Royal Holdem

Talking Poker · #1 11-04-05, 01:20 AM

Sounds interesting. And you're right - probably loads of dead money playing right now. I may check it out.

As for basic strategy, remember - tight is usually right. I'm guessing you need at least a decent set to proceed with a hand after the flop...

eddo31 · #2 11-04-05, 01:30 AM

i think this is about right. straights are worthless. flushes are fairly unlikely.

full houses and quads will be all over the place in this game.

the tough thing to realize though is that TT and JJ are marginal hands in this game, and you would only play them in the hope that you hit quads.

probability wise, you should get dealt AA once every 32 hands, and it is likely that every hand someone has a pocket pair.

this game appears to be nuts.

Talking Poker · #3 11-04-05, 01:38 AM

This actually shouldn't be very hard to figure out (preflop). I'll guess a reasonable system would be to only play AA, KK, and maybe QQ/AK preflop. Fold everything else. This may not be the optimal system, but I bet it would be profitable.

Is this limit or NL, btw?

Also, it would be possible to have as low as 2 pair, right? Say you had AJ and your opponent had AT and the board was KKQQA.

That would mean you would be chopping with AAKKQ, right? Hell, you could each have JJ and TT with that board and only have 2 pair (you'd both be playing the board).

eddo31 · #4 11-04-05, 01:45 AM

yeah, you are right, you could have two pair. no that it would be a particularly comfortable situation, but you could take it down with that type of hand.

it is a limit game.

i decided to play a little bit of .05/.10, and it is just a strange game to get a hold of. the other players are making some awful decisions, and it has been profitable so far. i just dont understand why someone would call with a straight on a paired board in this game.

would you ever raise preflop in this game? i would assume that it is +EV, but at the same time it really would make your swings huge.

Talking Poker · #5 11-04-05, 02:03 AM

Raise preflop with AA and KK for sure.... probably AK too.

Total guessing here, btw.

lightfungus · #6 11-04-05, 02:07 AM

Sounds fun. Funny thing I haven't played real money at UB yet...

jillaj · #7 11-04-05, 02:29 AM

Have been watching the 1/2 rooms and they look great. Unreal how much money is just sitting there for the taking. I can see people blowing a lot while playing this game drunk cause there is constant action.