Texas Hold'em - Colorado Style

[Kyriefurro]

For those of you who didn't know, gambling is legal in Colorado - with a couple of twists. You can only play (legally [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]) in three small mountain towns and on two Indian reservations, and bets are limited to a maximum of $5.

All of the card rooms run a 2-5 spread limit Hold'em game, with a single $2 blind (why they don't run 2/4 or even a 2.50/5 game, I don't know heh). However on Friday and Saturday nights many of the larger casinos spread a 5/5 game - a single $5 blind and $5 bets on all streets. These games are notoriously loose and wild. Pots frequently top $150 and $200 pots are not unheard of. I'm quite certain that these games could be extremely profitable for a solid player.

My question is, what kind of adaptations in would you make in your game to play with this type of blind/betting structure (the 5/5 game)? I've thought of a couple of things already. One, raising the flop for a free card on the turn is pretty much a waste of time, since it'll cost you the same amount of money regardless of when you throw your chips in (although it might have metagame value.) Also, I suspect that the number of hands you'd be willing to limp with pre-flop would decrease significantly since the cost of limping in relation to pot size is much higher than with a normal 1/2 betting structure (then again, in a game this wild your pot odds and implied odds can go through the roof).

Any other ideas?

[jaym]

The Gilpin Casino in Blackhawk spreads a 2/4 structured limit game. They also spread 2/5 spread and the 5/5 game as well as omaha and stud games.

I've only played 2/5 a couple times in Cripple Creek so I can't really speak to adjustments to play the game more profitably. I imagine Patrick del Poker Grande will have some insight. I'm pretty sure he like to play those games.

[Kyriefurro]

The Gilpin, huh? Might look in on that, although I'm mostly interested in the 5/5 game, since they're so extremely loose.

[benkath1]

How often do you guys play up there? I'm in GJ and thinking of taking a trip to higher ground to beat the heat and the tables?

[Kyriefurro]

Long time ago (like 6 years now) I used to play up there 2-3 times per week. But I quit because I was constantly loosing and I went on perma-tilt more or less. Quit playing poker completely.

Then 4 months ago I decided it was possible to actually learn how to beat the game. I've been up only once since then. The online games are too profitable, plus it's easier to work on my game in the privacy of my own home. Not to mention that casino security is not very open to the idea of playing poker in your underwear [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]. I do plan on going up every once in a while though. It's a nice change of pace, plus gives me a chance to work on the live aspects of the game...you know, little things called tells.

[scott2130]

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