Poker Update
If you like playing cards, don't play poker live. It's hugely addictive.
I'm getting up to the casino about once a fortnight; last night I find out they've started a no-limit game (means the size of bets are not fixed, you can bet all your money on the table in one go if you want) and I didn't feel up to it, so tried to get on the 10/25 fixed limit table (as the name implied, bets are fixed to a certain amount - $10 in early rounds, $25 in later rounds) but the trouble is all the 10/25 players have buggered off to the no-limit table.
So I played the 5/10 table for a few hours but it broke up. I had a choice of going home, playing 2/4 (which wouldn't pay for the petrol) or going to the no-limit. With a deep breath, I sat down with the serious boys again.
The no-limit table at Sky has a max buyin of $200 which is good as it means someone with a shitload of cash can't just sit dowm and bully the table. Trouble is, joining the table halfway thru the night some people already had stacks of $800-$900 and it does place you at a disadvantage.
Thankfully I was card-dead for the first hour and didn't really get involved and watched, slowly dribbling money away. During that first hour, two big stacks went to war and the pot ended up at $1700 and I'm thinking what the fuck have I got myself into. No-limit cash games certainly require big kahunas.
Anyway, the night has a happy ending and I got into the swing of things and ended up with 13 more red notes than I'd started with. Trouble with a night at Sky is by the time I get home at 4 a.m. after 8 hours of poker I'm still wired by the coffee and the buzz of the game. Sharee has this annoying habit of checking the contents of my wallet the morning after a trip to the casino and she was so excited this morning she just had to wake me up after about 2 hours of sleep and ask how much of it was profit. And, true to form, when I eventually roll out of bed I mysteriously find one of those red notes has disappeared.
Super 14 preview tomorrow (afternoon).
I'm getting up to the casino about once a fortnight; last night I find out they've started a no-limit game (means the size of bets are not fixed, you can bet all your money on the table in one go if you want) and I didn't feel up to it, so tried to get on the 10/25 fixed limit table (as the name implied, bets are fixed to a certain amount - $10 in early rounds, $25 in later rounds) but the trouble is all the 10/25 players have buggered off to the no-limit table.
So I played the 5/10 table for a few hours but it broke up. I had a choice of going home, playing 2/4 (which wouldn't pay for the petrol) or going to the no-limit. With a deep breath, I sat down with the serious boys again.
The no-limit table at Sky has a max buyin of $200 which is good as it means someone with a shitload of cash can't just sit dowm and bully the table. Trouble is, joining the table halfway thru the night some people already had stacks of $800-$900 and it does place you at a disadvantage.
Thankfully I was card-dead for the first hour and didn't really get involved and watched, slowly dribbling money away. During that first hour, two big stacks went to war and the pot ended up at $1700 and I'm thinking what the fuck have I got myself into. No-limit cash games certainly require big kahunas.
Anyway, the night has a happy ending and I got into the swing of things and ended up with 13 more red notes than I'd started with. Trouble with a night at Sky is by the time I get home at 4 a.m. after 8 hours of poker I'm still wired by the coffee and the buzz of the game. Sharee has this annoying habit of checking the contents of my wallet the morning after a trip to the casino and she was so excited this morning she just had to wake me up after about 2 hours of sleep and ask how much of it was profit. And, true to form, when I eventually roll out of bed I mysteriously find one of those red notes has disappeared.
Super 14 preview tomorrow (afternoon).
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posted by Rob Crawford at 6:19 PM
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