Poker goals this year

[eddo31]

geoff's point about playing o8 in order to increase your profitablity is very valid.

i find that i can make much more playing o8 than i can playing he. i think that this is a combination of things. first, i think that o8 is a better game for me. secondly, i feel that my competition is just not that good at all. like geoff said, many of your opponents dont know how to read their own hands, so it is doubtful that they will be thinking on a second or third level.

playing tight at the low limits is the key to winning in this game, and once you get a better feel for the game you can get very agressive. sure, you get quartered sometimes, but in the games i sit in you tend to get paid off by second nut hands very often.

[GeoffM]

Eddo, over 50% of the time I get quartered, there is still more than 4 callers so it isn't getting quartered at all, since there is still more than 4 bets going into the pot.

O8B, you also have more chances at even winning a piece of the pot. Therefore when you scoop, the pots are much bigger than your typical hold'em pot would be.

[GeoffM]

Ouch, took a small hit last night. Bad beats galore, rivered for about $300 in total. Ended up down $78 for the night, first losing session in a long time. People drawing seemingly dead though did look quite encouraging, even though they were hitting their 3 outers .

The bad beat jackpot was over 150K last night and even I was contemplating the switch to hold'em. Anyone know if it was hit yet? If not, might be down for some 2/4 hold'em later this evening.

[Aequitas58]

I don't think it's even worth it at $150k. I don't try for the jackpot unless it's over $300k - preferably closer to $400k.

I have no problems winning the jackpot at $150k, but I make more money at NL as opposed to L, so I try to stay off the LHE tables as much as possible.

[PShabi]

Looks like the jackpot was hit.

[omahilo]

yeah Geoff, no one really gets crazy about the jackpot till it reaches 400-500K

[2Tone]

For Lou, this makes sense. No use playing a less profitable game. But for us 2/4 grinders, the jackpot size shouldn't really make a difference. Remember -- you should be playing the BB tables not to win the jackpot, but because the play is softer, and the difference is more than the extra 50 cents a hand. So unless you find the play gets worse at 300k than it is at 50k (which I haven't -- in fact I find that the huge jackpots attract more players who know what they are doing as well as more fish), the BB tables are still the place to be.

[GeoffM]

I agree. Add to that the fact that even if you're playing tight and folding crap, people are still drawing with hands that may hit the jackpot, and then you could also catch that way. As soon as I build my $100 into $500 I may throw my hat back into the hold'em ring and play some BB tables.