Last Nite I did something really stupid!!

I was on ftp and lookin for a game that was about to start and saw the Ferguson in the lobby about to start

I clicked on the Register button and I when I was seated I was freaking out thought there was something wrong with ftp or that I was being punked or something..

There was 4 cards instead of my usual 2 cards and then more cards kept being dealt at me,, needless to say I was so freakin lost

I had no idea then I go back to the lobby and look up the game I am in and its says';s RAZZ .. Im like wtf

I felt so stupid, I was in a game I have never played before and I felt like I just wasted a whole dollar.. do u think FTP will gimme my dollar back? lol

anyhow I played it out but I must have seemed like a moron to all the other players at the table I was playing my pkt aces and kings like a m.. f..

they prolly laughing at me im sure .. o well


just thought i share, i guess the lesson learned here is to always look to see what your registering for...

I think they run a few different ferguson games on there.
If you don't know already from google razz is a stud game.
The lowest hand wins.
The lowest being a2345.
Straights and flushes do not count.
It is mostly played as a limit game,so I am sure the ferguson would take years to finish .
You probably already researched all this but just figured I would share.
I have been anxtious for a tournament to start before,only to find it is a stud game or something like that.
As in all tournament play, patience is the vertue.
See you on the flops.

for the rest of us morons... whats a ferguson?

Lmao I have done that but mine was even more stupid, I was just looking for next starting tourney and saw one starting and quickly registered without reading the name. I will never do that again.

I can laugh, because I've done that before. Sometimes we assume everyone plays holdem and we join without looking. Thats pretty funny.

was lookin for a nlhe sng once on ftp...was in the wrong tab, not paying attention. game started, holdem...ok sweet, wait...its pot limit? what? all right, i'll play this out, no biggie...blinds go up omaha! DAMMIT! folded every omaha hand. went back to holdem, blinds changed back to omaha..folded every hand. we get down to 4 ppl....omaha though, dammit, i'm short. i pot raised every bet like a true donkmaster...and they kept folding. i wasn't paying attention. some guy called with an all-in, he went bye bye and i managed to money the thing. not only that but i ended up winning. i felt like a moron though. i always double check now

Lucky you razz is great. Too bad you didn't know what you were doing. Probably my 3rd favorite game. Holdem, omaha8, razz, HORSE.
I know it was a mistake but you should try some new games out to better round out your poker knowledge.

I BELIEVE it's a tournament that only costs a dollar, but I might be wrong.

Yea, its a tournament thats a dollar on full tilt. It has many different types.
If i ever entered a tourney i didnt know how to play, id just sit back and see what hands people are showing down and just play those, lol.

MTTs that are Razz i think also have high hands to.

Are you referring to Stud H/L tourneys?? THere are some tourneys that are strictly RAZZ (<< usually the ones that have this >> 'RAZZ' written in the lobby).

Was good to hear that there are others who've accidentally reg. for the wrong game. It's never happened to me (yet) but I've seen my partner enter a few Omaha Super turbo SNG's, without having a clue how to play the game (and yah.. she cashed in over half of them, lol).

Started as a reference to Chris Ferguson and his $0-$10k Challenge, offering a $1 buy-in with no rake.

Most sites have concise instructions on how to play any game they offer. Why not read the rules and play the game instead of guessing ??

Nope. Razz is low only. Hi/lo games (non-razz) normally require the low hand to be 5 cards showing an 8 or less to qualify. In Razz, it is the lowest 5 of 7 cards and winning hands can often have a 9, 10, J or higher in the 5 winning lowest cards.

Thats why you have a filter....

I have done that before. I sat out a few hands and read the rules. Now I have my filter set to only the tourneys I want to play.

They changed it about a year ago i think and started the switch the types of games it plays

Well thats what i thought, but still i am thinking of the higher hand that beat me.
I might of not have been watching the cards.
But yeah razz is an easy game, quick to pick up...

You are not alone. I have twice accidentally entered tourneys in variants I didn`t know how to play. It encourages you to be a quick study, I find.

I did the same once....I just had to google it right now..couldn't even remember the variant - five card draw (I believe it was) pretty fun....and I ended up reaching the 4th or 5th payout level

heheheh, it's the easy way to learn a new game .
But i just pick it up from watching everyone else play..