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Originally Posted by dovecoteb
Hey everyone. I've tried skimming a few pages but I can't find anything relevant, so I'll just ask. Apologies if it's asked a lot, and thanks to anyone who responds.
Where is the best place to play low stakes (£100NL/£200NL) HE on a Saturday between say 11am and 3pm? I'll be in London tomorrow.
For anyone wondering, I played 1/1 at the Vic. I was able to play almost perfect poker, because everyone was playing with their hands face up. I still finished down for the session, but I lost far less than I might otherwise have. A lot of the players were loss-chasing from the night before, so were entering their 15th hour of playing (at 1/1 lol).
Three of the best hands I saw:
1)The board read JJ663. Two deep players get into a raising war on the river, and one guy shoves. The other insta-calls, triumphantly flips over a 6, and then smacks the table and looks shocked when his opponent turns over a J.
2)The board reads AQJT8. Similar situation to the last hand, only the caller has a 9, and looks disgusted when the other shows a K. There were a few similar hands to this, where people stacked off with terrible straights (i.e. holding a 3 on a 4567 board).
3)I'd had no hands for the first hour (and I figured that I didn't need to be creative to win, I'd just have to get good cards and play them well), so I hadn't raised yet. I looked down at QQ on the button, and raised to £10 over five limpers. All but a massive businessman whale UTG folded. The flop came down JJ3. He checked, I bet £20 into £25, and he instantly raised to £40. He'd raised a few times, but always with big hands on the river, so I pretty much knew he had a J here (and he definitely wasn't slow playing AA or KK because he'd flatted twice pre when given the chance). I folded, and he said "good fold" and showed the J. I thanked him very much.
I'd only started the hand with £80, and if he'd have called instead of raising, there would have been £70 in the pot and I'd have had £50 behind, and would have certainly shoved the turn. How do you get to be a businessman with enough money to play terrible poker, if you have logical gaps that big?