Flotsam and Jetsam (LC?HC?)

[Big Limpin]

Flotsam & Jetsam

a.k.a. ASK BIG LIMPIN ANYTHING ABOUT PLAYING LIMIT POKER FOR TWO MONTHS

Feb 8th. Its my birthday. Could 28 even be old on 2+2? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

its 4:20 pacific time zone, and ive already celebrated.

until at least midnight, i'm going to be here at my computer, playing cards and on 2+2, at least until mindingt.

<u>QUALIFICATIONS:</u>
-semi/pro holdem several years
-never played a hand of draw-poker EVEER before Decemeber
-played more draw than anything else (combined) over last 2 months
-75% limit ring draw, smattering of PL ring, PL MTT
-amlost certainly has read every draw post in this forum over that time. (*50% retention [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] )
- ~$5K richer for the experience. more pertinently, my toolbox is bigger for the experience

If you are noober than me at draw? Ask questions maybe i can give advice what to expect if you wnat to play draw to win some monies

Forum regular/ old skool draw? The responses you guys give to my opinions are what drives me to post here. I'm a leech for feedback / i learn most when you contradict my thoughts. Keep it coming!



let this thread gogogogo, then it can die.
i'll spew thoughts on anything [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[2461Badugi]

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Feb 8th. Its my birthday. Could 28 even be old on 2+2? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]


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You're nine days older than me, and I feel ancient whenever I venture out of OP or Stud. So yes. Not old for OP by a stretch though.

Due to a fun week in many respects, I'm reduced to rebuilding my bankroll from $3500 or so, mostly at Stars and Poker.com. Should I mix draw into my rebuilding plan? How much?

[Big Limpin]

I would recommend against "investing" in Poker.com, there is simply no traffic at reasonable stakes. If you usually beat the Stars games, then PStars will probably offer the best utility, for an American. I'll ask you: what do you see on the horizon? Any new sites with draw? Draw vs Donkeys is a pure slaughterhouse.

If your "rebuilding plan" from 3.5k involves many many (fun) hours of $10/h nights, then i think draw poker would be a good addition to a mix (keep some hold'em for sanity reasons).

Really, i dont think theres much use for a $3500 roll online, at the sites i play. The draw economy seems best suited to rolling regular but smallish wins off a ~$200-500 roll.

There seems potential benefits of playing the PL mtts too.

2461, you ought to take your 3.5k, leave 500 in stars, 0 in poker.com, and 500 for utility (netller, cough, cough [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] ) to use when we find us a nice new berry patch?

Take the remaining 2.5 and either i) buy something nice or ii)take a serious 2.5k shot at a holdem game you think you can beat.

[Big Limpin]

im going to sit in a ring game now, ill post the first hand that seems interesting

[Big Limpin]

im playing some guy heads up 1/2 limit. his private table. should be a warning sign, but ....lets us gogoggo!

[Big Limpin]

$50 -&gt; $62.30 , 5 minutes. then dude sat out.

ok:

(Q1)

When heads up, with small blind and the button (and 1st action predraw), what % of hands would be optimal to fold with?

I figure at least SOME of the time my rags are best folded predraw. 10%?

I've been doing someting like 40% raise open, 40% limp complete, and 20% folding, from the small blind....thats just intuition.

Help? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

*still waiting for new opponent

[Big Limpin]

guh, new opponent thumped me, i give him 40. i played ultra-aggro, trying some new stuff. no love, but i missed pretty much every hand, he improved in the right places, etc.

25% bad luck
75% bad play
something like that [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Al Mirpuri]

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guh, new opponent thumped me, i give him 40. i played ultra-aggro, trying some new stuff. no love, but i missed pretty much every hand, he improved in the right places, etc.

25% bad luck
75% bad play
something like that [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Big Limpin,

I have found these heads up things in HE anyways are nasty: either you beat the guy and he leaves or he takes a small amount off you and realizes you are too good and leaves. When they take just a small amount and get the hell out it can be very annoying...

[Murakawa]

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guh, new opponent thumped me, i give him 40. i played ultra-aggro, trying some new stuff. no love, but i missed pretty much every hand, he improved in the right places, etc.

25% bad luck
75% bad play
something like that [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Big Limpin,

I have found these heads up things in HE anyways are nasty: either you beat the guy and he leaves or he takes a small amount off you and realizes you are too good and leaves. When they take just a small amount and get the hell out it can be very annoying...

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yep.

[stripsqueez]

if you limp 40% from the SB heads up please advise where the table is

stripsqueez - chickenhawk