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Originally Posted by crack_david
1kBB or 2kBB seems absurdly high to me. how came you up with this numbers? can anybody confirm this?
the game OP is talking about is pot limit, so 1k big blinds would be 10 full buy-ins, assuming you buy in with 100bbs (which i wouldn't recommend at first btw).
have you jumped in yet OP? how are you finding it?
i've played 2-7 on Merge for a little while now, and im confident i'm a winner in almost every line-up. i have 150 sessions tracked and my worst runs have been -$185, 5 sessions and -$352, 7 sessions. i quit the game forever after that last one (which lasted less than 24hrs obviously).
one piece of advice which seems obvious is pay attention to hands you're not involved in and think about what you see. there are ppl in these games that could have a $5k roll and still eventually go broke b/, even though they play a lot and see a lot of hands, they don't/can't adjust their decision making.
i had the problem at first of playing 2-7 almost like a casino game against the house: make a hand, shovel the money in, and see what happens. the solution for me to that problem was to stop only thinking about my cards and realize this is still a game of poker against other people.
also try Ace-5 too. lower stakes available, runs more often, and just as fun