commentary on 5/10 vs 3/6 and a hand as an example

[molawn2mo]

Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Reads... well, yeah, enough to be guaranteed that it would be raised behind me. And you thought 5/10 played rockish.

Seriously, though, this was my first week doing the 5/10 full and notwithstanding this beauty I have found the tables easier for me than 3/6. As you may or may not know I tend to play 1 or 2 tables only and, as such, tend to pay relatively close attention to the action. I have found the caliber of player at 5/10 to be quite similar to that of 3/6 but I have found that there is quite a lot less turnover at the table (at 5/10). I, therefore, am getting far better reads than at 3/6 where there is quite a bit more table hopping. Additionally, there appear to be many more multi multi-tablers at 3/6. I guess you guys have no patience for the lack of full ring 5/10 tables, too. Anyway, take it for what it is worth.


Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls, CO calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises</font>, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, CO folds, <font color="#CC3333">SB caps</font>, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (21 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB caps</font>, BB folds, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (19 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB calls, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls.

River: (27 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, SB calls, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls.

Final Pot: 31 BB

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
SB has Qh Qc (two pair, queens and nines).
UTG+1 has Js 5d (two pair, nines and fives).
MP1 has 2s Ts (two pair, tens and nines).
Hero has As Ah (two pair, aces and nines).
Outcome: Hero wins 31 BB. </font>

[ArturiusX]

A++ on table selection.