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Originally Posted by SuqAta8
good post
my friends and i sometimes play a game at the table where we try to maximize our value preflop with our strong hands.. we try to raise the highest amount possible and still get a caller...we then pay whoever had the highest raise of the session
so, i would start by getting AK and raise to 15, few hands later friend would get KK and raise to 22, i would get QQ and raise to 27, etc
highest we've gotten so far with a caller is like 35-40... in 1/2 its a pretty funny game with the right table dynamics cause the table doesnt know how to adjust (they dont realize youre betting huge with your strongest hands) and they still pay you off
You need to clarify that EACH time a new high for the night is set, the person gets paid...so when you got two callers when you opened for $27, I paid you, then I got one caller at $30 and two callers at $35...so I won $38 the first night we did it.
I love the game because its truly shocking how high you can get your opens and still get callers. There is a significant bloc of tourist fish that won't care how big the bet is, if they have a hand they want to see a flop like AJs or QJo, they will call any amount up until they feel they are putting their entire stack in...so if they have over $100, pretty much anything short of $50 stands a good chance to be called.
Last night at Wynn I opened a pot that had two four limpers to me on the button to $44 with KK...THREE callers...flop was entirely dry and low, my cbet took it down, the third fold grumpily folded QTo (no backdoor draws either), maintaining that I was bluffing and that his hand was most likely good.