Been mucking around in low-stakes hold'em a fair bit lately, mostly online with the odd home game, and I'm trying to clean up the basics instead of just winging it every hand.
Main thing I'm unsure on is how rigid people are with starting hands and position. Do you stick pretty close to charts early on, or do you loosen up quick once you get a read on the table? I keep finding spots where a hand looks playable in the cutoff, then I talk myself into doing something dumb from under the gun the next orbit... bit of a leak, I'd say.
Also keen to hear how you blokes handle the common low-stakes stuff — people calling too wide, random min-raises, chasing everything to the river, that sort of caper. Is the best adjustment just value bet harder and bluff less, or is there more to it than that?
Not chasing some magic formula, just trying to build a decent framework so I'm not punting chips for no reason. If you've got any simple rules you follow for preflop, continuation bets, or when to get away from one-pair hands, chuck them in. Cheers.