4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: in ur accounts... confiscating ur funz
Posts: 2,452
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1/2 live plays like 1c/2c online. What makes it interesting is that you need to archive a much higher winrate relative to the blinds to make it worth it because of rake, tips and the cost of being at the venue: drinks, food, gas money...
It generally plays much deeper So even though your BR requirements drop because your edge as a winning player is that much bigger, you still need a pretty similar BR in relation to the blinds.
- Standard open raises are bigger and many hands are straddled, so it plays similar to 2.33 times the stake that it is.
You have to be willing to value bet much thinner.
If you want to play live, I'd recommend you either find venues that offer live microstakes - some clubs and even some casinos do. They don't make money off those tables, but they're there to get people started... not unlike tournaments.
The route I would recommend is to build your roll online starting with the lowest stakes.
I would say it's ok to take shots at the lowest live games once you reach about 20BI in winnings (that you still have available to you), but that's not the roll you want to maintain when you plan on playing these games regularly, or when you move up to 2/5, 5/10 - 50 buy-ins is more reasonable.
Not only because of the swings, but also because the money involved shouldn't affect your decisions in any way. When loosing 200bb in a pot affects you in any way, you shouldn't be playing in that game imo.
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