Mason said that under the assumption of uncapped buy-ins. 100bb cap in live poker made NLHE much more viable. I think it’s better for the SSNL to cap buy-ins at 200bb for 2/5, 100bb for smaller, and to not allow players to match the big stack. Higher than that, I’d be fine with increasing caps.
NBZ, are you beating 5/5 PLO at Aria?
Not over a small sample size. I also haven’t played well because I haven’t committed to a long session, which makes me more patient. And I’ve experimented with a few lines I don’t want to try against my regular opponents.
I think I’m also tilted by playing at Aria because it’s this weird outlier in my database as the only place where I really get trucked at PLO. I think the game is just tighter than most places and I’m not respecting bets and raises enough and not winning enough hand to build that tight winning image that I like to exploit.
Thread needs more saucy food porn imo.
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You worry about your image more than actually making winning plays imo.
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Breakfast at Wicked Spoon. No line during a weekday. I didn’t eat as much as I normally do at a Vegas buffet.
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People play differently against me than against other players.
I was thinking this thread needs more debauchery and general Vegas drunkenness. Although I realize the average age around here is probably north of 40 by now and our hard partying days long behind us. But this thread has just been poker and food porn for like 3 months (I fully realize that’s also the best I could offer). We had one casual mention of a threesome back in what… May? Come on guys. My 15 year wedding anniversary is tomorrow and I need some stories of drunken whoring to make me dream of being young again.
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That’s one meal?
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It’s a solid-ish game and I couldn’t picture your style working as well there as it does in your local game. You can play nitty ABC poker in that game and print money IME
Can I get a pointed review of the eggs benedict please? I don’t generally do buffets, but I would if I could eat my weight in good eggs benedict.
This works in basically every PLO game. Like I couldn’t devise a worse strategy in 1/2 PLo than “cultivate the tightest image to run bluffs through in the future.”
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Nobody wants a tight winning image. Be tight and winning sure but you don’t ever want your opponents to see you that way!
No better time for drunken threesome whoring than a 15 year anniversary. Im pretty sure thats what Hallmark says the 15 year anniversary is
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The egg yolks were still runny. I suppose the main thing about eggs Benedict is getting that part right. It was fine. Freedom Beat at the Downtown Grand used to have AYCE eggs Benedict with several variations as part of their weekend brunch menu. Not sure if they still do. I’ve never had it, so can’t comment on the quality.
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I don’t think there’s any getting around that I naturally convey a tight, smart image. I like to talk and I don’t know how to play dumb when I talk. I assume that image is a given and try figure out how I can exploit it. I also need to consider how people change their play against a tight player who is getting unlucky when I am running bad
I really want to spend some extended time at the table with someone here to get an assessment on how I come across.
Well, the main thing I do at 1/2 PLO is trap people. That’s where most of my profit comes from. I was definitely playing too aggressive this trip.
You seem to think your playing style has some inherent quality. It doesn’t. You can simply learn to modify your style. Add a few points to your VPIP, up you bluffing frequency a little, balance your ranges better away from the top quartile. Nothing but you is stopping you from making these changes.
This is mtt thinking not cash game thinking. The majority of your profit should never come from trapping people if you are tight. You are not trapping people. You are just getting less value from fish who would call anyway.
What makes you think I don’t bluff or balance my ranges?