10-04-2001, 04:01 PM
I've been playing holdem for years, and winning consistently in low and mid levels. Recently I read "Stud for Advanced players" and start to play Stud when there is no good holdem games.
I found that most stud games are pretty good, featuring only 1-2 solid players at table, and most of the players go too far for their hands. And the table goes on tilt quite easily after one bad player suck out a couple of times, the pot is usually pretty big.
The game swings my BR twice (maybe even more) as much as what holdem does. Sometimes I got sucked out on river, and have to pay off several big bets. It is really hard to keep calm and sound when you have to pay off the suck out, and sometimes I just dont know where I'm standing at. The fluctuation is much higher. But many thanks to Mason's advice in Card player and his books. I think I'm still winning, in a way with higher variance, but I still have a long long way to improve.
Stud is more fun, I got my heart beating more quickly than when I was playing holdem, where I could sit there for hours and don't see a flop.
SOON
I found that most stud games are pretty good, featuring only 1-2 solid players at table, and most of the players go too far for their hands. And the table goes on tilt quite easily after one bad player suck out a couple of times, the pot is usually pretty big.
The game swings my BR twice (maybe even more) as much as what holdem does. Sometimes I got sucked out on river, and have to pay off several big bets. It is really hard to keep calm and sound when you have to pay off the suck out, and sometimes I just dont know where I'm standing at. The fluctuation is much higher. But many thanks to Mason's advice in Card player and his books. I think I'm still winning, in a way with higher variance, but I still have a long long way to improve.
Stud is more fun, I got my heart beating more quickly than when I was playing holdem, where I could sit there for hours and don't see a flop.
SOON