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[Nutcracker]

I've decided to start playing cash games more, as I've done nothing but SNGs and MTTs for the past 6 months. Is there any major change I need to make to my game to maximize profit? (obviously I know I'm not looking to accumulate chips quickly like in SNGs). I'm a TA, which seemed to work very well last night when I first gave cash games a chance again.Also, I have about $300 bankroll I'm gonna dedicate to this. What limits (NL) should I play? And what kind of bb/hour should I be shooting for? Also, what should I be looking for when I pick a table. High % to see flop?

[akishore]

Nutcracker said:

I've decided to start playing cash games more, as I've done nothing but SNGs and MTTs for the past 6 months.  Is there any major change I need to make to my game to maximize profit? (obviously I know I'm not looking to accumulate chips quickly like in SNGs).  I'm a TA, which seemed to work very well last night when I first gave cash games a chance again.Also, I have about $300 bankroll I'm gonna dedicate to this.  What limits (NL) should I play?  And what kind of bb/hour should I be shooting for?  Also, what should I be looking for when I pick a table.  High % to see flop?

i'm assuming you're only talking about NL.changes you need to make:1. play tight/aggressive always. you'll never need to change gears like you would in the middle stages.2. long-term results matter a lot more. if you're a survival-type tourney player, cash games are not the place for such thinking. if the pot is offering you the right price, make the call, even if it's for your stack. example: someone pushes all-in on the flop, giving you 3-to-1 odds, you have the nut flush draw (2-to-1 odds), it's an easy call.3. you don't always have to concentrate on taking down the pot right there and then. usually, in tourneys, that's the objective unless you have a monster hand. in cash games, you can afford to build pots with value bets and focus on later streets.4. you don't have to keep the pots small. pot-sized bets are safe, but at the same time, 1/2-pot to 2/3-pot sized bets are fine as well.5. cash games are more about post-flop play. this is especially true with deep stacks. on the contrary, tournament play often stresses pre-flop poker, especially with shallow stacks.with NL cash games, you want around 2000 big blinds. some say 1500, i actually prefer 2500. so at 5c/10c NL, your bankroll can be $200. so if your bankroll is $300, you can afford to play 10c/20c blinds if you want 1500 big blinds, but don't play anything above that. this assumes you buy-in for the max of 100 big blinds. if you buy in for less, you want between 15-25 buy-ins, so i'd recommend 20 again.as for bb/100, forget that for now, since you're just starting. concentrate on playing well, and once you get your game down, then see what your bb/100 is. besides, you need at least 10k hands to even have a semi-accurate bb/100.as for what to look in a table, i prefer seeing big pots. flop % matters more in limit games, avg pot matters more in NL games, IMHO.aseem