Bubu
10-16-2003, 03:27 PM
This post might be more appropriate for the small stakes forum because of the looseness of the game. This was my first day at the famous loose 15-30 tables of Party Poker ... My question is how to adjust to these games.
Usually I just play loose(r) pre-flop and dump it if don't
hit a draw. The problem I have is getting trapped with premium hands.
Anyway I posted behind the button in the loosest game I've played in my life (at this limit). I get AKs. Good. Comes back to me capped - with 7 players ?! Or something like that - it was all a blur. People throwing in chips like there's no tomorrow. How does one avoid getting trapped if you hit ? In this case I hit an ace on ragged flopped. Played it hard, wanting to limit the field - I don't want any redraws on the turns. But of course, given the number of players someone (the guy I thought was a maniac) made a set of sixes.
Three hands later the same action repeated itself. AK. Top
pair top kicker on a ragged flop. Same maniac, different set (7's ?). Ouch. I guess I should have know how he plays set by then. (The same way he plays runner-runner two underpairs as I would discover three hands later)
Generally, if I have a maniac on my right - great. Raise and isolate. Problem is that I sandwiched between two of these guys (for I moment I thought it was collusion - but then all the table was doing it !). But where do you draw the line ? Maybe I should have dropped the hand. I can see that if I put one of the raisers on AA or KK's (say the cap happens in EP by tight players...) But here ? What is there to read ?
So, I'd appreciate any comments on how to play on these loose games (Party, Northern California maybe?). I guess big cards are overvalued. But you can't simply fold them (hell I'll play AA in this crowd anyday !)
cheers,
Bubu
Usually I just play loose(r) pre-flop and dump it if don't
hit a draw. The problem I have is getting trapped with premium hands.
Anyway I posted behind the button in the loosest game I've played in my life (at this limit). I get AKs. Good. Comes back to me capped - with 7 players ?! Or something like that - it was all a blur. People throwing in chips like there's no tomorrow. How does one avoid getting trapped if you hit ? In this case I hit an ace on ragged flopped. Played it hard, wanting to limit the field - I don't want any redraws on the turns. But of course, given the number of players someone (the guy I thought was a maniac) made a set of sixes.
Three hands later the same action repeated itself. AK. Top
pair top kicker on a ragged flop. Same maniac, different set (7's ?). Ouch. I guess I should have know how he plays set by then. (The same way he plays runner-runner two underpairs as I would discover three hands later)
Generally, if I have a maniac on my right - great. Raise and isolate. Problem is that I sandwiched between two of these guys (for I moment I thought it was collusion - but then all the table was doing it !). But where do you draw the line ? Maybe I should have dropped the hand. I can see that if I put one of the raisers on AA or KK's (say the cap happens in EP by tight players...) But here ? What is there to read ?
So, I'd appreciate any comments on how to play on these loose games (Party, Northern California maybe?). I guess big cards are overvalued. But you can't simply fold them (hell I'll play AA in this crowd anyday !)
cheers,
Bubu