Free Poker Games Guide To Playing Tight Aggressive To Beat Reckless Snow Shover All In Maniacs
What do I mean by a maniacal snow-shover (MSS)? I mean someone who moves all-in every turn. These players can be found at all poker tables but have become a particular menace to good fun play at in free poker games on free online poker sites in particular. On these sites where there is little or no risk of loss they will move all in all the time in the knowledge that they will win eventually.
This is one area where they are a pain. However, when you come across them in short-handed Sit and Go tournaments they can be a serious danger to your stack. When the blinds are high (the average stack is just ten big blinds) they move all-in every hand and the others fold. If this tactic succeeds in consecutive turns then they can achieve a big chip advantage.
The main problem is that maniacal snow-shovers are hard to beat.
- First, when they move all-in, because they do it so frequently, you do not know what they are holding.
- Sometimes it could be 7-2, sometimes 5-5, sometimes, even A-A.
- When you decide to call them, it's one of these. And 'one of these' usually means, 'I don't know.'
In five-person Sit and Gos, dealing with maniacal snow-shovers is easy.
- When they shove all-in every hand, there are three others, one of whom may have a good hand (or excellent hand) to call with.
- The MSS will be eliminated if this happens. (If I have a perfect calling hand I would be the one to do it.)
- Or the MSS, with some stroke of extraordinary luck, may knock out one of the other players.
The other players will have a hard time dealing with the MSS who now has a pyramid of chips to throw bricks with, and I can now afford to play conservatively.
- I will wait until I have A-A, K-K (or even just A-K or A-Q) so I can double up through the MSS.
- Or I will wait until the MSS is knocked out by the other players, or until the MSS knocks out the other players, then we will be heads up with the MSS.
What I've been saying is, play super-tight and aggressive poker. Because almost all action here takes place preflop, forget the connectors and weak Aces.
Forget small pairs which may be underdogs against the K-10 or Q-9 the MSS may plunge onto you.
Wait for a hand where you are at least a 70% favorite preflop (tight), then once you get it, put your chips in the middle (aggressive).
When you are down to the final two (you and the MSS, which usually happens when you play tight and there is an MSS in play), the MSS usually is leading in chips.
Heads-up, your weak Aces (A-8 below) and even K-x will be effective. Your K-x is just as powerful as A-x when the MSS decides to call you with Q-x.
You can't afford to wait for the big hands because here, the blinds are overeating you now.
Shove even with 5-4 or with 10-7. If you get called and you are the underdog, you still have two live cards.
Against an MSS heads up, play like an MSS, but fold obviously weak hands.
If you fold those weak hands, on average you have a better hand range than your opponent, so you have the better chance of winning even if you start with the smaller stack.
You can't and won't beat them all the time but if you follow this advice and play tight aggressive poker you will beat them more often than not and in poker more often than not is enough to make you good money.
Remember, it takes time to learn how to play poker online or offline at a level above the unthinking, uneducated "chip flinging" seen at many tables.
The good news is that so many players do the maniac all in things so once you learn to play poker good you can take a lot of money from them. As ever practice makes perfect so read, understand and then practice in free poker games on free online poker sites to get it nailed.
What do I mean by a maniacal snow-shover (MSS)? I mean someone who moves all-in every turn. These players can be found at all poker tables but have become a particular menace to good fun play at in free poker games on free online poker sites in particular. On these sites where there is little or no risk of loss they will move all in all the time in the knowledge that they will win eventually.
This is one area where they are a pain. However, when you come across them in short-handed Sit and Go tournaments they can be a serious danger to your stack. When the blinds are high (the average stack is just ten big blinds) they move all-in every hand and the others fold. If this tactic succeeds in consecutive turns then they can achieve a big chip advantage.
The main problem is that maniacal snow-shovers are hard to beat.
- First, when they move all-in, because they do it so frequently, you do not know what they are holding.
- Sometimes it could be 7-2, sometimes 5-5, sometimes, even A-A.
- When you decide to call them, it's one of these. And 'one of these' usually means, 'I don't know.'
In five-person Sit and Gos, dealing with maniacal snow-shovers is easy.
- When they shove all-in every hand, there are three others, one of whom may have a good hand (or excellent hand) to call with.
- The MSS will be eliminated if this happens. (If I have a perfect calling hand I would be the one to do it.)
- Or the MSS, with some stroke of extraordinary luck, may knock out one of the other players.
The other players will have a hard time dealing with the MSS who now has a pyramid of chips to throw bricks with, and I can now afford to play conservatively.
- I will wait until I have A-A, K-K (or even just A-K or A-Q) so I can double up through the MSS.
- Or I will wait until the MSS is knocked out by the other players, or until the MSS knocks out the other players, then we will be heads up with the MSS.
What I've been saying is, play super-tight and aggressive poker. Because almost all action here takes place preflop, forget the connectors and weak Aces.
Forget small pairs which may be underdogs against the K-10 or Q-9 the MSS may plunge onto you.
Wait for a hand where you are at least a 70% favorite preflop (tight), then once you get it, put your chips in the middle (aggressive).
When you are down to the final two (you and the MSS, which usually happens when you play tight and there is an MSS in play), the MSS usually is leading in chips.
Heads-up, your weak Aces (A-8 below) and even K-x will be effective. Your K-x is just as powerful as A-x when the MSS decides to call you with Q-x.
You can't afford to wait for the big hands because here, the blinds are overeating you now.
Shove even with 5-4 or with 10-7. If you get called and you are the underdog, you still have two live cards.
Against an MSS heads up, play like an MSS, but fold obviously weak hands.
If you fold those weak hands, on average you have a better hand range than your opponent, so you have the better chance of winning even if you start with the smaller stack.
You can't and won't beat them all the time but if you follow this advice and play tight aggressive poker you will beat them more often than not and in poker more often than not is enough to make you good money.
Remember, it takes time to learn how to play poker online or offline at a level above the unthinking, uneducated "chip flinging" seen at many tables.
The good news is that so many players do the maniac all in things so once you learn to play poker good you can take a lot of money from them. As ever practice makes perfect so read, understand and then practice in free poker games on free online poker sites to get it nailed.
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