micro-stakes no-limit strategy for inexperienced players

[ashmc2]

I personally always (just recently, I know) buyin for max and advocate that everyone does, because you maximize your profits with your big hands.

But there is a different approach. If you aren't an experienced player whose seen a lot of hands and situations, this strategy might work for you. I used this stratagem starting out and made money playing this method. When your the fish at the table (yes, the first step to growth is admitting that you need to grow) sometimes you need a handicap to bring you up to par. So I'll stop yakking and get to it.

I used to multi-table with this micro-stakes no-limit strategy, but single tabling will work also.

Buyin for the minimum.

Play super tight - no suited-cons, one gappers, or small prs, just premium hands. Multi-tabling you will get these hands quite often.

Play aggressive when you hit - often push allin on flop when you hit. You will get called often by marginal hands because you are the short stack at the table and won't put a huge dent in their stack.

Hit and run - when you double-up or make 1/2 of your original buyin, leave and start again at a new unsuspecting table. You are accomplishing 2 things here, you are retaining your newly acquired assets and you aren't giving the table time to read your style. Once they find that you are super tight, it's a little harder to get a call even with your short stack. So leave while the getting's good and hit a new table.

This strategy did good by me, keeping me in money, while I gained experience. Then start adding in new hands and plays at the pot and start buyin for max because you'll be the big stack with skills at the tables.