Haven't been posting much because my luck has been completely unremarkable recently. As many good beats as bad. I'd also been getting very jaded playing STTs on Paradise Poker. Just couldn't get any finishes, not because I was playing badly but because I was constantly falling victim to chasers hitting unlikely outs. Not that I was losing a ridiculous amount of these, but on a low standard table full of action players (I'm quite an action player, but these guys are the play everything variety) it's rare you've had enough hands to have a chip cushion and the table only has to hit 2 or 3 times against you to dump you out. So I've switched to cash games. Whilst I haven't played these much, they have been very kind to me. I've won about 80% as much in cash games as in STTs and MTTs but in probably 20% of the time. Still dabbling at the low stakes end of things, typically playing 10/20c NL tables or lower. WH doesn't provide games this cheap so I've gone back to my Victor Chandler account as well as Paradise Poker. Need to look around the 'net for a few more options as these 2 can be pretty empty. I like to play these tables the same way I play the first few rounds of multis...play a lot of hands when cheap, relying on outplaying my opponents (who are pretty bad at this level) after the flop to make up for going in behind. In particular, low stakes players have 3 blind spots I seek to exploit: Straights. As well as the connectors, I frequently play "not-quite connectors" such as 46. Just how many I play and from what position depends on the table...I have to be confident I'm going to get to play without having to call a raise. Flushes. Any suited Ace. Suited kings I will very rarely bother with. Pairs. Two pair or overpair vs a set is a moneyspinner. I will frequently call a raise of 3 or 4 times the BB with just about any pair, provided there's a few callers and I've got position on at least some of them (preferrably including the raiser, but not essentially) For this method of play to be effective you need very loose, passive tables...ie plenty of callers before the flop, very little pre-flop raising, and little aggression after the flop to allow cheap cards at straight and flush draws. Fortunately, these are not at all difficult to find. On sites with stats for the tables, it's even easier...just look for the tables with 40-50% players in on the flop, a low hands/hr count, 35 is about right (this indicates many hands are going to showdown, which also suggests passive post-flop play) and a high average pot (this CAN indicate aggressive post-flop play, which is no good, but more often it's down to a combination of many players staying in hands with smallish bets and bad players taking on strong hands and large bets with very little). I play like a wuss when I pair the flop (premium hands aside). It's just not worth betting with a low-mid pair, even if it's top pair, when so many players will call with their overcards and play any ace, suited or not, which leads to being outkickered. I have little doubt I frequently end up folding the leading hand as a result. But it seems to me the objective is to win the big pots. The little pots (whilst they would be nice) can go hang...for now. I like this strategy. It suits me very well. It tends to lead to long periods of losing small (obviously going in with rubbish and being very passive when the board gives a pair leads to a very small win %) followed by a big win. On the good days, when you just can't miss, the money builds up very quickly (although it has to be said hanging on to that money is a weakness right now!). On the bad days when you hit nothing, the losses generally stay small.

Source: My poker whinges