Modern Small Stakes is all about teaching you how to outplay the regulars that populate today's low stakes cash games. Regs will be your most common opponent at these limits and they run the gamut from terrible mass multi-tabling nits to solid, well balanced grinders who are capable of taking highly sophisticated lines against at you. Through extensive HUD analysis Modern Small Stakes focuses on how to break down each opponent at these limits to the finest detail, pinpoint their weaknesses and exploit them.
But this book is also about becoming un-exploitable ourselves. The easiest guy in the world to play against is the one who takes the same action with the same hand every single time. This unbalanced robotic approach is actually the superior strategy from a straight EV point of view versus many of the clueless regs and fish at the lowest limits.
However, as you move up the stakes it starts to become less effective against many of the better regs who are paying more attention. Therefore, every effort is made throughout the book to show you how to balance your range versus thinking opponents in all situations.
Modern Small Stakes is a massive work though. It is very difficult to sum it up in a few paragraphs. It is 500 pages in length and has over 100 highly detailed examples with real situations against real opponents in today's small stakes cash games. It also covers every single aspect of the game at these limits in extensive detail.
This is a book that is meant to be studied thoroughly and then referred to again and again as you progress through these stakes. Modern Small Stakes is by no means a casual read. It was written for people who are serious about the game and separating themselves from the vast glut of mediocrity at these stakes.
The goal of Modern Small Stakes is to provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to dominate even the very best regs in today's low limit games. Something that will become evident to the reader early on in this book is that everybody has significant leaks at these stakes. You just have to dig a little bit deeper to find them with some.
Whether you are an experienced grinder or a newer player just coming up Modern Small Stakes will provide you with the knowledge and tools necessary to blaze a path through the lower limit cash games in 2015! |
