Image via Wikipedia1. Only Play when You're Clearing a Bonus: Let's face it folks. With the high rake on most low No Limit Holdem and Pot Limit Omaha tables, one of the best ways to make sure you're winning money is to only play when you have a bonus to clear. Even though clearing a bonus can seem painful at times, especially if you play the penny games, the extra money can often be the difference between a break even player and someone who makes a healthy profit.
2. Steal Preflop, play tight post flop: In my experience, people play Rush Poker much tighter than if they were sitting at a normal table. What this means is that you'll have many more opportunities to steal before the flop. If the table is folded around to you, you should really consider opening a very wide range of hands from late position, especially hands that will represent well on a variety of flops. For the most part, the blinds will defend much less in Rush Poker than at the regular tables. After all, why defend Q-10s versus a cutoff raise when your next hand might be aces?
However, if you do get resistance on your hands, make sure that you proceed cautiously. On a normal table, A-Q might be good on a queen high flop, dry board; but in Rush Poker you have to be a lot more careful of overpairs. Also, if you do have aces or kings and the flop comes out with a lot of draw, you might want to check the flop or turn for pot control.
3. Defend with hands that can stack your opponent: Because people tend play tight, you can take advantage and stack them when they overplay their hand. A good way to do this is by playing either overpairs, small suited connectors, or small pairs. In my experience, calling the initial opener, especially in position (as opposed to a reraise) is usually more effective, especially for the low limit tables. That way, if you hit a strong draw, a set, or a flop where your overpair is likely to be good, you can try to trap your opponent into overplaying their hand. If not, toss your hand and move on.
4. Try to resteal from the blinds against late position raises: Because the cutoff and button probably do try to steal a lot more than at the regular tables, you should take advantage by three betting certain hands to try and resteal. Once again, if you hit too much resistance postflop, be ready to toss your hand.
5. Don't 4-bet without A-A or K-K preflop: In my experience, people don't like to bluff much preflop in Rush Poker. If you reraise the opener and you get three bet, be ready to shove with A-A or K-K and toss everything else.
With these strategies in place, your ability to win at Rush Poker on Full Tilt Poker should increase greatly.
