tourneys? Should I be happy picking up the blinds/antes, or should I limp in more? Is it my table image? My VPIP/PFR over 1.5k+ tourney hands is 24/19. I don’t seem to have this issue when I open up from the lowjack or better.
Thanks for your input.
From UTG or UTG+1 you are destined to win a small pot (via raise), or lose a monster (when you limp). Which would you prefer?
Maybe open more so you have a maniac image, so they call down light, hopefully when you actually have a premium hand?
Still looking for a “Don’t take poker advice from this person” t-shirt, for myself, of course.
I don’t know about the poker situation, but I wanted to say that Brad and I are talking about T-shirt ideas this week and I will make sure, “Don’t take poker advice from this person” gets some consideration. That’s a great idea!
Matt, I like the t-shirt idea!
Hippie Nate, I’d rather win a lot of small pots rather than lose a monster when limping. I might try oping wider with a few hands and see how that goes.
Be satisfied with taking down the blinds with bottom of that described range… occasionally with the very top try a very large open.. catch the fish who tend to punt chips in these low buyins with wtf frustration syndrome… I need that t-shirt too..
I would widen my range for a while until you notice them adjusting… Who knows… They might not adjust and just let you have those tasty blinds… Take advantage of the edges when you notice them… Once you develop a looser image and they start calling more you might get more action when it’s value time.
Just wanted to add an update. I have become more accepting of stealing the blinds and antes, but I have also widened my range a bit at times depending on the makeup of the table. In all it has helped me increase my chip stack earlier in tournaments. This weekend I have played 7 $0.50 tourneys on ACR and have cashed in 4 and final tabled 2 with a 4th and a win! Thanks again!
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