Comments on: Small Ball Strategy – Flop Bet Sizing

By: jason

jason — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:44:58 +0000

negreneau in his videos about small ball poker recommends what you said, about 1/2 to 2/3rds of the pot.
personally, if i had made those bets and was facing his raise on the flop, i'd probably reraise.

By: Mac

Mac — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:02:25 +0000

Mirco stakes if you want to keep it tight the best thing to do is limp a lot people will stack of regardless of the fact you limp and move in.

If you want to be aggressive you could always just raise it up 3xbb+1 for donk lmipers.

I'm playing sngs when there is no juicy tables.

aggression =power poker.

By: Derrick Kwa

Derrick Kwa — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:21:52 +0000

Hm. Yeah, as I gain experience, I'm starting to realize that the small ball approach doesn't quite work for cash games. The question then for me is…what *is* the right strategy for cash games? Haven't quite figured that out yet.

By: Mac

Mac — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:18:57 +0000

Well Small ball is good in tourney where you see more flop cheaper and will get more action because of the blinds going up.

In a cash games are really more about odds and people will bust you more often then not.

In a tourney you bet less and take small pots with good hands. As opposed to making a 3x-4x raise and forced to move in on a middle pair or draw or a flip situation that you would rather avoid.

It also give you more room to make folds, you have more option on flops you feel your opponent hit. So you can check and only lose a small amount..

It's very exploitable strategy and it's better to reduce the variance if you a good player who can read opponents well.