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My Friday Rant
Gary Carson, who is a bit of a pariah around these parts, wrote something along the lines of people consider themselves as having a game, like I'm a red chip hold 'em player, and that stops them from sitting in good games. If I remember correctly, he was talking about the need to play more than HE, but the same principle applies to the talk of various Party limits. I'll play between 5/10 and 20/40 on Party, and the deciding factors are how I feel (tired/rested, clear-headed/drunk) and how good the games are. I don't think you guys practice good game selection if you make blanket statements about the quality of games at a given limit. I started playing 15/30 in December because one of my buddies was playing--taking a shot, I guess. I never looked back. Find good games, play good games, take the occasional shot. Don't limit yourself because you heard 5/10 full is bad or whatever. People are wrong. Sometimes a bigger game is surprisingly good because it's Tuesday and 2 donkeys are sitting at 10/20 full. If you can spare 25-50 BBs, give it a shot.
Yeah, and congratulations to Entity. |
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Re: My Friday Rant
Nice post. I *do* think it's probably worth mentioning that even when you were giving 15/30 a shot, you were probably more used to various types of game texture from lots of live play, which is important (i.e. a 3/6 guy with a large bankroll will probably not feel super comfortable just sitting in at a good 15/30 game off the bat).
That said, good post. And thanks. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Rob |
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Re: My Friday Rant
as a coup to this if you want to play for higher stakes but feel you are risking less head down to a live game and play higher stakes where the players arn't as good or aggressive. I find myself beating 3/6 and 5/10 (I haven't ventured too much to 10/20 and 15/30)online but live I can kill 10/20... I'm sure this is obvious for any experienced player.. but for you noobs out there...
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Re: My Friday Rant
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as a coup to this if you want to play for higher stakes but feel you are risking less head down to a live game and play higher stakes where the players arn't as good or aggressive. I find myself beating 3/6 and 5/10 (I haven't ventured too much to 10/20 and 15/30)online but live I can kill 10/20... I'm sure this is obvious for any experienced player.. but for you noobs out there... [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, this is another thing. As donktastic as Party is, live games are almost always much softer for the identical limit. Less aggression, looser, etc etc. Get used to watching a table for an orbit and picking things up. 10 hands live is 20 minutes. |
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Re: My Friday Rant
I agree.
This thinking is clearly evident on the B+M forum where once a week someone says "I play 2/4 online - how does that translate into a B+M limit?" People should get over this mental block and pick games that they can beat. |
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Re: My Friday Rant
Ha, I remember talking to you on AIM and sweating you one of the first times you played 15 (maybe the first time). You played that real big pot w/ KTs where you capped the flop with a flush draw. You ended up winning a big pot and then sat out at your big blind because you said, "My hands are shaking."
Not much of content to say. I agree with the post, I do the same thing, switiching between 5/10 and 10/20 when I can find good games. |
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Re: My Friday Rant
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Ha, I remember talking to you on AIM and sweating you one of the first times you played 15 (maybe the first time). You played that real big pot w/ KTs where you capped the flop with a flush draw. You ended up winning a big pot and then sat out at your big blind because you said, "My hands are shaking." Not much of content to say. I agree with the post, I do the same thing, switiching between 5/10 and 10/20 when I can find good games. [/ QUOTE ] My hands were shaking and it felt freaking awesome. They were also shaking the first couple of hands of 40/80 I played but that might have been because Clark was on my left. |
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My hands were shaking and it felt freaking awesome. [/ QUOTE ] OMG you ARE an addict. My mom was right! |
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My hands were shaking and it felt freaking awesome. [/ QUOTE ] I found the old AIM log... <font color="blue">sfer:</font> KTs <font color="red">Evan:</font> you gonna start playing this more? <font color="red">Evan:</font> nice <font color="red">Evan:</font> rut roh <font color="red">Evan:</font> cold calling is bad <font color="blue">sfer:</font> !! <font color="red">Evan:</font> spades? <font color="red">Evan:</font> <font color="blue">sfer:</font> Yeah <font color="red">Evan:</font> CAP!!! <font color="red">Evan:</font> ooo <font color="blue">sfer:</font> I have to bet <font color="blue">sfer:</font> WOOT! <font color="red">Evan:</font> of course <font color="red">Evan:</font> that was a happy "ooo" <font color="blue">sfer:</font> Last orbit! <font color="blue">sfer:</font> 8-) <font color="red">Evan:</font> why? <font color="blue">sfer:</font> My hands are shaking <font color="blue">sfer:</font> No joke <font color="red">Evan:</font> hahaha <font color="red">Evan:</font> that's awesome <font color="red">Evan:</font> how'd that cap on the flop feel? <font color="blue">sfer:</font> Awesome |
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Re: My Friday Rant
Holy [censored]. Are you keeping a diary or something?
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