Live $500 buyin weekend table

[blopp]

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straddle, round the bets up to the next $5, play a lot of hands in position

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[acesover8s]

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The game is in Indiana. We did all round the bets to the nearest $5.

Fun and gambley for them was speed. As long as it wasn't taking too long they were ok with things. They wanted to maximize the number of hands dealt every hour.

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Is this a home game or casino?

[CrushinFelt]

Loose passive games pis me off.

[wazz]

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Loose passive games pis me off.

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Don't like money?

[CrushinFelt]

I love money, but my tilt factor increases by about 100x when I get c/c c/c c/c all night. Whores.

[22suited]

caesar's indiana, riverboat casino.

[VegasKyle]

Pete beat me to it.

I think NOT straddling is -EV, its $5 and last option vs. looking like a nit and being ostraized by the rest of the table.

I know my game becomes a straddle game most of the time. It can be a good way to see who is comfortable playing higher and who isn't.

Edit: Why was the time charge such a big deal? $6/half hour is standard. If they were straddling you should have been playing time pots too....gamble gamble. You made a big deal about rounding too!! give action to get action, [censored].

[BobAllinSki]

Dont straddle, just raise the straddle blind before the cards are dealt from time to time if they allow it, this reeeaally gets the gambooling going.

[Angela7]

Climber, I played OH for the 1st time at Caesars last week. Had 1/2/5 blinds (forced, no strattle). A great game. I could learn to like it more than 2/5 NLH.