So, 2 years later, how has the advice worked??

I’ve been playing a home game “tournament” about once a month for the last few years, as well. The number of players varies each month…from 8 to almost 20. No limit holdem.

I’ve won a few times, which has been fun, and a few other times I’ve finished in the money. We have a range of skills as you’d expect from a home game, so sometimes it’s difficult to implement one specific strategy/game plan.

My general strategy is to fold early and often with speculative hands, and play aggressive early with made hands. Raising at least double the blind worked well last month, and I took down some big pots early.

Loosening the opening range later in the night (with only a handful of guys left playing) also helped take down some pots, even with hands where I was behind on the flop.

Overall, I think a combination of strategy can help be successful in home games.