Time for game style revision?

Hi guys,
not playing as much as I used to do, but that doesn't mean that I don't see things I've never seen before.

Take a look at this HH for a $10 Fifty/Fifty. Player 9 showed an interesting way of playing, simply by raising and/or calling AI whenever possible, lol. He got caught every now and then, but still managed to survive in a mysterious way. There were A LOT of complaints during the 27 hands, I can tell u. I lost my patience in hand 13, probably dump, but this was just too much :-))



I really can't recall to have seen something like this, can you? I don't think I'll try this game style, though. I doubt it pays off.....

CAP Ring Games

So, did anyone manage to cash in a Milestone hand at Pokerstars? I didn’t - though not for a lack of trying. I played more cash tables this past week than in my last three years combined! I had some big swings both up and down, and ended up pretty much break even. I split my time between 9 man PLO HiLo 0,10/0,25 tables and NLHE tables. Yesterday, I came across a ring game that I hadn’t noticed before: No Limit Holdem CAP. MrSmith and I played a bit together on one of these yesterday.

These tables place a 20 BB cap on the betting. In other words, even if you have a 100BB stack, you can’t wager more than 20 BB in a single hand!? It seemed a bit strange at first, but I really liked it. Firstly, the cap made it a push/fold type of preflop game rather than the deep stack set mining, suited connector play typical of the normal cash tables. For me this change fit my style well since it is more like tourney play where all your decisions are preflop.

Secondly, the cap allowed me to play at higher stakes than normal. This is good if you want to gamble at higher stakes and good for collecting VPPs. I played 0,50/1,00 tables yesterday and was quite comfortable since the most I was risking on a single hand was $20. At a normal 0,50/1,00 table I would probably buy in for 80 or 100 dollars. I’m not rolled to risk that much on a single hand!

Furthermore, several times at regular tables I’ve built up a stack double or triple what I started with that session with only to lose it all on one big hand gone bad. With the cap, you can build your stack as much as possible, yet you still can’t wager more than the 20 BB on a single hand. If you are an inexperienced cash tabler, or just want to take a shot at higher stakes, then this safety net might be the thing.

I might play some more of these. They were high action and plenty of fun. Post your thoughts if you have played them.

That is about it for now. I’ll be setting up the next Home Game in a day or two. You can find me grinding the $10 Fifty50s for the time being if you want to join me for a game. Finally, I played the TurboTakedown on Sunday and cashed for $110  :)

Roland GTX

Straight flush heaven and hell

Hi guys,
not often I do see a straight flush, or definitely not often I do get one either. However, all of a sudden I got following yesterday.

I was playing a $3/27, and was about to become pretty short stacked with blinds 200/400. And PS delivers this one





I managed to win that tourney, and obviously I should have logged out and went to bed, lol.

But I decided to play some $5 50/50. Already in hand 14 this one occurs. The villain was the wild sort, and he already managed to knock out one player with a lucky hand.



Not much to say about. Normally, I would have raised after the flop, but the villain was/is a BAD player, and I wanted to get most out of this hand :-)

A short way from heaven to hell :-))))

Home Game March 6

Congratulations JaneMaria - nice win! Sorry for the delay guys! Here is the hand history from our last Home Game. (Note: it's mine not janeMaria's. If you send me yours JaneMaria, I'll post it.)



There was a delay getting the standings updated in the Home Game Lobby. They are updated now, however, the point distribution doesn't seem correct. JaneMarie recieved 4.69 points for his win in our last tourney with eight players. Whereas, MrSmith only recieved  4.38 points for his win in the first game with ten players. Seabreeze took an even harder hit by placing 3rd in the last tourney but getting no points!

I have notified Pokerstars support, but it looks like our leaderboard discussion is not over - LOL! I'll set up all the results with the system we used last year until stars gets this sorted out. The Home Game thing is still considered a beta and they have several bugs to fix.

Roland GTX