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Old 07-28-2006, 11:50 PM     Post subject: Home Game Woes.... #1 (permalink)  
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I play in a home game bi/tri weekly and im having a very difficult time with it for a number of reasons, it basically is a crap shoot because of the M's being so low because the players want to play multiple tournies in a night and it becomes an all in fest and i always steal a ton of blinds and antes and show down hands like 65 s and j10 s after people fold there a10 becasue i know they dont want to commit so i take advantage of it....i get into many arguments with people that you cant really play skillfully because the blinds representing so much of ur stack(for example blinds-50-100, and you have 800 in chips 5 handed) and that your cards dont even matter with blinds so high. Obviously ur m is almost dead under 5 but when i start pushing, i usually pick up blinds and they say thats not poker and this shit because i often get lucky in showdowns when they do call me. I figure that id rather push with a 56 now than have half my stack with an a10 later .

Our usual tourney structure

starting chips- 600-700
start blinds- 5-10 (8-9 min levels)
blinds...
5/10
10/20
15/30
20/40
25/50
30/60
40/80
90/180
100/200
150/300
200/400
250/500 etc.

1. am i justified in pushing a bunch of random hands because of M situation and knowing theyre not comfortable calling?
2. is there another approach that i could take to be more successful and consistant? i'm positive im one of the better players in the game based on the opponents betting patterns and table talk
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Old 07-29-2006, 12:38 AM #2 (permalink)  
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Make your levels 15 minutes. 8-9 minutes probably only let's you play about 4 hands per level. That's just ridiculous. I'd recommend playing a cash game instead of this insanity.
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Old 07-29-2006, 01:11 AM #3 (permalink)  
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the blinds look good, It looks like you need more starting chips I'd recomend around 1500. and a little bit longer levels than 8 mins. maybe 15-20mins?
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Old 08-02-2006, 01:11 AM #4 (permalink)  
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i kno that more chips our needed and that is my point....they refuse to have a tourney longer than 1.5-2 hrs, so what strategy can i employ...? or should i not play at all cuz its a crap shoot
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Old 08-02-2006, 06:42 PM #5 (permalink)  
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how many ppl play in the tournies?
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Old 08-03-2006, 07:58 AM #6 (permalink)  
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usually ranges from 7-20 ...always a random number though
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Old 08-03-2006, 10:52 AM #7 (permalink)  
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Just keep stealing blinds. With no house rake you have to be hugely ev+ vs these donktards.
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