Loose Live Games
Hello,
I am new to Poker and actually a very under-funded one. I’m 24 yrs. old and a graduating student. Just yesterday, I tried a live session in a certain casino in Atlantic City. I had $150 at $2-4. In total, I played for 7 hours. During the first 5 hours, I remember the table had very little turnover. Fortunately, I was able to build a table image that I actually want and then used it to my own advantage.
My opponents were mostly in mid age and actually seemed to be moderately experienced. I believe they were such kind if I were to consider their number or quality of hands played, speed or decisiveness of decisions, discussion about hands afterwards, etc.
On the other hand, 4-5 or 10 people saw the flop, 2-3 would showdown. At such point, I was able to have an additional $100 in chips through solid play and an occasional bluff. But later part, things started to change. My opponents one by one left the table and were replaced by married couples in their 70s, single men in their 60s, a frail man in his 80s, and finally by a half blind and half deaf man. Each hand then took twice as long to complete and the average number of people per flop turned 8 while per showdown, 5-6. Later, I started to lose whooping $60+ pots to rags as most of the players at the table played every hand and called down to the river regardless if they had something or not. I thought of leaving the table but I had no idea if it was the right thing to do then. I was too inexperienced to know. Unfortunately, I lost everything.
Now I want to know if at what point do you determine that the quality of your opponents is already poor and that it’s much better to just leave the table? And is there any good playing approach I can use the next time around considering the situation is still the same and so as the kind of players?
Thanks in advance!
Gerry
Gerry,
I know which casino you were playing at. I actually frequent it myself and probably can tell you several of the players you played against. In a game such as that, you will suffer your share of bad beats. You can play tight and you will turn out a long term winner, but you will have wild swings at times. Also, you can loosen up your standards, but again, if you do not hit, you will have wild swings. In such games, I loosen up a bit but not insanely. I usually play a decent range of cards, but the only difference, I don’t wait until later position.
Game like these require a looser approach. This type of loose game is a tough one to play in due to all the bad beats you will take. If the game is too uncomfortable, you can always find another one.
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