Beating Online Micro Limit Poker

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Cents Micro limit poker games typically range from 1c/2c to 10c/20c blind structure. You will often find loose players at the low limit tables. However, you’ll sometimes find experienced players hunting for the fish in the hopes of making some easy money. While many people claim that the micro limits are unbeatable due to the fact most beginners rely too much on luck, this is not totally true. If you only play your best hands, learn to read your opponents correctly, and pay attention to your position, you can be a consistent winner.

Here are some useful tips that will help you beat the micro limits:

Tip #1: Only play your best hands, don’t try to bluff
This tip might seem obvious, but I’ve seen too many players trying to outplay or bluff their opponents at micro stakes games. Micro limits are populated by weak players and this is precisely the reason why you should only play your best hands. Beginners are not familiar with pot odds and they are likely to call anything so if you bet hard into them with an average hand or if you try to bluff, there’s a good chance they will put money in the pot until they see the showdown. So don’t take too much risk and don’t be concerned about your image. Just bet your best hands and fold your bad hands.

Tip #2: Sit down with the maximum buy-in
As mentioned above, people playing at the micro limits are often weak and they are more likely to call all-ins with any kind of made hands and draws. If you buy into the table with the maximum buy-in amount and go all-in with the best possible hand, you give yourself the best chance to make the most money from the game. You can’t always be the favorite on the flop, so if you have a premium hand and have a comfortable bankroll, don’t be afraid to throw your whole buy-in into the pot as it will always pay off in the long run.

Tip #3: Beware of pre-flop raises
When playing at micro limits, most players won’t raise pre flop if they don’t have a very strong hand. All they want is to see as many flops they can, hit a big hand, and then bet and raise to squeeze as much money as they can from the pot. Your opponents will pay for the strength of their hand; they won’t think about what hand you might hold. So if a player raises pre flop and then on every street, they nearly always have a huge hand. At the micro limits, there are many more happy callers than compulsive raisers, so beware of pre-flop raising.

Tip #4: Don’t give away tips to your opponents
The bad beats frequency is likely to be higher at micro limit games than at higher stakes because as we noted before, bad players will play almost anything and sometimes they will go away with it. You might get nervous and want to tell them how much they suck for calling a particular hand, but you should refrain from doing that. Stay away from the chat box, and let your opponent make the same bad move again; you’ll be ready to crush him next time.

Tip #5: Choose the best micro limit poker sites
To increase your chances of making good profits from micro limit poker, you should play at the poker rooms that feature the best micro limit games. Our favorites are PokerStars and Titan Poker, which offer insanely easy to beat micro limit cash games starting from 1c/2c.

Evaluation
As you have noticed, there are some differences between playing at the micro limits and playing at higher stakes. Firstly, you sould stay away from bluffing and secondly, you shouldn’t be too concerned about giving yourself a loose image. Just focus on getting the most out of your best hands, beware of pre-flop raises, don’t give tips to your opponents, and you should be able to beat the micro limits rather easily.