1-2NL Starting to Become a Very Boring Game...

[MarkL444]

"IF" youre ever in detroit you won't have much trouble finding a very good 1/2 100 max game.

[IgorSmiles]

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"IF" youre ever in detroit you won't have much trouble finding a very good 1/2 100 max game.

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Good 1/2 100 max game? There's an oxymoron if i ever heard one.

[beerbandit]

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"IF" youre ever in detroit you won't have much trouble finding a very good 1/2 100 max game.

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i was thinking along those lines also


cheers

[Eder]

My kid played 1/2 at the LV Flamingo last Friday. He's total noob ,1st time at BM, but reasonably tight. By 6am he up 800....game musta been goot

[turnipmonster]

all you guys complaining about 1/2 NL games recently should quit worrying about whether or not the games are good (they probably are) and start worrying about learning how to play better.

[dicelumpY2005]

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all you guys complaining about 1/2 NL games recently should quit worrying about whether or not the games are good (they probably are) and start worrying about learning how to play better.

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Umm..ok...so when you look down at AA, raise to a modest $12 in early position, just to see 9 hands flying towards the dealer faster than you can blink... Should have played that better...my point I'm trying to make is a lot of the games I've seen lately have that kind of hand...and the reason nobody is calling the $12 is because they didn't pick up KK, AK suited, or QQ...

[BISCO]

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all you guys complaining about 1/2 NL games recently should quit worrying about whether or not the games are good (they probably are) and start worrying about learning how to play better.

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Umm..ok...so when you look down at AA, raise to a modest $12 in early position, just to see 9 hands flying towards the dealer faster than you can blink... Should have played that better...my point I'm trying to make is a lot of the games I've seen lately have that kind of hand...and the reason nobody is calling the $12 is because they didn't pick up KK, AK suited, or QQ...

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if you arent getting any action in return, have you considered that you are the boring player that is drying up the action with supertight play and scaring others odd the pot when you are betting?

[Triumph36]

Then start raising on marginal holdings in late position like any two Broadway or any pocket pair when it's folded around to you, or even when it hasn't been.

If you're playing with nine total rocks, get up and leave. I think this is unlikely, though.

Also, 12 is hardly a 'modest' raise. The standard online raise is 3-5x the BB. 10 is my standard at 1/2, not that it probably makes a difference.

[turnipmonster]

like everyone said 12 is hardly a modest open, considering a pot raise is 7 straight. but, part of getting better at NL is going to involve seeing how every hand you play at the table related to every other hand, and exploiting how other players view you.

--turnipmonster

[betgo]

I agree that if your 6xBB raises with AA are getting no action, raise less and make more raises.

However, I have seen 1/2 NL games where the play is pretty normal and there is no wild action. I switch to another table, to limit or 2/5NL, or a different casino.

A few loose fish can effect the whole game. Good players will start making larger raises, calling raises with speculative hands, calling down with top pair, etc. These are reasonable adjustments to the change in the play.