| This is a discussion on Limit ring game players please help!!! within the online poker forums, in the Cash Games section; Hi all. I`m playing a lot of O8, mainly MTT, but I was tempted to play limit ring games by Stars recently. I seem to ... |
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| Limit ring game players please help!!! Hi all. I`m playing a lot of O8, mainly MTT, but I was tempted to play limit ring games by Stars recently. I seem to have a problem with laying down a hand when playing limit ring games, but I do well playing MTT - bizzare!!! I actualy find myself playing more loose in ring games than MTT. I think it is becuase when playing MTT`s I find I have a definate `goal` i.e. to win the tourny. Playing ring games I think I am effected by how long to play. When playing ring games what is your aim with your hand? Is it to build it to the nuts and that is about it? I don`t want to make it sound that simple, and I know about drawing odds, so I take that into account. Also, don`t bother to bluff??? I had a guy today acting before me. I knew he was just hanging on to the pot, but I had very little. I had bet every street and he had called. The community cards were something like 10dJd2hQd7c - he called me all the way with pair of 7`s (having said that, I had a pair of 2`s - I was repping the flush or straight.) This happened on a few occassions with different guys. Any ideas please??? I think, as I said earlier, I have a definate goal in a MTT - u lose your chips and u r out. Ring games, u lose your chips and u reload. The best answer would be keep away from ring games, but I think if I got some advice I would do well. Thoughts please??? ![]() |
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People make a huge distinction between ring & MTT, but as far as I'm concerned, the differences are minor with regards to the hands I play, and how I play them. I concentrate more on the elements that are critical to both (knowing your opponents, cards themselves, position, etc). If you take care of these in an intelligent way, the winning will take care of itself, regardless of MTT vs ring game. Last edited by Divebitch : 1st December 2008 at 6:39 PM. |
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| Your goal should just be to make profitable decisions. That might be folding, calling, bluffing, whatever. And yes, you should be going to showdown with many more marginal hands in ring games. High variance plays should generally be avoided in a tournament, but in a ring game they can be your bread & butter. Its rare that I ever make a stone cold bluff when playing stud or stud 8. However, I semi-bluff like its my job |
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| Yeah, "what is your aim with your hand?" is a weird question. Quote:
Basically, what c9thingy said is right. Our aim should simply be to make the most profitable decisions possible. I'm not a limit expert, but bluffing an unknown in LHE is generally a bad idea. Quote:
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| re: Limit ring game players please help!!! poker [quote=Dorkus Malorkus;1002284]Yeah, "what is your aim with your hand?" is a weird question. Umm this is a pretty bad way of thinking, unless you would call profitably folding a hand a 'win'. If your aim is to win every hand that you are in then once you have entered a hand you would never fold. Basically, what c9thingy said is right. Our aim should simply be to make the most profitable decisions possible. quote] My response to that was question was directed at the difference between MTT & ring game. The 'premise' you inferred by my comment is completely false. While my aim is to win the hand (vs. in an MTT (possibly!??!?), that is certainly not to say you stay in a hand to the bitter end. And while it's it's nice to win every hand you're in, it is simply meant to indicate that you're selective about the hands you call in the first place. I tend to have a high % rate of winning the hands I see to the river, like over 70%. |
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Here's some tips on O8 from Jennifer Harmon: http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/pro-tip/JenniferHarman/43 I started playing limit games in '69 when the nl holdem tables were sitting empty. I still prefer limit games, stud mostly. Online, O and O8 (especially low buy-ins) have way too many maniacs, imo. Limit, MTT or ring, is about grinding it out. In NL, one decision or play often determines a winner. In limit, there are decisions to be made on every street. The only real difference I find in regards to 'time' that OP mentioned is whether you intend to commit to the length an MTT will stretch to, or a ring where you only have the next 30 minutes free to play. |
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| I think it also depends on the stakes youre playing. I've had success at O8 at micro stakes playing the most straight forward poker possible. If you are playing at the micro stakes, I wouldnt bluff at all. I would simply value bet as much as possible and reraise at every street with the proper drawing and made hands. |
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| re: Limit ring game players please help!!! poker Quote:
Thanks for your input guys. I know this might sound stupid, but my results have changed in the last few days because (still O8) 1) My ring game hand selection is tighter 2) I`m not chasing a lost cause. 3) I`m thinking before I do anything (like DM said - he was never folding so why try to push him out of the pot?) Sometimes going `back to basics` is the way to go |
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