When playing 6 handed online....do you like it better when

Dante · Jan 10, 2006

there are people at the table with lets say under 20$ in chips....If im in a hand and I have 45$ for example and the others have 10$ and 13$ im can you win more this way as you will not be risking over that amount , for example if you have top pair with a weaker kicker and put them all in

just curious how you play small bank tables

an example is today I had 99 guy with 15$ in chips raises to 4 I have 45$ in chips I go all in he calls with AQ I win as he gets no draw its not as scary with that amount , true or false? thanks

primetime21+ · Jan 10, 2006

I agree 100 percent. I play NL 6 max tables pretty much exclusively. And hands like AK or 99 are hands you generally dont want to be all in with preflop against a big stack, but against smaller stacks you can really push them around with hands like that.

And while there is no guarantee, i have found that players that are shortstacked tend to be a little looser and willing to risk everything with subpar hands such as A-10 and 33, so i am willing to move all in preflop against them with AK and 99.

SPunlimited · Jan 10, 2006

I find that goes both ways if you come to a table with with say $20 or less and go all in with a really good hand the bigger stacks tend to call with a weaker hand than they would if you had a bigger stack so I like to do that and try to double up then try and get the short stacks all in.

BaseballGuy · Jan 10, 2006

Dante said:
there are people at the table with lets say under 20$ in chips....If im in a hand and I have 45$ for example and the others have 10$ and 13$ im can you win more this way as you will not be risking over that amount , for example if you have top pair with a weaker kicker and put them all in

just curious how you play small bank tables

an example is today I had 99 guy with 15$ in chips raises to 4 I have 45$ in chips I go all in he calls with AQ I win as he gets no draw its not as scary with that amount , true or false? thanks

I HATE it when some guy comes to the table with 10.00 when everyone else has 50.00

The software seems to find a way to double him up 10 times.

primetime21+ · Jan 10, 2006

BaseballGuy said:
The software seems to find a way to double him up 10 times.

Do you wear tin foil on your head when you play poker online?

BaseballGuy · Jan 10, 2006

primetime21 said:
Do you wear tin foil on your head when you play poker online?

No I wrap it around my balls.

QuickLearner · Jan 10, 2006

Buying in for the minimum is a sound strategy with a couple of real advantages. You don't have to be very good post-flop if you are pushing pre-flop. It also eliminates positional advantage. I don't play much NL ring, but I have learned not to assume that someone who buys in short is some kind of easy mark.

primetime21+ · Jan 10, 2006

That is true, there is a strategy that can be used buying in for short. But i play about 12-15 thousand hands a month playing NL6 max and 95 percent of the people that buy in for short don't have much of a strategy. And if they do its a bad one. I think the main reason most people buy in for short is because they can't afford the full buy in or are afraid to risk the full buy in. Either way, those players are exactly the type of player i want to be sitting with.

TwoCard · Jan 10, 2006

I always buy in for the max.
When I have a hand - the more chips, the better.

Mr.Leisure · Jan 10, 2006

I`m learning and i always buy in for the minimum. I play ultra tight and win more than I lose.

BaseballGuy · Jan 10, 2006

primetime21 said:
That is true, there is a strategy that can be used buying in for short. But i play about 12-15 thousand hands a month playing NL6 max and 95 percent of the people that buy in for short don't have much of a strategy. And if they do its a bad one. I think the main reason most people buy in for short is because they can't afford the full buy in or are afraid to risk the full buy in. Either way, those players are exactly the type of player i want to be sitting with.

Well prime you're not much of a player then.

If you knew anything about variance or statistics you would hate playing NL with these types of players.

The reason, is because they are playing the same game as you with lower risk. This is a huge advantage in NL. You don't want to be playing NL with someone who has 80 percent less risk then you. That is just a recipe for disaster.

BaseballGuy · Jan 10, 2006

I guess this is the part where you come in and talk about the thousands of dollars you make every month off of fish like me.

MookieOO · Jan 10, 2006

BaseballGuy said:
Well prime you're not much of a player then.

If you knew anything about variance or statistics you would hate playing NL with these types of players.

The reason, is because they are playing the same game as you with lower risk. This is a huge advantage in NL. You don't want to be playing NL with someone who has 80 percent less risk then you. That is just a recipe for disaster.

BaseballGuy,

Please explain how one player can have "less risk" than another at an NL table. If you have $15 and I have $100 and you go all-in, each of us has $15 at risk --- so where is the 80 percent less risk that you're talking about?

Go ahead and use statistical terms in your explanation. I have my Masters in Applied Stats, so I'll probably be able to follow your explanation.

primetime21+ · Jan 11, 2006

BaseballGuy said:
Well prime you're not much of a player then.

If you knew anything about variance or statistics you would hate playing NL with these types of players.

The reason, is because they are playing the same game as you with lower risk. This is a huge advantage in NL. You don't want to be playing NL with someone who has 80 percent less risk then you. That is just a recipe for disaster.

wow.

BaseballGuy · Jan 11, 2006

MookieOO said:
BaseballGuy,

Please explain how one player can have "less risk" than another at an NL table. If you have $15 and I have $100 and you go all-in, each of us has $15 at risk --- so where is the 80 percent less risk that you're talking about?

Go ahead and use statistical terms in your explanation. I have my Masters in Applied Stats, so I'll probably be able to follow your explanation.

You can't understand that if you have 10x more chips than everyone else they are risking less chips than you are?

primetime21+ · Jan 11, 2006

BaseballGuy said:
You can't understand that if you have 10x more chips than everyone else they are risking less chips than you are?

Quit while your behind. You are talking about playing poker under the assumption that you are worse than the other players at the table and will lose. Going to a table trying to limit the amount you can lose is another sign of a bad player. YOu want to maximize your profits and avoid getting pushed around by the bigger stacks. Two things you can't do as a shortstack. For those actually reading this you should see why players that buy in short tend to be inferior.

randyrohm · Jan 11, 2006

Baseball Guy, Why do you get in threads you know nothing about? These guys are asking for pertinant, informed answers. If you you knew the answer you would spend your time playing online poker rather than bustin balls

uppy: .

MookieOO · Jan 11, 2006

BaseballGuy said:
You can't understand that if you have 10x more chips than everyone else they are risking less chips than you are?

BBGuy,

Less chips and less risk are not the same thing. Good try, though.

And good decision to leave the statistical terms out of your explanation. You had ZERO chance of winning a statistical battle with me. Zero.

BaseballGuy · Jan 11, 2006

randyrohm said:
Baseball Guy, Why do you get in threads you know nothing about? These guys are asking for pertinant, informed answers. If you you knew the answer you would spend your time playing online poker rather than bustin ballsuppy: .

I gave an informed answer based on my 10 years of poker playing experience. I am sorry that you, mookie and prime with your combined 14 months of experience do not feel I am qualified to give opinions on the matter.

Anything else Randy?

tkf18ny · Jan 11, 2006

mr leisure you would be better off playing for lower stakes so you can alleast get used to having a normal stack
buy in for 20 blinds does not teach you anything and most people play crappy short stakced anyway