Originally Posted by bigspenda73

Now, go down to Bellagio, Wynn, Venetian and I could beat those games but I played limit at those rooms.

Originally Posted by Fnord

Re-raise, shove any flop is one of the best plays in these games.

Originally Posted by courtiebee

I never thought of this. That's really interesting.

Originally Posted by bigspenda73

I did it once, got it all-in on a flop 150bb deep with AK vs QJ on a KJT board

didn't end too well.

Originally Posted by Fnord

Stop making weak/tight posts that suck. k thnx

Originally Posted by Fnord

Bank, your roll is way too small.

A live 1/2 game is often going to play like it's really 50bb deep or less. Then figure you're pretty often going to be playing a $400+ stack. $5000 would be a more reasonable roll.

Your rathole approach to the game just doesn't sound very fun and is certainly leaving lots of money on the table.

Re-raise, shove any flop is one of the best plays in these games.

Originally Posted by Chicago_Kid

1/2 at Flamingo

Originally Posted by Fnord

1/2 300max is the bomb.

Originally Posted by Chicago_Kid

I'm back in Sept. It would be a treat to see Fnord stomp ballz.

Originally Posted by bigspenda73

Shouldn't you be playing 5cd somewhere and be posting shit no one cares about?

Originally Posted by bigspenda73

It's so hard to not play hands like QTo when you've folded the past 10 hands over 20 minutes.

Originally Posted by bigspenda73

Ontop of all that our sample size is so small losing/winning can all be chalked up to variance until I would say you get 100 hrs of table time or more.

Originally Posted by SteveO

I've logged a lot of hours in AC under various conditions starting at the 12 o'clock game with all the retired rocks and ending at 4 am with all the drunks.

Couple of tips.

1. Drink. But don't drink too much!. At 12 o'clok in the afternoon you want them to think u are a donk going on a bender. At 2 am you want to fit in. A few drinks takes the edge off too. If you sit there with your headphones and sunglasses and hat sipping mineral water well I'm just not going to play a hand with you unless I have the nuts!

2. Be friendly. Talk to your neighbors. Don't ever talk crap about people's awful play. You want them to call you AA w. KQ.

3. Watch the table carefully. I like to pick out 1-3 players to pick on. Always call their raises. Re-raise them. Of course you should have a reason to pick on them based on your observations. Are they too lose and have a huge range or are they too tight and will fold to almost any bluff? Pick on them until you bust them or they leave.

4. The game is sooooo f'n slooooooooooowwwwwwwwww compared to online. This was mentioned above. Don't fall into the trap of playing Q8 because it was the best hand you've seen in 45 minutes and 3 rotations. It ain't worth it. Even if you sit like a rock for an hour you will still get action against your good hands at these loose games. Be patient.

5. Pay attention to the standard raise that gets attention. Is it 7, 10, 20? This will change a lot and you need to be aware of it. When you get some big stacks working the game will play like 2/5. Next, do you want attention? Do you want to play multiway w/ soooted connectors or do you want chase out as many as possible. Act accordingly.

6. Stealing the blinds is meaningless at 1/2. At least in AC where the stacks are 150 bb's deep.

7. Build pots. Preflop Raise w/ your Axs and low PP's sometimes to build the pot to either bluff or connect and win a big score. You want some deception to when you raise with big pairs and the bigger the pot on the flop the more there is to steal or in the best case connect on your huge draw.


I find most games are generally very weak with a lot of limping and calling stations. Easy to beat if you hit some hands.

Originally Posted by kingnat

c) Who cares... they'll probably still call when you have the goods.