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5CD posts are fewer and fewer. I've been tryin higher fixed limit games on PS (I typically play the micro PL game). Damn if it isn't softer; the bad players are just as bad, and the experts from Kiev are no where to be found.
This gem of a hand came up after 60 hands in a loosing session that made the session +EV all by itself. Check out BB's strong play. And did both CO and button call a cap with just a pair of K's at best? Limit 5 Card Draw ($2/$4) (PM me for converter link, seems to be censored here) SB ($61), Seat 3 BB ($132.50), Seat 4 Hero ($57), Seat 5 MP ($171.50), Seat 6 CO ($57), Seat 1 Button ($17), Seat 2 SB posts $1. BB posts $2. Hero is UTG with [Ah As Th 6s Ac] Round 1: (1.50 SB) <font color="red">Hero raises. </font><font color="#666666">MP folds. </font><font color="green">CO calls. </font><font color="green">Button calls. </font><font color="#666666">SB folds. </font><font color="red">BB raises. </font><font color="red">Hero raises. </font>Betting is capped. <font color="green">CO calls. </font><font color="green">Button calls. </font><font color="#666666">BB folds. </font> Hero discards Th 6s. CO takes 3. Button takes 3. Hero has [Ah As Ac Qh 9c] Round 2: (7.75 BB) <font color="red">Hero bets. </font><font color="#666666">CO folds. </font><font color="green">Button calls. </font> Pot: (9.75 BB - $39) Results: Total pot $39 | Rake $1 Button had [7h 2c 8h 7s 7c]. Hero had [Ah As Qh 9c Ac] and won ($38) with three of a kind, Aces. |
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Why did you take 2 instead of 1?
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The games at 2-4 and higher on PokerStars are sometimes soft
because there are one or two new players. Most of the time, the game is populated with regulars, so you're in for a treat if there is even one "newbie". Depending on how poor your opponents play, drawing one might be better (you may get a weak opponent to raise you on the end with trips); on the other hand, you do increase your chances of making a big hand a tiny bit. At the higher limits (with decent or tough opponents), drawing two is normal. This hand reminded me of a 10-20 hand I played eons ago on PokerStars. I held AAAxy on the button when the utg raised, the hijack and cutoff both cold called and after the reraise it was four-way. The draws were three, three(!), one and one, but I didn't get paid off. But I thought the PL/NL microgames on PokerStars were often soft? (I've played them on and off) Isn't that still the case even now? |
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The 2/4 is not generally soft. I think it's softer than the 1/2 sometimes, look like you sat down at the right time.
stupid UIGEA |
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