How fast do you play?

CaptainCrunch · #1 05-03-2005, 07:38 PM

Just got to wondering, because I've not really played all that long, about how long you more experienced individuals spend in the "decision making" phase of each round? I mean, I've seen plenty of the "auto choice" instant folds and calls online, and the little clock ticking away always puts a cramp in my stomach when I'm trying to build my fledgling out and pot odds calculations... for live games, I've only played at home with buddies back when I was mostly clueless and we were more concerned with drinking beer and BSing each other.

Just a point of curiosity for me, really.

EStreet20 · #2 05-03-2005, 07:57 PM

Hey dude,
First off, good luck getting started playing. Now on to the response...
Online I multitable so I try to use the checkboxes in order to avoid holding up the game, as well as to make other players think quick. I don't know if it actually makes a difference but with heat on people will sometimes make mistakes.
Live I only play drunken NL tourneys with my friends and 2/4 or 3/6 in the casinos. The players in the home tourneys are pretty bad overall but I still try to play my "A" game (or as close as I can while impaired), so sometimes I'll take some time to think but there's also a lot of drunk bantering etc that makes it even longer.
In the casino at the low limits I tend to think quick because I'll make my decisions dased on how many people might be in, if it's raised or not etc, on the action's way around the table. A lot of the older crowd (big in AC) doesn't like to think quick and I've actually found (for some reason) that if I seem to be betting for the hell of it without thinking I get even more dumb calls than usually at the 2/4 tables. Hope this was useful.

Take care,
Matt

EStreet20 · #3 05-03-2005, 07:58 PM

When I typed the above response I indented every paragraph. Don't know why it didn't show up in the post itself.

SmileyEH · #4 05-03-2005, 08:01 PM

8 tabling 2/4, probably 98% of the decisions I make take less than a second. Every 30 seconds or so I'll think for a few seconds, and probably every minute I'll run the clock about halfway down thinking.

-SmileyEH