Announcing... The Weekly Game! - Page 2

basementproject · #1 10-19-2007, 12:58 PM

I actually suggested the 100/200 game, but most replied that stakes so small just waste their time.

Oh well.

basementproject · #2 10-20-2007, 04:17 AM

bump for publicity before Sunday

JereLock · #3 10-20-2007, 02:12 PM

Just for clarification, 2nl is .01/.02 blinds?

I'll be there!

gotmarc · #4 10-20-2007, 07:51 PM

What do you plan to do in this game? Are you trying to help newbies as you're playing or siphon their bankroll two pennies at a time?

Doyle Brunson says he built a small bankroll buy playing two cent auction bridge when he first went broke in Vegas. Is this what you're trying to do? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

GinaSD · #5 10-20-2007, 08:30 PM

dang, wish we were having one tonight too.

basementproject · #6 10-20-2007, 09:09 PM

lol just so y'all know this game is gonna be as legit as possible.

If BBV invades there's nothing we can really do to stop them, but I'd imagine most of them have better things to do than play $2NL.

JSmith2007 · #7 10-20-2007, 10:14 PM

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lol just so y'all know this game is gonna be as legit as possible.

If BBV invades there's nothing we can really do to stop them, but I'd imagine most of them have better things to do than play $2NL.

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There's an understatement.

pzhon · #8 10-21-2007, 04:18 AM

From past such games, it's good to note that

[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] These are not connected with the 2+2 company.
[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] The presence of excellent winninng players at higher stakes usually makes games like this incredibly fishy, since the amusement value of snapping off a bluff with 9-high, trapping the table for 20 BB preflop, 1 BB at a time, and the absurd PokerTracker results for this stake level are worth more than the money lost.
[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] It's a good rule to say that everyone is expected to show hands. This increases the entertainment and learning value. It's annoying when some people are showing and some people are not cooperating.

I'm not sure if I will be able to play, but it's +EV to tag everyone as 2+2-ers who can be bluffed cheaply with minimum raises.

klezmaniac · #9 10-21-2007, 05:15 PM

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[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] It's a good rule to say that everyone is expected to show hands. This increases the entertainment and learning value. It's annoying when some people are showing and some people are not cooperating.

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Show EVERY hand?

--klez

pzhon · #10 10-22-2007, 12:08 AM

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[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] It's a good rule to say that everyone is expected to show hands. This increases the entertainment and learning value. It's annoying when some people are showing and some people are not cooperating.

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Show EVERY hand?

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In many past online games among 2+2-ers, the winners showed most of the time. Showing when you fold was not required, but was also done often. This makes even a blind-steal interesting, and it is reassuring to the players who are not used to the level of aggression (larger pots with fewer showdowns) brought by the higher stakes players.

Some players play as well as they can, while some intentionally play like fish. It's all good. Any equity you give up by showing your hands will be returned 50-fold by the poor play of people who don't care, and the educational value.

A common way to run this type of game is to set up a private table, and to post the password on the forums.