Full Ring Poker Strategy Guide for Beginners

1. 10’s A CROWD withAMA0330 PART ONE INTRODUCTION

2. ABOUT THIS VIDEO • Introduction to full ring no limit hold’em • Aimed at micro stakes players and beginners • From the very basics to some more interesting stuff • Aimed at helping you hold your own!

3. WHAT IS FULL RING? • Full ring is simply poker played with 9 or 10 players, as opposed to 6 • It is also referred to as “10-max” or “9-max”

4. WHAT IS FULL RING?

5. WHAT IS FULL RING? • Everything else remains the same – no special rules • Blind structures, dealer button and gameplay the same

6. HOW IS IT DIFFERENT? • Full ring does play quite differently to 6-max • Full ring is: • Tighter • Less aggressive • Less “wild” • More straightforward • In general, the players are worse (at small stakes) • Because everyone’s playing 6-max!

7. WHY PLAY FULL RING? • Variance in full ring is less intense than 6-max • You will in general face less difficult decisions • If you like to remove the “gambling” from poker • (as much as is realistically possible!) • If you like a steady uphill grind rather than a rollercoaster • (and are willing to sacrifice some EV for this) • If you are a beginner and want to keep it simple for now

8. WHY PLAY FULL RING? • You will need to be well versed in full ring: • If you play tournaments • If you want to play in a real-world casino • If you want to learn to crush your homegame!

9. THE DETAILS

10. IMPORTANT CONCEPTS • Position • Position is hugely important in full ring • Many players to act behind you • Being out of position in a multiway pot is bad news • Being in early position is a big disadvantage • Players in small stakes games are likely to call too much

11. IMPORTANT CONCEPTS • Tight is right • Importance of the blinds • More “free” hands • Can afford to be patient • Multiway pots • Bluffing importance (and success) is lowered • Valueplaying importance is raised

12. PLAYING PREFLOP IN FULL RING • Raising preflop • Basic opening ranges • Calling raises preflop • The gap concept

13. BASIC OPENING RANGES

14. BASIC OPENING RANGES

15. BASIC OPENING RANGES

16. BASIC OPENING RANGES

17. BASIC OPENING RANGES

18. BASIC OPENING RANGES

19. CALLING RAISES PREFLOP • We will often be multiway in full ring, both IP and OOP • That means we will often be facing big pots postflop • We have to be careful of being dominated • This means being outkicked

20. THE GAP CONCEPT • When calling a raise in position, it takes a stronger hand to call that raise preflop, than you would need to make the original raise from that position • E.g. someone raises UTG, you would need a hand stronger than AQs, AKo, JJ+ to call that raise • Especially in FR the gap concept is very important • Position is very much amplified • This is because the game plays tighter • Also your villains will be aware of good positional play

21. SUMMARY • Today we talked about: • The particulars of full ring • Tight play • Multiway pots • The importance of position • A simple, tight aggressive opening range • The danger of domination and the Gap concept

22. NEXT TIME • Some more preflop tips and tricks • We start taking hands past the flop • Specific hints for positional play • Getting into multiway pots • Playing drawing hands • Adjusting to your opponents