Wolf101
07-28-2005, 08:27 AM
I played a live $50 sng last night that was so bad it was almost funny. Almost.
I sat dumbfounded as I watched the first hand go down. I wasn’t involved but four guys brought the pot up to $2500 pre flop. Since we start with $1500 in chips and the blinds were only 25/50 I couldn’t wait to see what happened next. Three rags flopped and each idiot checked through to the river. It doesn’t matter who won, but the starting hands were J5o, K6o, 78o and T3o. WTF?
The same scenario played out repeatedly, hand after hand, while I waited for a playable hand. I figured I could play my regular game—with the idiots playing such garbage a solid hand would decimate them. The problem, of course, was all was getting was unsuited rags. Finally it got to the point where I had to do something. An 80 year old man was playing every hand…no way he had cards. Even though I had crap I tried to steal from the button for a large bet and he swung right back at me and called with 73. He took the pot down when he flopped two pair. Oh well. I don’t tilt easy.
Fast forward several rounds and I’m the short stack. I still haven’t seen a pair or even a hand I could semi-bluff with. People are still taking down pots playing any face card regardless of kicker. It was like they had never played poker before. The first real playable hand I got was AJs and I bet 5 xbb from the middle. It folds around to the chip leader who immediately goes all in. Since I’m sure he has a beatable hand (he played every hand) I called. He flipped over AK but I drew out a J and took the pot but I was still the short stack by a country mile. Down to six people.
Limping was out of the question with the pre flop betting that was going on and I still hadn’t seen a pair. The big stacks were still over betting every pot with wacky hands. I decided to stay alive I was going to have to play some cards because my post flop play would give me a huge advantage over the check/check/check party that was going on every hand. I made a play with KTs, the best hand I’d seen in a while and I was immediately put all in by the chip leader. By then I didn’t have enough chips to play well post flop anyway. I was beaten by a straight—fair enough.
I don’t mind losing at a tough table, I don’t mind losing when I play well, and bad beats don’t bother me…it happens, right? But what royally pisses me off is losing to people who have absolutely no idea how to play poker. Basically, a table full of complete morons. I’m used to playing morons, but I can usually outplay them with a couple of decent starting hands. But when the hands run completely dry you need some luck and I had none.
I think my biggest mistake was waiting too long. I’m a patient man and it usually serves me well, but I guess I waited too long for a real hand. I kept thinking it would come.
At what point do you decide to start playing 69o? I held off until the table was six handed and by then I was a gonner.
I sat dumbfounded as I watched the first hand go down. I wasn’t involved but four guys brought the pot up to $2500 pre flop. Since we start with $1500 in chips and the blinds were only 25/50 I couldn’t wait to see what happened next. Three rags flopped and each idiot checked through to the river. It doesn’t matter who won, but the starting hands were J5o, K6o, 78o and T3o. WTF?
The same scenario played out repeatedly, hand after hand, while I waited for a playable hand. I figured I could play my regular game—with the idiots playing such garbage a solid hand would decimate them. The problem, of course, was all was getting was unsuited rags. Finally it got to the point where I had to do something. An 80 year old man was playing every hand…no way he had cards. Even though I had crap I tried to steal from the button for a large bet and he swung right back at me and called with 73. He took the pot down when he flopped two pair. Oh well. I don’t tilt easy.
Fast forward several rounds and I’m the short stack. I still haven’t seen a pair or even a hand I could semi-bluff with. People are still taking down pots playing any face card regardless of kicker. It was like they had never played poker before. The first real playable hand I got was AJs and I bet 5 xbb from the middle. It folds around to the chip leader who immediately goes all in. Since I’m sure he has a beatable hand (he played every hand) I called. He flipped over AK but I drew out a J and took the pot but I was still the short stack by a country mile. Down to six people.
Limping was out of the question with the pre flop betting that was going on and I still hadn’t seen a pair. The big stacks were still over betting every pot with wacky hands. I decided to stay alive I was going to have to play some cards because my post flop play would give me a huge advantage over the check/check/check party that was going on every hand. I made a play with KTs, the best hand I’d seen in a while and I was immediately put all in by the chip leader. By then I didn’t have enough chips to play well post flop anyway. I was beaten by a straight—fair enough.
I don’t mind losing at a tough table, I don’t mind losing when I play well, and bad beats don’t bother me…it happens, right? But what royally pisses me off is losing to people who have absolutely no idea how to play poker. Basically, a table full of complete morons. I’m used to playing morons, but I can usually outplay them with a couple of decent starting hands. But when the hands run completely dry you need some luck and I had none.
I think my biggest mistake was waiting too long. I’m a patient man and it usually serves me well, but I guess I waited too long for a real hand. I kept thinking it would come.
At what point do you decide to start playing 69o? I held off until the table was six handed and by then I was a gonner.