Family game

[Mhessing]

Hi,

Im a decent player online. however, when I play home with family that only plays for fun. Limps waaay to much, calls, how do you play against those? It seems I dont know how to react to those kind of players that don't play "as you should"..

please help so I can dominate at home next time

 

[CRStals]

This question can easily be substitutied - replace "Family Game" with "Freeroll" and you'll face a lot of the same challenges there.

The best strategy to employ is to ADAPT to your table - which goes without saying for any game:

• If you are facing a lot of limpers, PUNISH them by raising the top & bottom of your range larger than you typically would
• Attemptto get heads-up as often as you can - there's nothing worse than allowing marginal or junk hands to call and hit bad flops to crack your hands
• Play tighter and shrink your range, but play it harder
• Don't overvalue single pairs on flops - if they are getting there with junk, so be it. Don't pay them off
• Three bet pre more, and raise more post flop when in position. Force them into uncomfortable situations

End of the day, it seems like their play is tilting you - have to breathe and focus on what you can control at the tables and don't worry about them.

 

[Gritz18]

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