Donkey Kong
No limit Hold'em is obviously the poker game of
choice these days. There are so many donks that you don't need to learn how to
play anything else.
Why would you not want to play NL Hold'em? I've
seen the action at the fixed buy-in NL hold'em live games and there are so many
donks out there it's like Donkey Kong country. As for me I haven't touched the
silly $100 or $200 fixed buy-in NL games because I just don't have the patience.
I don't like the fact I have only 30 to 40 times the big blind. However I
always see people sitting there with $4k in front of them and it's only a $200
buy-in game which makes it seem so alluring to play. Once you have the table
covered by a healthy sum and you are any at all a decent player it is easy money
as after you bust someone they can only reload for 150% of the buy-in
usually.
I decided to try the $200 buy-in game for the first time in a long time. I prefer no-restricted buy-in pot limit hold'em but the game is full of donks. The players are so easy to read. One hand I had JJ and made it $15 to go (blinds are $3/5). MP makes it $40 and call to see a flop. Flop is 9 high rainbow and I check and he bets $50 and I muck faceup. Most donks would have bet big or even pushed in my position. They might have even re-raised all-in preflop. Anyway the guy showed me KK. I can see why people put up with the restrictions because the game can be very lucrative. I left the game a decent winner for only playing like an hour. I'm curious to see how I'd do in a real session in that game.
Although there are so many donks who play NL hold'em, there are donks who are eternally bad at other games like Omaha 8/b and Stud 8/b. These games are gold mines where if you make sure you start rock solid you should come out of winner most of the time. I like these games at 20/40 limits or higher if I can find them. It's amazing how bad players can play. What's more amazing is how they are still in action. I recommend you learn the split-games. It will make you a better poker player in general.
I decided to try the $200 buy-in game for the first time in a long time. I prefer no-restricted buy-in pot limit hold'em but the game is full of donks. The players are so easy to read. One hand I had JJ and made it $15 to go (blinds are $3/5). MP makes it $40 and call to see a flop. Flop is 9 high rainbow and I check and he bets $50 and I muck faceup. Most donks would have bet big or even pushed in my position. They might have even re-raised all-in preflop. Anyway the guy showed me KK. I can see why people put up with the restrictions because the game can be very lucrative. I left the game a decent winner for only playing like an hour. I'm curious to see how I'd do in a real session in that game.
Although there are so many donks who play NL hold'em, there are donks who are eternally bad at other games like Omaha 8/b and Stud 8/b. These games are gold mines where if you make sure you start rock solid you should come out of winner most of the time. I like these games at 20/40 limits or higher if I can find them. It's amazing how bad players can play. What's more amazing is how they are still in action. I recommend you learn the split-games. It will make you a better poker player in general.
Posted: Mon - September 12, 2005 at 12:44 PM
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