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    Default My rush poker strategy

    All right so this'll be my first post on this forum, so let's make it an impressive one, shall we?

    This is mainly for the micro stakes of RP.

    (note: not sure if this is the right section, please move if it isn't. I searched for the keywords "rush, poker" and did not find any actual strategy guide for rush, so here's my amateur attempt to help people get start on it)

    I will not necessarily be ordering these by importance, they will just be the ones that come to my mind first.


    1. Position matters a lot more now; the small blind has the ability to quick fold, so if you find it folded to you and you're BTN or CO, raise 2.5xbb with about 90% of your hands, and you will almost always steal the blinds. The SB will generally not be fucked to wait until it comes to them, so most of the time they just quick fold. the BB, on the other hand, will actually be looser in this position. This is because they can't quick fold, and can only do so when someone raises. So when it gets folded to you, and you raise, they are more likely to 3bet you or call, just because they're thinking that "well I've waited around for this long now I might as well play it". If you get re-raised by the SB though, only call it with AQ+, QQ/JJ+, because if they've waited all that time to reraise you from the worst position with the BB still infront of them, they probably have a good hand. If you do find yourself post-flop with either of the blinds after trying to steal, simply c-bet around 65% and most of the time they'll fold.
    Position also matters because most of the money made in RP is from c-betting. You will generally be playing HU due to how tight the play is, so simply c-betting around 60% of the pot when appropriate will have then folding almost all the time (as mentioned above). If they call, they could either be slow playing a monster or hanging on hoping to complete their draw, or they could have face cards that they hope will hit on the turn or river. Base your turn bet on the amount of players in the pot, the pot size, their stack size their position and last but not least, the cards on the board. If they call again, and you still have nothing decent, fire a 3rd barrel only if you are pretty sure they missed their flush/straight draw, or if decent scare cards show on the river. Be wary though: a lot of people do slow play monster hands because I find that uNL players RP players tend to try and take a pot down when they c-bet the flop and unfavorable cards show on the turn/river, because checking the turn will most likely result in your opponent betting around 80% of the pot to try and take it down (check the turn when you have the nuts and are fairly certain the other player has what they think is the best hand, I guarantee you that they will almost always bet you if you show weakness)

    2. uNL RP is full of feesh playing premiums. When they raise preflop with great hands and get a lot of callers, and the board turns up 467r, they just love to raise all-in to push everyone out of the pot and either take it down or beat the lower pocket pair the other players are probably holding. in multi-way pots, low&mid suited connectors can be quite valuable. If they hit a straight/flush or a draw on the flop, some fish who thinks their top pocket pair is decent enough to shove will do so, and will allow you to take down the pot (most of the time). Play these in position though: if you have a flush draw and the SB shoves in a multi-way pot, you don't really know what possible hands the others have, and if they'll call the all-in or not, especially with, for example, 9s8s on a 4s7sAd board, because if they do call, they'll most likely have a better spade than you and will win the pot even though you hit your flush.

    3. I've found that you have a bigger chance of stacking off the villian in uNL RP if you let the time almost run out when you have a monster. With no reads on you, the villian will generally think that you are having trouble deciding whether to call with a marginal hand or not and will happily bet more than they would normally if you snap called them. This is even more effective when you hit your straight/flush with low/mid suited connectors, because the rush will generally cause a player to c-bet the turn even more in hopes that they're still ahead or to force you out of the pot.
    Last edited by dudeman; 05-14-2011 at 11:33 AM.

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