Live short handed SNG style game

[Penguinfan]

Any suggestions on how to handle something liket this? 6-7 players, fairly unskilled and capable of playing ANYTHING. Blind structure not an issue. I guess just wait for the best hands and hope like hell they hold up.

[Windbreaker]

If they're all poor players, just wait for the cards. Let those guys knock one another out and make them pay for draws. Don't get too involved early. Once the field narrows down, you can concentrate on a few people and don't have to worry about everyone going in preflop. When you're heads up against a weekaer player, you still got a shot to win even if they got a huge chip stack....you should be able to outplay them.

[Penguinfan]

I'd like to think I can outplay them, but they are hard to read considering even they don't know what they are doing.

[BrianSwa]

That is like the greatest phrase ive ever heard "even they dont know what there doing" im gonna use that if you dont mind that explains like half the people in AC. I might make cards for them and pass them out when they are playing

[2Tone]

Yeah, random players. You see them a lot on the Party. You never know what a bet/call/raise means, and they could well be holding any possible hand under the sun. You just have to play the math -- if you have what is likely the best hand, ignore what they are (or are not) doing, and pound away. It means some harsh sucks outs at times, and other times, they'll have actually saved you a few bets by not raising with the nuts.

[Penguinfan]

Overall I fared OK last night, the monster hand of the night was when there was a big raise and a call in front of me, I turned over AA, THEN PUSHED ALL IN and it took a few minutes before the original raiser mucked his hand, HE WAS CONTEMPLATING A CALL AFTER SEEING MY ACES. Yes I know this is a rule violation, but at this point in the game I didn't care. I was shocked when he said " hard to throw away suited J-T"