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Re: Odd hold\'em structure
Hi Larry,
Sorry I wasn't more clear. Although the blinds are .25/.50, the bet preflop is $2. Both of the blinds have to complete to $2 to see the flop. PP |
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Re: Odd hold\'em structure
[ QUOTE ]
Hi Larry, Sorry I wasn't more clear. Although the blinds are .25/.50, the bet preflop is $2. Both of the blinds have to complete to $2 to see the flop. PP [/ QUOTE ] I didn;t see that yet so disregard my first reply. This game is retarded. I guess play really tight, but without raising you can't put yourself in many favorable situations. |
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Re: Odd hold\'em structure
If you could find out, I'd like to seriously know why they created this limitation and why they keep it. If it's a stakes limitation, then lower them and play poker, not call-along.
As for this format, I'd play a lot of suited connectors, if not all of them. One- and two-gap straights, big pairs. Small pairs are tough- you get the odds to catch, but you can't shorten the odds for others once you do. Stay away from high-low card hands and don't let yourself be bothered by suckouts, because I assume there are a lot of them. Why don't they just put $10 in the pot each and play blind-man's bluff? This isn't poker, it's just finding out who gets lucky. Silly game, but if you have to play in it.... |
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Re: Odd hold\'em structure
Hi Larry,
Okay, I lied a little bit. It's actually a .50/1.00 game with standard betting rules (one bet and 3 raises), but everyone's a maniac so it's capped on every street...typically one street per orbit isn't capped. So, it plays almost exactly like the game I described. In SSHE it says that you can't play small pairs and suited connectors for multiple bets preflop, except for a few exceptions. I was wondering if this was one of the exceptions. PP |
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Re: Odd hold\'em structure
[ QUOTE ]
Hi Larry, Okay, I lied a little bit. It's actually a .50/1.00 game with standard betting rules (one bet and 3 raises), but everyone's a maniac so it's capped on every street...typically one street per orbit isn't capped. So, it plays almost exactly like the game I described.PP [/ QUOTE ] A LITTLE bit? Not even close. What exactly was the point of making up your stupid scenario? |
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Re: Odd hold\'em structure
Explain to me how's it's different, Larry.
If you get involved on one street, it costs you 4 bets. Period. There's no limping and hoping it doesn't get raised this time, because it does get raised. It's capped 6-ways preflop, and gets down to capped 3- or 4-ways at showdown. I honestly don't see how this is different than the game I described in the original post. Please explain to me why I'm wrong. As to why I posted it the way I did...I wanted to emphasize the essential features of the game, and pare away any of the extraneous distractions. At worst, the game in the OP was a slight abstraction and simplification of the game I saw, but it seems like a reasonable starting point to start thinking about the game. PP <<added the last paragraph in the edit>> |
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Re: Odd hold\'em structure
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Explain to me how's it's different, Larry. If you get involved on one street, it costs you 4 bets. Period. There's no limping and hoping it doesn't get raised this time, because it does get raised. It's capped 6-ways preflop, and gets down to capped 3- or 4-ways at showdown. I honestly don't see how this is different than the game I described in the original post. Please explain to me why I'm wrong. As to why I posted it the way I did...I wanted to emphasize the essential features of the game, and pare away any of the extraneous distractions. At worst, the game in the OP was a slight abstraction and simplification of the game I saw, but it seems like a reasonable starting point to start thinking about the game. [/ QUOTE ] "At worst, the game in the OP was a slight abstraction and simplification" You're kidding me, right? SLIGHT simplification? You change the game completely with this little "abstraction." If you think that this: "The blinds are .25/.50. The small bets are $2. The big bets are $4. THERE ARE NO RAISES --- there's only a single bet on each street. Let's say the game is played 9-handed, with 6-7 people in for $2 preflop and 3-4 staying for the showdown" is ANYTHING like this: "It's actually a .50/1.00 game with standard betting rules (one bet and 3 raises), but everyone's a maniac so it's capped on every street...typically one street per orbit isn't capped. So, it plays almost exactly like the game I described" then you need to restudy raising in poker. The only thing I'll say is, you play your made-up scenario a LOT differently that your "real" scenario. Stick to the actual facts if you do this again- don't waste our time. |
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Re: Odd hold\'em structure
I must be an idiot [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] -- I just don't see the difference.
In both games, if people want to play, they put in $2 preflop/flop and $4 turn/river. In one game, they do so all at once. In the other game, they do so in .50/1.00 increments. As a matter of fact, towards the end of the night, they stop going through the motions of "bet-raise-raise-raise" and simply put out the full amount at once "to save time". Please explain to me how the games are different, Larry, because I just don't see it. As far as "wasting your time" -- well, I don't know how to respond to that. I had a question that I didn't know the answer to, so I asked it. PP |
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