limit holdem SNG's

[johnbaker]

ok, so the other night i sign up for a $20+2 SNG on empire. I come in, there are 2 maniacs who are raising and reraising with nothing, showing 8 high etc the whole time. Its seriously safe to call them down with A2 high. anyways, 2 of the maniacs got knocked out and i thought i could skill my way into the money.....

WRONG

I'm dealt J10s on the button, the last maniac has 30 chips more than me. the stakes are 50/100 at this point and i have roughly 450 left. I limp, the maniac raises, i call, its just me and him. flop is 8Q6 or something like that, and i figure that jack high is good at this point (yeah i know, its pretty fuckin presumptuous, but i had a tell on the guy based on how long he delayed when betting. my read said he had nothing.) i knew he would reraise with 3 high at this point, so i just called. turn is a K (i think, dont remember too clearly). he bets, i raise, he reraises, i go all in. he has 72o and gets a 2 on the river.

see heres my question: why would there be so many dumbshits in a 20 buyin LIMIT holdem game at midnight on a friday? do these people not understand that a re-reraise in limit is not going to make a comitted player fold? or did i just run into a bunch of drunks and get unlucky as hell? i know one thing for sure; im never playing limit again below 5/10 cash games. whatever.... the guy got knocked out outside the money, i was cheering on everyone else to knock him out hahaha... the guy who did is my fucking hero.

-jB

[2Tone]

Given that it was midnight on Friday, I'll go with the theory that these guys were not aware they were signing up for a LIMIT tourney, and played it as if it were NL.

There's also the cult of the 7/2 off. On some of the blogs, they call it the Hammer, and have a running joke about playing it every time -- and making some surprisingly good cash doing so.

Badblood might be able to speak to this ...

[Aequitas58]

I've never heard of this... any links you could pass on?

[2Tone]

I don't endorse this, but here's more about 7/2 off.





You can Google for tons more.

FYI, for everyone else. Lou is currently putting on a shorthanded NL clinic over at Mirabelle. Avoid him at the tables, but everyone else is pretty soft.

The free $10 is over, but the fish it brought in remain.

[Aequitas58]

Blowin up my spot like that!

I am terrible at poker, I was just getting a solid run of cards.

[ChipFish]

Read or no read, I am still trying to figure what the heck you were doing playing jack-ten?

[2Tone]

LOL. And Cameron Diaz is a total dog, she just happens to photograph well.

[Frontin]

Yeah I've played in limit tourneys where guys would raise with anything just to end their tourney quickly.. cause they intended to sign up for a NL tourney but got the wrong one.

[badblood44]

Ah yes, The Hammer.

It is kind of a running joke among poker bloggers. Statistically proven to be the worst Hold 'em starting hand, 2,7off has taken on a life of its own.

Inspired by the Poker Grub's Hammer challenge:



winning with the hand has become an event to blog about.

I've even hit quads with it once. So beware the 2,2,7 flop, it's not junk anymore

[jdiana86]

hope this was in the big blind

[badblood44]

It doesn't count if it was in the big blind!!!!

You have to pre-flop raise w/it!!!!

[SirFWALGMan]

Does anything surprise you? KJ s000ted, pre-flop raise, two callers, 75o wins when 757 hits as the last 3 cards! I made my Jack high and was betting it hard enough that he should have know. Idiot!

I personally play the $20 Holdem SNGs when I need a break from the 5/10's. Playing at 5/10 makes the 22 bucks a nothing buyin, and the $88 payout if you win not worth much. If I want to relax a little on my second table I will play one.

These games become too much like NL too quickly. If you do not catch cards by the 4th orbit you are basically deciding to put most of your chips in on one play. The 50/100 and 100/200 blinds happen so quickly that you need to get lucky there and catch some cards or outplay your opponents with bluffs.

[Aequitas58]

Yea, but given the loose nature of these SnGs, usually by the 4th orbit, a few people are knocked out. And hopefully, if you haven't won a pot, then all the money has gone to the same person.