midas
07-26-2004, 07:44 AM
Showed up at the Woods at about 2:00 pm and put my name on the 4-8 board - the list was about 25 names long so I thought 1/2 hr - 1 hr max. After about 20 minutes with no names called, I started checking out the 4-8 tables and to my dismay, I didn't see a stack under $100 - this could take a while. I decided to check out the 5-10 board and saw only 2 names on the list, checked-in and was seated in 5 minutes.
This was my first wack at FW 5-10 w/kill. I'd heard the horror stories that it was a wild game that basically plays like 10-20 or a local rock garden with no action. To my surprise this game played exactly like the typical FW 4-8 game - 2 good players, 3-4 average players and the rest were clueless people seeing 80-90% of the flops. About 20% of the hands played at 10-20 - very manageable and made the game more interesting.
The only issue that I had was that I actually won the first hand I played and the pot was over $100 which turned the next hand into a kill. I had no clue about the $10 winner's blind and when someone told me it was a "luxury tax", I folded before I realized that it was a live bet - didn't matter anyway but lesson learned.
The only issue in this game is the large swings in your stack. In the 1st hour, I'm up $400 then take some heavy wacks in a kill pot the next hour and I'm back to even. Remember, some of these clueless folks will actually call your aces down with pocket 2's and spike the 2 on the river - the kill can make these bad beats even worse.
Also, I've suggested to FW management that all Yankees jerseys be banned during Red Sox-Yankees games - especially Matsui jerseys /images/graemlins/grin.gif (gotta love when a grand slam doesn't matter!!!)
This was my first wack at FW 5-10 w/kill. I'd heard the horror stories that it was a wild game that basically plays like 10-20 or a local rock garden with no action. To my surprise this game played exactly like the typical FW 4-8 game - 2 good players, 3-4 average players and the rest were clueless people seeing 80-90% of the flops. About 20% of the hands played at 10-20 - very manageable and made the game more interesting.
The only issue that I had was that I actually won the first hand I played and the pot was over $100 which turned the next hand into a kill. I had no clue about the $10 winner's blind and when someone told me it was a "luxury tax", I folded before I realized that it was a live bet - didn't matter anyway but lesson learned.
The only issue in this game is the large swings in your stack. In the 1st hour, I'm up $400 then take some heavy wacks in a kill pot the next hour and I'm back to even. Remember, some of these clueless folks will actually call your aces down with pocket 2's and spike the 2 on the river - the kill can make these bad beats even worse.
Also, I've suggested to FW management that all Yankees jerseys be banned during Red Sox-Yankees games - especially Matsui jerseys /images/graemlins/grin.gif (gotta love when a grand slam doesn't matter!!!)