Category: Microstakes

The 8000 pound elephant in the room. Tilt is a major component of this game but I wanted this book to be mostly concerned with strategy. But I would be...

You will see a lot of minimum bets in these games. And you need to approach them quite a bit differently than a normal bet. Min bets are almost always...

It’s about time I talked about these because you will see a lot of them at the micros. However, I left a discussion about limped pots for a small section...

This is another one of those common trouble spots for a lot of people. And like we have seen before, the reason why these spots cause such a stir is...

Ah maniacs. Who doesn’t love them? Whatever their reasons for playing crazy (high stakes player blowing off steam, 14th beer), we know that they are playing very erratically and aggressively....

Often referred to as semi-bluffing as well. Should you do it? Yes absolutely. But I kept this for a small section near the end of the book for a reason....

A common mistake made by players at the micros is drawing to a non nut hand. This brings up a situation called “reverse implied odds” where you are attempting to...

I talked about this before but I just want to reiterate this point. When you get raised on the turn at the micros (assuming you bet the flop), it is...

I have talked about using crazy raises sizes with your nut hands preflop at NL2, advocating raise sizes as much as 8x or more. And I mentioned how this applies...

This is something that I have alluded to throughout this book as well, especially in the NL2 specific sections. I will have quite a bit to say about this subject....