Adjusting for Tight Poker Games

Whether you are at a tight table or a loose table, there is always money to be made. Many people think that a profitable poker game must be loose, and full of action. This is not always the case. In fact, by making a few simple adjustments to your strategy you can profit when sitting in a tight poker game.

Tight players on FullTillt have standards. They typically start with appropriate hands based on position. Tight players tend not to over play their draws. By opening up your playbook, you can widen your hand range, turn up your aggression and take down the small pots they are not interested in competing for.

Widen your Starting Hand Range

When sitting at a tight table, the correct course of action is to compete for more pots. As a result, you will open up and widen your natural starting hand range. If you normally require a middle pocket pair, or hands from Ace – Jack and above to play from under the gun, begin playing with any pair and middle suited connectors and up, tightening slightly when in earlier position.

Play hands more aggressively

Be willing to raise a wider variety of starting hands preflop, and continue the betting sequence on the flop. Remember, tight players tend to drop out when they do not have a decent draw. Keep the pot relatively small preflop by making small, stealing raises and continuation bet on the flop. Become active early in the hand and keep applying pressure. Keep taking down the $30 pots that the tight players do not wish to compete for.

Make Lay downs When Appropriate

At a tight table, a poker player will typically not play back into you with garbage. They will notice how active you are at the table and will wait for a hand to try to crack you. When they catch a hand, they will often bet into you or reraise. When they do, just simply get out of the way. At a tight table, your money is coming from small ball poker. Let them have the big pots unless you are in a favorable position to crack them.

It is Not About Your Cards

At a tight table on FullTill, it is not about the cards you have; it is about the hand your tight opposition is holding. Therefore, when playing poker at a tight table, open up the playbook, play small ball poker, remain active and get out of the way when a tight player comes back at you. By making these simple adjustments, you can play poker profitably at the tightest of tables.