OzExorcist
Broomcorn's uncle
Bronze Level
Be interested to get some feedback on this one, apologies if it rambles a little:
Last week I played razz live for the first time - I've dabbled a little in it online, enjoyed it and figured I'd give it a bash live. It was an event in the state championships here, $230 buy-in, there ended up being 37 players of varying standards and experience in the game (some claimed it was their favourite/best stud game, others claimed they'd never played it before)
Anywho, my strategy going into the tournament was going to be to keep things fairly tight, wait for the good hands (6-low starters, for preference), pay attention to the texture of the table's door cards and try to push people out of pots where I saw them bricking out. The structure seemed like I wouldn't have to rush things ($4000 starting chips, first level limits of $15-$30, 30 minute levels)
Problem was the waiting for good hands part - in short, I didn't really get any. I ended up going out towards the end of the seventh level, in 30th place out of 37, having won maybe three pots the entire time and receiving a lot more KQJ-type starting hands than I care to remember.
So my question is, is there anything much you can do when the cards come like this, or do you just have to shrug and say "that's poker"?
The only thing I can think that I could've done differently is to have taken a punt on a few more marginal hands like 749 or something, despite the better door cards others may have been showing
Last week I played razz live for the first time - I've dabbled a little in it online, enjoyed it and figured I'd give it a bash live. It was an event in the state championships here, $230 buy-in, there ended up being 37 players of varying standards and experience in the game (some claimed it was their favourite/best stud game, others claimed they'd never played it before)
Anywho, my strategy going into the tournament was going to be to keep things fairly tight, wait for the good hands (6-low starters, for preference), pay attention to the texture of the table's door cards and try to push people out of pots where I saw them bricking out. The structure seemed like I wouldn't have to rush things ($4000 starting chips, first level limits of $15-$30, 30 minute levels)
Problem was the waiting for good hands part - in short, I didn't really get any. I ended up going out towards the end of the seventh level, in 30th place out of 37, having won maybe three pots the entire time and receiving a lot more KQJ-type starting hands than I care to remember.
So my question is, is there anything much you can do when the cards come like this, or do you just have to shrug and say "that's poker"?
The only thing I can think that I could've done differently is to have taken a punt on a few more marginal hands like 749 or something, despite the better door cards others may have been showing