Re: Why we love MGM on weekends
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Wouldn't it be immediately obvious when you're sitting with someone who doesn't know what a big blind is?
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A lot of the people who play 2/4 3/6 4/8 1/2NL in vegas don't know when to post, how much to post, why to post etc. but they've played poker before and have some idea of how to play.
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It's hard to distinguish an Internet player who knows how to play but has never handled chips from a total newbie. And it's hard to distinguish a drunk who knows how to play but is too drunk to see chip colors or card values from a total newbie. And it's be hard to distinguish a random good ol' Kansas boy who's played Follow the Queen back home with the yokels from a total n00b. People just tend to be cautious until they actually see a hand or two when someone is slinging $30 into a $15 pot. The revelation for our table was pretty quick, but the guy took down a couple pots with oversize bets before we finally got to see his cards. I think it was when he flipped over 86, having called on the river with a board of like AQJ32 that the salivating began in ernest as it finally dawned on people that he was truly playing nearly randomly.
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