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Originally Posted by DalTXColtsFan
Hey OP, this is a *little* off topic but I'd like to know: In each of the games you played,
- about how many people saw each flop, turn, river and showdown?
- How often did the other players at the table raise on each street?
- How often do YOU raise on each street?
- What is your LHE education background, i.e. have you been coached, read books, analyzed hands in a database et al?
In the games that I did better 6-8 lot of family pots. I raised some, mainly big pairs ect. sometimes to try to thin the field. Didn't work very well. There were a couple that would raise every now and again, but very seldom, even with things like aces. I saw people limp with aces, kings and queens multiple times. Lot of the times I did raise it was met with dirty looks ect. Got called table bully couple times, half jokingly. I was able to get a few check raises in here and there, that also earns some dirty looks. Most of the time I was the lead bettor, no matter my position. I did tend to move towards limping more with things like ace king and ace queen. I mixed it up, would raise sometimes, others would not. Almost all the players at the table were older retired folks male and female. They were not even close to nitty. Lot of them played nearly every hand. Some just hemorrhaged money and did not really seem to even be bothered by it. They seemed to be there for the promos. That was the biggest concern was seen those flops to try and make a high hand for the board for a chance at the promo.
As far as my experience, very amateur. Read super system 1 and 2, caro's book of tells, Small stakes limit hold em, 7 CSFAP, Hi low split poker, Theory of poker, sklansky on poker. Some others, I think Harrington's tournament poker. I played in some home games and some back room games when poker was everywhere, bar tournies, and cash games that followed. PokerStars and Full Tilt, I was a regular in the .25/.50 Horse, stud, and Stud 8 games. Assorted online tournaments. I was a winning player online. Nothing huge, it was mainly just for fun. I was also a winning player live. How good am I. I think I am a decent player, but not great. Right now this whole thing is just an experiment. I love to play poker, I had not been able to in a while, had the chance to play so I took it and realized just how much I missed it. Since that first weekend, I have went every weekend since. I really going to try hard to go this weekend as it is labor day. Several of the casinos have labor day promos, and I figured there would be and increase due to holiday traffic. So far the experiment is going pretty well, but the sample size is very, very, small. I was looking to grind up a bit to have a cushion and maybe give the no limit games a go as well. Limit poker suits my style of play better, but I can play both.