My bankroll finally made it to levels where I felt comfortable playing 5/10 NL. I've been amazed at how good the games are.
You might have guessed that the games were profitable from yesterday's post. Some of these players give away money like it's going out of style.
I've only been playing 5/10 games for three days now, but it seems to me that they're better games than 3/6 NL. I mean, there are plenty of good 3/6 games out there, but it seems like 5/10 is more loose and donkish overall.
For example, last night I opened up every 6-max table at 5/10 and 3/6 on Full Tilt. I waited until the table stats displayed, and I only sat at the loosest tables and to the left of the worst players. After about a half hour, I noticed I was seated at four 5/10 tables and no 3/6 tables.
Why would that be?
The only reason I can figure is that 5/10 games have a kind of symbolic significance to some players. They want to play in a game that they consider to be higher stakes, even if they don't have the skills or the bankroll to sustain it.
The result is that I find loose calling stations who are trying to play power poker and failing miserably. Never in my poker career have I had more overbets called, nor have I caught so many bluffs.
There are a lot of reasons why these games are beatable, but one rises to the top. Many of these fish are playing with scared money. They call when they should fold; they push all-in when they should check. They make wrong decisions based on hopes and dreams rather than odds and logic.
I'm sure the games aren't this great over the long run. It's only been a few days. But these tables certainly seem like a gold mine to me so far.
Let's have a Hand of the Day! Fuel55 might call it, "Overbetting for Value (Part 573)."
FullTiltPoker (6 max) - $3/$6 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: pekingdream ($810.40)
Seat 2: josh3336 ($603)
Seat 3: smizmiatch ($1,478.60)
Seat 4: xcptmorganx ($836.05)
Seat 5: camelryder ($453)
Seat 6: roo_400 ($537)
smizmiatch posts the small blind of $3
xcptmorganx posts the big blind of $6
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to smizmiatch [Td 9s]
camelryder calls $6
smizmiatch calls $3
xcptmorganx checks
*** FLOP *** [5s 6h 7c]
smizmiatch checks
xcptmorganx checks
camelryder checks
*** TURN *** [5s 6h 7c] [8c]
smizmiatch bets $12
xcptmorganx raises to $54
camelryder calls $54
smizmiatch raises to $1,472.60, and is all in
xcptmorganx folds
camelryder calls $393, and is all in
smizmiatch shows [Td 9s]
camelryder shows [2c Ac]
Uncalled bet of $1,025.60 returned to smizmiatch
*** RIVER *** [5s 6h 7c 8c] [3h]
smizmiatch (small blind) showed [Td 9s] and won ($963) with a straight, Ten high
camelryder showed [2c Ac] and lost with Ace Eight high
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A lot of solid and tough grinders multi-table 2/4 and 3/6 making them tough games on occasion. However I see less of that at 5/10 so you are right they can be more donkish. However 5/10 generates more "plays" and "moves" so it is tough to know where you are at sometimes and the variance can be brutal. You are correct that sometimes you need to look up those bluffs (if they are bluffs). The gap from 5/10 to 10/20 is huge so most lower players only get to 5/10 to take their SHOTS.
PS LOve that guy who blows off his stak on a 3:1 shot at the nut flush on the river. OBFV babyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just fired up some 5/10 after reading this post and played this as my first hand:
5/10NL 6-max
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Folded to dmmikkel in SB who raises $20 to $30
Fuel55: calls $20 from BB with [9s Js]
*** FLOP *** [Jd 4c 2c]
dmmikkel: bets $40
Fuel55: raises $50 to $90
dmmikkel: calls $50
*** TURN *** [Jd 4c 2c] [6s]
dmmikkel: checks
Fuel55: bets $160
dmmikkel: calls $160
*** RIVER *** [Jd 4c 2c 6s] [As]
dmmikkel: checks
Fuel55: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dmmikkel: shows [7s 7h] (a pair of Sevens)
Fuel55: shows [9s Js] (a pair of Jacks)
Fuel55 collected $557 from pot
Textbook example of the game at this level.
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