Opening up the horizon's as I try my hand at dealer's choice
Well the evening started off with trying the local the £30+ 1 at Southport and as per usual entries where crap. Eight people turned up in total and two of those was me and Cash Biatch ( girlfriend Caroline).
After having no luck in the tournament, if you can call it that, considering it was smaller than the normal sit n goes I would play, headed off to a private game of dealer's choice.
Now i must confess at this stage that the selection of games here apart from Texas I had never played live before. The game selection for the night was mainly, seven card stud, super stud, Omaha, Omaha hi/lo with variations, Irish, low ball and a couple of others but that was the main frame of the game.
As I said before these are not games I have played to any extent before and after plenty of reading and a lot of time online, spent trying to get the hang of such games i decided to take a stab at the game with a very cautious approach.
The game was made up of experienced players that are well known for their solid approach to this game but I was hoping that my knowledge of stats and outs would surely come in to there own. The other thing I was depending on was the ability to put down a hand regardless of its strength when knowing it wasn't going to pay.
The game started very well. Everyone knew i was a beginner and not some kid at his work trying to sharp their weekly game so I pulled up £50 and took it from there. I put aside £300 for this game so that there was no pressure on my game when I felt I could mix it up with them.
The first £50 didn't last long but that was only due to a bad outdraw in hi lo but having all my money in when streets ahead I really didn't feel I played it wrong.
I re loaded for a second time and and settled in real well and took a hold on the game for a couple of hours.
The key to my success was laying a very big hand in hi lo when I was sure my opponent was betting the low when I had the nuts low with an over and I laid the hand down and explained why.
The table initially thought i was crazy because I was going to get at least half the pot back if i called. I explained that at the time on the river, player (lets call him x) x bet the pot which was £90. That put £180 in the middle and £90 for me to call. Know if my low stands up and he had a better high it means I'm putting in £90 to win £45. It doesn't make sense the guy had played solid so it just didn't warrant a call in my game and so i folded.
This I think turned out to be the best move of the night. After that people really started to understand that although i hadn't played the game before i had a very good understanding of when to get my money in.
The rest went from there i had a couple of nice pots to get me up to around the £400 mark and with a couple bad beats to follow i finished the night very happy indeed with my game and a healthy profit of £220 so i was more than happy with the night.
I can definitely say this is a game i will be playing a lot more of in the future and something i feel i might very well have an edge in once the dust settles........ keep you posted..... skipper
After having no luck in the tournament, if you can call it that, considering it was smaller than the normal sit n goes I would play, headed off to a private game of dealer's choice.
Now i must confess at this stage that the selection of games here apart from Texas I had never played live before. The game selection for the night was mainly, seven card stud, super stud, Omaha, Omaha hi/lo with variations, Irish, low ball and a couple of others but that was the main frame of the game.
As I said before these are not games I have played to any extent before and after plenty of reading and a lot of time online, spent trying to get the hang of such games i decided to take a stab at the game with a very cautious approach.
The game was made up of experienced players that are well known for their solid approach to this game but I was hoping that my knowledge of stats and outs would surely come in to there own. The other thing I was depending on was the ability to put down a hand regardless of its strength when knowing it wasn't going to pay.
The game started very well. Everyone knew i was a beginner and not some kid at his work trying to sharp their weekly game so I pulled up £50 and took it from there. I put aside £300 for this game so that there was no pressure on my game when I felt I could mix it up with them.
The first £50 didn't last long but that was only due to a bad outdraw in hi lo but having all my money in when streets ahead I really didn't feel I played it wrong.
I re loaded for a second time and and settled in real well and took a hold on the game for a couple of hours.
The key to my success was laying a very big hand in hi lo when I was sure my opponent was betting the low when I had the nuts low with an over and I laid the hand down and explained why.
The table initially thought i was crazy because I was going to get at least half the pot back if i called. I explained that at the time on the river, player (lets call him x) x bet the pot which was £90. That put £180 in the middle and £90 for me to call. Know if my low stands up and he had a better high it means I'm putting in £90 to win £45. It doesn't make sense the guy had played solid so it just didn't warrant a call in my game and so i folded.
This I think turned out to be the best move of the night. After that people really started to understand that although i hadn't played the game before i had a very good understanding of when to get my money in.
The rest went from there i had a couple of nice pots to get me up to around the £400 mark and with a couple bad beats to follow i finished the night very happy indeed with my game and a healthy profit of £220 so i was more than happy with the night.
I can definitely say this is a game i will be playing a lot more of in the future and something i feel i might very well have an edge in once the dust settles........ keep you posted..... skipper
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