Idk, a lot of rich recs that I play with love talking about some strat, hands, and stuff like "haha he checked the flop so I tried to pile in 3k with 6 high!!!, I didn't think he had the nuts in his range"

I don't ever really delve into specific stuff like range merging, capping ranges etc etc, but it keeps them entertained to chime in on basic stuff.

That being said, I would NEVER go out of my way to try and talk strat, and I do try to avoid it.

What's range merging?

Who knows man, how about that FOOTBALL GAME THO

Triple range-merge?

OMG I took Dallas with the points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NJU53NVano

Looool my first thought when i read his post!!!

The east cost (places like AC and Philadephia) have got to be the worst places to play in the country when it comes to grinders talking strat. I honestly feel bad for anyone who is forced to play there since there are so many softer places to play all over the country.

Whenever people try to talk strat I just say generic vague fishy stuff that everyone else says.

"That's tough to fold." (Easy fold)
"You had to call." (You had to fold)
"I got lucky. I'm not good enough to fold." (I played optimally and you didn't)

Related note: I constantly lie about what I had. Like 20 times/session. People still believe me though. I try to remember this when someone volunteers their hand without showing. I consider myself to be very honest. If I am FOS then probably everyone is too.

"I had Ace-King."

I usually select the best possible hand that lost.


Or the nuts if I won and mucked.

It's especially fun to select hands that make absolutely no sense.

Hey guys i'm a long time lurker, first time poster, sorry for the upcoming wall of text. I started grinding 2/5 full time about a year ago and have learned a lot from reading HH's so for that I must thank you guys. I've never bothered to add any feedback because my opinion on the hand is already more or less represented (usually fold pre ).

After a recent downswing I started analyzing/filtering my stats a bit more and found something I couldn't believe and have no explanation for. Any feedback would be HUGELY appreciated.....

I live in a major North American city with 2 casinos. I generally divide my time pretty evenly between the 2 to keep from feeling like i'm in a robotic routine. What I found after 2k+ hours is my winrate is drastically different between the 2 even though the rake is similar and the player pool is very interchangeable. (side note: I actively table select when possible and always try to get position on the obvious whales)

Casino 1 is downtown, $500 max, 9 handed, rake is %10 capped at $10 + $1 for bbj, pretty much no comps whatsoever and food is expensive. This place is known to have a bit of a looser, gambly game but can definitely be dead and reg infested from time to time, usually only 2 or 3 tables to choose from. Here are my results from there:

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Casino 2 is in a suburb, $500 max, 9 handed, rake is %10 capped at $14 + $1bbj, if you play enough basically your food is taken care of. This place is the classier of the two and will generally attract the more megalomaniac types with the sunglasses and pokerstar jackets (not necessarily crushers but most probably break even types) but there are still plenty of horrific players in the pool who make huge mistakes and give it away pretty easily. Always a minimum of 2 tables open and up to 6 on weekends. Here are my results:

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This can't just purely be "bad luck" at casino 2 can it? It does feel like I'm card dead/running bad there often plus the extra rake but can it really cut my WR by 2 thirds? Am i just a mediocre poker player with access to a juicy game ? I know there is something to be learned and an adaptation to be made but i just can't get a good perspective on it. If anybody has any wisdom to offer I would really appreciate it! Thanks!

I say the first two of these or some variation thereof, all the time. I think fishy play should receive positive reinforcement.

That is some God awful rake at both casinos. If you think it won't affect your win rate, think of it this way. One casino is rakig about 50% more than the other. That being said, if the player pool is the same, you shouldn't see much difference in winrate other than the rake difference.

Thanks for the reply man, this is exactly what I always thought until i saw my results filtered. Where you able to see the screen caps if my tracker or did I mess it up?

1k hours is not enough to determine your true winrate. It could even be $20 more than that.

What the **** is that rake jesus christ, might as well move to australia if you're going to pay $15/hand rake

You say bi is 500 max but how do avg stack sizes compare in the two games.

500 cap is a deep 1/2 game so a higher we is possible but with that rake it's certainly possible you are running above expectation in the 2nd game.

Looks to me like hes playing 2/5...not 1/2.

Double post

Jezus I gotta pay attention. Still on my first cup of coffee.

For comparison my casinos take max 6+1 and that seems high.

$14 rake... Usurious?

I would actually argue this goes back to my theory that 1,000 hours ain't ****.

GseriouslyG