>> The conclusion is obvious ... get very drunk and don't go to bed the
>> night before ...
>
>Then how do you explain a dealer (myself) who has played hardly *any*
>poker in a year and a half, placing "in the money"???
Richard, you've SEEN more hands of Hold'em in the past week than most of us
have played in the past MONTH. ;-)
>BTW... decided the other day, to try my hand at some hold'em at Resorts
>the other night after work....
>Bought in for $50.00 (First mistake...gotta remember to buy in for *at
>least* $100.00 next time!)
Good Rule of thumb: 20x the big blind is a good buy-in that will avoid most
variance that will, out you all-in early.
>Caught what I thought was a good starting hand (No, I *won't* say what
>they were, because I'm TOO embarrased now!), and promptly began to watch
>my stack sink lower, and lower, and lower.....
Limit is VERY different from NL. Freezout is very different from Table
Stakes. I *suck* as a limit player, and feel my best game is NL. YMMV.
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