Gone Fishing . . .
I don`t play ring games too often. I`m not a big fan of Limit HE, and I don`t enjoy NLHE in a ring game. However, on Thursday Poker.com released version 4.0 with all the new games and I thought that as I`d had a little while to practise them during the Beta testing I`d give them a go.
On Thursday I played a little Badugi and 5 card draw but there was never anyone playing the game I wanted to try my hand at. Friday morning I thought long and hard before sitting down to play some 7 card stud hi/lo. In pretty short order I lost my buy-in and quit the table. Then in the afternoon, finally some people were sat at the Triple Draw A-5 Lowball table playing 0.10/0.20 limit. Amongst them was one of Poker.com`s resident NLHE sharks - pepeman. Now normally he plays anything from $1/$2 to $3/$6 but as, by his own admission, he knew nothing about the game, he was messing around on the micro limits. This was an opportunity I couldn`t miss.
Well I sat down at 1.42pm with $5 and I left at 4.30 with $21.51. I`m no expert on these things but almost 30 big bets per hour seems a pretty good return to me. It`s certainly a lot better than I`d make playing LHE. I said during the testing that I loved this game and although I realise that the competition will get tougher as time goes on I`m looking forward to playing this game a lot more. A few more sessions of that nature and I can look to move up a level in stakes. The only problem at present is that the new games aren`t giving out comp points. This needs sorting. The tables charge rake at standard rates so players should get the usual rewards. According to one of the staff who posted in the forum this will be reviewed in the next few weeks.
I wish I could find some reading material on the game but the the only piece on it seems to be the section in SSII by Daniel Negreanu. I`ve developed a basic strategy that seems to be working pretty well and I may write it up and send it over to Chris Fargis and see what he reckons and if he will add anything to it. I found Chris`s blog whilst I was looking for reading material on Triple Draw. He plays the game for pretty high stakes and although he seems to prefer the 2-7 variation I`m sure he could tell me how far off the mark I am.
That`s it for now other than to say don`t forget to check out the Poker Pub for coverage of the Aussie Millions by the BPT`s very own Beer Guy.
On Thursday I played a little Badugi and 5 card draw but there was never anyone playing the game I wanted to try my hand at. Friday morning I thought long and hard before sitting down to play some 7 card stud hi/lo. In pretty short order I lost my buy-in and quit the table. Then in the afternoon, finally some people were sat at the Triple Draw A-5 Lowball table playing 0.10/0.20 limit. Amongst them was one of Poker.com`s resident NLHE sharks - pepeman. Now normally he plays anything from $1/$2 to $3/$6 but as, by his own admission, he knew nothing about the game, he was messing around on the micro limits. This was an opportunity I couldn`t miss.
Well I sat down at 1.42pm with $5 and I left at 4.30 with $21.51. I`m no expert on these things but almost 30 big bets per hour seems a pretty good return to me. It`s certainly a lot better than I`d make playing LHE. I said during the testing that I loved this game and although I realise that the competition will get tougher as time goes on I`m looking forward to playing this game a lot more. A few more sessions of that nature and I can look to move up a level in stakes. The only problem at present is that the new games aren`t giving out comp points. This needs sorting. The tables charge rake at standard rates so players should get the usual rewards. According to one of the staff who posted in the forum this will be reviewed in the next few weeks.
I wish I could find some reading material on the game but the the only piece on it seems to be the section in SSII by Daniel Negreanu. I`ve developed a basic strategy that seems to be working pretty well and I may write it up and send it over to Chris Fargis and see what he reckons and if he will add anything to it. I found Chris`s blog whilst I was looking for reading material on Triple Draw. He plays the game for pretty high stakes and although he seems to prefer the 2-7 variation I`m sure he could tell me how far off the mark I am.
That`s it for now other than to say don`t forget to check out the Poker Pub for coverage of the Aussie Millions by the BPT`s very own Beer Guy.
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