KojiW
05-15-2005, 09:19 PM
hi
i'm fairly new to poker, with my experience almost exclusively online.
i've read small stakes, hold'em for advanced players, and theory of poker.
i've practiced the theory to an extent online, in 2-4 and 3-6 games.
thanks to the books, i've improved tremendously in the past month.
a few days ago, i was invited to play hold'em at the casino by my uncle, so i went.
i played on a 5-10 table.
there were on average, 8 people seeing the flop, 6 peopel seeing the turn, and 3 at the showdown.
there were 2 that were extremely new to poker, throwing away 1-2 tousand in about 3 hours.
i lost.
even while trying to play a bit looser than usual, i saw the flop once an hour or so. (very bad luck).
once i did hit someone decent, any attemps at eliminating the opposition, like making them cold call a raise on the turn, etc, did not work!
everyone just kept calling and calling and calling.
in the end, almost every game was won by someone with like 5 7 off hitting a straight on the river.
i was told the 10-20 tables were much better games, and that the only way to win these 5-10 games was luck.
should i play on 10-20, where people have a better idea how to play, or should i try my 'luck' on the 5-10 tables again?
do you guys have any advice on how to beat the 5-10 games?
thank you /images/graemlins/smile.gif
i'm fairly new to poker, with my experience almost exclusively online.
i've read small stakes, hold'em for advanced players, and theory of poker.
i've practiced the theory to an extent online, in 2-4 and 3-6 games.
thanks to the books, i've improved tremendously in the past month.
a few days ago, i was invited to play hold'em at the casino by my uncle, so i went.
i played on a 5-10 table.
there were on average, 8 people seeing the flop, 6 peopel seeing the turn, and 3 at the showdown.
there were 2 that were extremely new to poker, throwing away 1-2 tousand in about 3 hours.
i lost.
even while trying to play a bit looser than usual, i saw the flop once an hour or so. (very bad luck).
once i did hit someone decent, any attemps at eliminating the opposition, like making them cold call a raise on the turn, etc, did not work!
everyone just kept calling and calling and calling.
in the end, almost every game was won by someone with like 5 7 off hitting a straight on the river.
i was told the 10-20 tables were much better games, and that the only way to win these 5-10 games was luck.
should i play on 10-20, where people have a better idea how to play, or should i try my 'luck' on the 5-10 tables again?
do you guys have any advice on how to beat the 5-10 games?
thank you /images/graemlins/smile.gif