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Originally Posted by George Lind III
Because in all the years I played in the casinos, I rarely ever saw the game being played? I have a good understanding of hand values in this game and also coming from a stud background I understand some stud plays that also work well in this game.
Regrettably I'm sure this is true. Doesn't mean your opponents won't have some experience in the game from online play or mixed games. Of course experience =/= expertise.
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I'm not denying that there are razz experts out there, I just doubt that more than 2 or 3 of them are playing the 50k event.
Maybe the number is more like 10, but obv a small minority. But I'm sure you can just pass chips back and forth with the villains during the razz orbits and be fine.
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Also I wouldn't call someone a "great poker mind" if they spew at any game, much less razz.
Semantics aside, I have personally seen many great NLHE players (cash, MTT, and SNG), PLO players, stud hi players, and some mixed game players who were awful at razz. Some have played quite a bit of it, and most don't realize how bad they are. It won't take you as long to get good at as most other games, but the guys who say they can pick it up as they go along usually fail.