Technology lets us do strange things.
Last night I got invited to join a very soft home game in the USA. With our governor telling everyone to shelter in place, everyone in reality was holed up in a different home. But we were connected by Zoom video conference software, showing everyone's faces and enabling both audio and text chat.
The actual game, meanwhile, unfolded on Poker Maven software. So everyone had two screens open -- Zoom for atmospherics and Poker Maven for the game.
Most of the play was mixed limit games, but an attempt was made to play about 15 minutes of a $1/$2 NLHE ring game. With a $30 buyin. Please don't judge. It was a very soft game.
With the Zoom connection, it felt almost like a genuine live game, in terms of banter, establishing images and relying on physical reads as much as ranges. Small example:
I'm dealt T
9
on the button. Nine players. A couple are timed out because software or because kidneys.
V1 limps from UTG+1. He is the one solid player at the table.
folds to V2 who limps too.
folds to me on the button. I call.
SB folds (!) and BB times out.
Flop is
2
6
T
V1 bets 2
V2 calls
Action is on me
I have top pair, rancid kicker. I look at V1 on the Zoom monitor and he does not look happy with this hand. I put him on Ax, or a weak draw.
I don't spend much time on V2, but he is as loose passive as they come. It's likely, for now, at least, that my hand is good.
Best line? Would you make the same play in a casino? On the internet?
Last edited by RiverDood; 03-30-2020 at 05:11 PM.