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Poker Video: Limit Hold'Em by PygmyHero (Micro/Small Stakes)

Vegas=live straddles and also they allow mississippi straddles which are straddles allowed anywhere on the table. The action if someone straddles the btn goes sb first then bb then utg. It is maybe +ev in nl games not sure about limit games. West coast most all of them are blind raises. Oaks is straddle, bay 101 might be but i am not sure.

Best part of straddling is making fun of the nits not doing it with you.

Most places in Vegas don't allow Mississippi straddles. Rio did last year (technically just allowed button straddles not Mississippi straddles) in both NL and PLO, I wouldn't ever do it in limit unless I was drinking/having fun/desperately trying to juice up a nittish game.

Rob

pyg,

really cool episode. i thought your discussion of time pots and how our position at the table might affect our decision to participate in them was awesome and not anything i'd ever heard discussed before.

Also pyg is probably the best person to be making this series. He is probably the most professional person I have ever seen at the poker table.

Apparently you haven't seen me and BBB at the table before.

Time Link to 00:14:24

I think it's probably worth noting that as long as the casino returns 100% of the BBJ to the players, it can be neutral EV or even +EV depending on how you approach it.

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One thing I have seen a few times is a person not chopping "this hand" because they finally got a good hand and they have been getting nothing for a while. Obviously this is horrible etiquette but I have seen it, although it was a low limit game. But you will see people look at their hand before deciding to chop, which is just rude, imo.

Another thing you'll see, and it's a goofy social thing to do, is showing the hand that you ended up chopping. You get to say silly things like, "You had me out kicked", when you show 72 and they show 82.

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Wow, how weird to play with a 3$ chip or even a 5$ chip in a 3/6 game. Talk about killing action. There's a reason why a 20/40 game isn't than much tougher than a 10/20 game live ;-)

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+1 to whoever said that in California rooms, especially the ones you visit often you should tip the chiprunner and in the high limit section often the floor (this depends on how large the high limit section is where the floor is often also the one running the board). The floor will be on your side on disputes, will give you good games and if you are really high roller will even call you when some whale might come in. At WSOP don't get the chips yourself! Chiprunner all the way.

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I would really discourage anybody from getting the poker room rate. If you must get a reduced rate at all, you should get the casino rate and just play some 500$ coin-in Video Poker at a -20$ EV or some EV neutral blackjack. Poker room rates bind you to a certain play (usually way too much for my taste) and the rate sucks as it's the rack rate.

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Wait, you can straddle from ANY position in Foxwoods? Even the button? You realize game conditions where that is extremely profitable?

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Hahahahahahahaha. you make me laugh. You will see a lot of absurtities in Vegas then! The "no flop, no drop" rule is becoming quite extinct these days.

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Brace yourself for incompetent dealers. Please, please pay attention for WSOP time. The quality of the dealers especially in split pot games is often horrendous and you can't trust the dealer to take care of you! Speak out in your interest, don't stay quiet!

Wait, you can straddle from ANY position in Foxwoods? Even the button? You realize game conditions where that is extremely profitable?

only under the gun at foxwoods. however, in a 3handed game utg = btn, so that's pretty fun

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It is hard to table select live unless you are willing to wait and scout out the room. I would prefer to sit down find out who the regs and donks are and get a seat change to put you in position to take on the donks

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just by your chips at the table and the chip runner will bring you the right kind of chips

just by your chips at the table and the chip runner will bring you the right kind of chips

no chip runners at east coast casinos afaik