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Swinebag:
Staking to cover expenses is fine just don"t include it in the price.
E.g. It is bad form to put "playing £550 tourney with about £150 expenses = £700. Selling at 1:1 so 10% costs £70"
I"ll reserve 5% btw
George2Loose:
Are the places you play at self dealt?
Do you ever get frustrated with playing comps like a tenner cubed? Not knocking it- I sometimes venture down the local for a live smaller comp but usually ends up with my had exploding no matter how much I try and prepare myself for it!
pokerpops:
--- Quote from: Swinebag22 on August 17, 2012, 22:40:38 PM ---
Staking to cover expenses is fine just don"t include it in the price.
E.g. It is bad form to put "playing £550 tourney with about £150 expenses = £700. Selling at 1:1 so 10% costs £70"
I"ll reserve 5% btw
--- End quote ---
I wouldn"t dream of it Rob, I"d just sell at 1.4 :)
(I won"t)
pokerpops:
--- Quote from: George2Loose on August 18, 2012, 00:16:55 AM ---
Are the places you play at self dealt?
Do you ever get frustrated with playing comps like a tenner cubed? Not knocking it- I sometimes venture down the local for a live smaller comp but usually ends up with my had exploding no matter how much I try and prepare myself for it!
--- End quote ---
The thing is, the small fields at G keep it friendly. The bigger fields at Gala can make my head explode too. Last time there I had a blinding headache by the first break.
Sunday & Tuesday are self deal, but the few of us who offer to do it are capable. In the local comps acting as dealer is 0ev for me, it avoids boredom induced spew but can distract.
I play because I enjoy it. It"s social / recreational play and there can be a lot of chatter and banter. The "better" players debate plays and the "others" laugh along with us.
pokerpops:
Sunday at the G
Surprising amount of entries this week - the prize pool was over £1k and we had three tables for a lot of the evening. Some of the less irritating of the Gala crowd turned up and the game held it"s usual sociable appeal.
Hand 1
I"m small blind, big blind isn"t at the table
One of the active players raises to 125 and gets 4 callers
I squeeze to 950
two callers (orig raiser folds ldo)
Flop ad1 Kd 4d
I have Qd and bet 1800
One caller
Turn (ad1 Kd 4d ) Ac
I ship the rest of my 6k over the line
and am called by betty the lovely pensioner lady who has Qh Qs
River bricks
CHIPS!!!
A few short minutes later I 4bet QQ and call the 5bet shove
QQ
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