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Toad
Rock Star
Silver Level
I play in a few differnt hoem games in my area. Usually about 8-12 people in each of the games. We will play low buy-in NL tournies.
2 of the games are with people who play holdem regularly. In these games my TAG playing style works well. I usually finish in the money and win my fair share of tournies.
The game that is killing me is the one where we go to my friend's house for dinner/BBQ/football/whatever and someone invariably suggests that we play a holdem tournament. The players in this game are weak at best, many are downright terrible. We almost always have at least one person who has never played before. Arguments often erupt about which hands are better than others ("What?! I thought a straight was better than a flush!" or "What do you mean you have a better kicker? what is a kicker?")
Some players are hyper-aggressive with really weak hands, others are passive(dumb) enough to check the nuts from the button after the river, still others are predictable calling stations with strong and/or weak hands.
Anyway, I'm sure you get the point.
What is frustrating is I cannot seem to beat this game. I've tried my TAG play with poor results. I've tried loosening up...still no luck. The only thing I haven't tried is playing like a rock. Is that the answer? Or in a game like this where no one really knows what they are doing does it just come down luck of the cards?
Thanks,
Toad
2 of the games are with people who play holdem regularly. In these games my TAG playing style works well. I usually finish in the money and win my fair share of tournies.
The game that is killing me is the one where we go to my friend's house for dinner/BBQ/football/whatever and someone invariably suggests that we play a holdem tournament. The players in this game are weak at best, many are downright terrible. We almost always have at least one person who has never played before. Arguments often erupt about which hands are better than others ("What?! I thought a straight was better than a flush!" or "What do you mean you have a better kicker? what is a kicker?")
Some players are hyper-aggressive with really weak hands, others are passive(dumb) enough to check the nuts from the button after the river, still others are predictable calling stations with strong and/or weak hands.
Anyway, I'm sure you get the point.
What is frustrating is I cannot seem to beat this game. I've tried my TAG play with poor results. I've tried loosening up...still no luck. The only thing I haven't tried is playing like a rock. Is that the answer? Or in a game like this where no one really knows what they are doing does it just come down luck of the cards?
Thanks,
Toad