The #1 Mistake Cash Game Players Make
I was watching video of a live $5/$10 cash game and I immediately noticed one mistake that most of the players were making on a consistent basis. And in my opinion, this is the #1 mistake that cash game players make. So, what is the #1 mistake that cash game players make?  They play way too many hands!
To illustrate this, just take a look at this hand from the $5/$10 cash game I was watching. A player under the gun raises to $30 with 7-2 offsuit, a player in middle position calls with 6-3 suited, a player in the cutoff calls with K-4 offsuit, and a player in the big blind calls with K-9 offsuit.
In my opinion, all of these hands should have simply been folded. Even though it is only $20 more for the player in the big blind to call with K-9, he will be playing the hand from out of position. Because of that, the most likely outcome is that he is either going to be dominated and lose, or if he does win, he will only win a small pot.
If you recognize that you have this problem in your own game, here are four things you can do to fix it:
1. Whenever you are the first person to enter the pot, make a point to raise.
If you are a good cash game player, you might be able to win something roughly 10 big blinds per hour. However, if you limp too often, you will find that your win rate quickly diminishes.
If you cut out open limping from your strategy, it’s going to make you a better poker player.
2. When someone limps in front of you, do not limp with junk, hoping to flop well.
The reason for that is that your junk is not going to flop very well most of the time. The hands you want to be calling with when people limp in front of you are hands that have a huge amount of post flop potential and can flop well.
3. Stop calling raises with junk.
You should be calling raises with hands that are strong, but too weak to reraise:
Calling with offsuit hands like A-x, K-T, Q-J, Q-T, and J-T are particularly bad because you’re going to make something like top pair, bad kicker fairly often.
4. Start reraising more often.
You should almost always be reraising with your premium hands, but also occasionally with some hands that are not good enough to call with:
If you occasionally mix in some of these hands into your reraising range, it’s going to make you much more difficult to play against, and that’s definitely a good thing.
If you enjoyed this article, I actually taught a 1-hour webinar where I explored this topic in a bit more depth.
If you’d like to watch this cash game webinar for free, visit:
PokerCoaching.com/cp/biggestmistake
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