Playing microstakes is more about exploiting specific weaknesses against specific opponents at specific times.

I think that when people bluff in general they do not use the right combo's for the specific board texture and end up overbluffing even when they think they're not, and as a result of this they get called too often. I find myself bluffing very little in big pots but with a high success rate when I do it, just gotta have the heart to pull the trigger whenever one of these rare spots show up.

Bet-folding at micro stakes is a great weapon to squeeze out value, population very rarely raises as a bluff I find

Very nice video Ben, as always. Clear and to the point, a great tip. You are a true inspiration. My winrate has improved so much because of your video's and the tournament masterclass course i bought. I can not thank you enough, it was the best poker investment i ever made and it's not even close. Keep doing what you are doing, Greetz, Frans (the Netherlands)

Ben I think it's time for you to leave poker for good and pursue a career as graphic designer Great content!

I love the intro when he says he's gonna hunt down the chat pros lol great sound bit

Ben I love watching your videos for both the good information and the dry comedy. You probably don't know how funny you are. Cheers

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great video i would REEEEALLLY love to have just a liiiitle bit more specific examples of this maybe 1 or 2 PLLLLLLLEEEEEEAAAASE BEN love your work

Good point. But surely, if we're losing money on bluffs because our opponents check a lot of hands (don't value bet enough), we're making that money back with dividends by not losing money in spots where they're supposed to bet.

My problem is that I do valuebet thin on the river, but I often can not let go of the hand when I get raised (4bet pot pre, AA on J949K). So the thinvaluebets range becomes a bluffcatcher as well. Hasn't worked out very well since people dont bluff raise rivers at small stakes.

right on point when i first started playing microstakes MTTs and i was very profitable from the start playing a tight-aggressive game then as i played and started understanding some tendencies and weaknesses those players had i was able to make very very strong reads on them and mixed up a lot of bluffs but would get called too many times by stuff like 3rd pair , a weak pocket pair , a high even when they made a donk blocker bet on the river and I 4-5x theyd still call with hands that arent even supposed to limp . play tight play confident play strong hands from strong positions make greedy value bets especially before the river and find thin value on rivers exploiting stations even harder, thats the way to go

You just blew my mind 🤯 Ben thank you so much !! Amaaaazing video 🔥

Hi Ben, excellent point. I play $5 online tournaments. Ppl are scaredy cats, they are not willing to put in thin river value bets. The other side of this tho is when you try to bluff them they show up with unexpectedly strong hands. I fired a river bluff the other day when checked to by the OOP preflop aggressor who had bet flop and turn. He snaps me off and rolls over top pair ace kicker on a board as dry as dust! So nitty.

amazing video wow.. really mind blowing thanks bencb!

overbluffing with blockers is my speciality on the micros^^ And my 2nd best skill: All-In-Merges :D

What about the mindset in low stakes?

Tbf bluffing seems to work fine at micro and low stakes from my experience. You aren’t going to get people make massive hero folds like maybe in higher stakes, but people fold plenty. Micro players fold to pressure. I would add that 1$ games seem to be the outlier tho. Ppl just get it in and gamble with anything. But 3-11$ range it does work fine

Hey Ben, I guess with that video u mean mainly big river spots right? I recently improved my winrate by bluffing at 5 NL on PS some of the time. Not against whales though. Did I understand it the right way or would u not bluff at all at the mircos? Great content as always :D

*Can someone summarize for me the main points, sorry my english is not good, thanks you and thanks Bencb*

this paint demonstration XDDDD great video

Can you explain the rakeback system on GG aswell? So every player can find out for themself wich site gives the better rakeback for them. Would be fair dont you think? Gg gives way more rakeback when you make the same volume as on stars.

Guys, i currently have a $3700 bankroll, I play MTTs from $3-11 buy in. Would you recommend acquiring the Tournament MasterClass? Currently I'm paying the monthly subscription in LPP and it's great, but I've always felt more connected with what Ben has to offer. But idk if maybe I'm spending too much of my bankroll, and maybe it's better to wait to have a bigger Bankroll

It depends on what u call a bluff and how you do it

Man ill tell people overcomplicate the micro's WAYYYY too much. There is only two things you need to do in order to consistently win in the micros, play tight, and when you have a good hand you play aggressive, if you get re-raised unless you got close to the nuts, fold. The only exceptions are when your playing very loose players where you might want to call if the board has no draws and you have a solid hand. Other than this you need nothing else, you will win, albiet not too much but you will. People i've met overcomplicate things way too much and end up losing lots of money when this should be stressed as being the SOLE starter for playing poker. After you consistently win for at least 10000 hands then start tweaking you strategy slightly and see how it works out. Bluffing at low stakes should be rare and its not really necessary. I would say if anything bluffing 7/10 will lose you lots of money unless you know the guy your playing folds out unless he has the nuts, which in micros is rare. The people at the micros are callers, limpers, and will stop at nothing to see the next card.

Hi Ben is there any discount available for TMC expert owners who want to buy the mindset course?

"Fuck It, I'm gonna hunt you down!" Lmfao!!!!! BENNNNNNN!!!!! gawddd thats funny

Ben, i truly appreciate your videos and lessons, thank you! One more thing i would like to add- and that also concerns psychology- raising OTR on the microstakes is almost useless (unless you have a strong read) not only because of ranges, lack of opponents' bluffs in their ranges and so on. What makes these raises really useless- is the simple and totally disconnected with logic and maths HUMAN INTEREST: "WHAT DOES HE HAVE... ALWAYS CAN BE A BLUFF...I CALL." And this interest is one of the most important leaks on the micros, that thinking and serious players shall hardly and diligently exploit: less bluffs, more greedy valuebets. - and hugs from Saint-Petersburg ; )

What about the balance ben?

Ben is there a possibility of getting a refund on one of your courses if I found it insufficient/am not sattisfied w it? I have other courses on your site and I never asked for this, just so you know I'm not faking it.

But Ben, we won’t be balanced. Please hunt me down, I could use one on one coaching from a genius. In exchange, I could make your illustration about 10% better

But Ben we're not gonna be balanced then! Think about it please. 😛

found value!

I like when a solver kid tries to be smart and I just bet when they check 😂

But Ben we're not gonna be ballanced then :D

че он говорит

Real reason is because it's cheap to call. Easier to bluff when it's very expensive to call.

but Ben we're not going to be balanced then

… But Ben, we’re not going to be balanced?

But Ben... 😳

but ben we are not gonna be balanced 😅🤣🤣

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