Build your stake - play $3/6 |
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Posted Tue May 10, 2005 4:41 pm GMT by Loonbat
I've gotten out of playing online lately and spend most weekends at the Trump casino in Indiana playing $3/6. While they spread (at least on weekends) 3/6, 6/12, 10/20, sometimes 20/40, as well as a $200 max NL and a $400 min NL, I'll stay with 3/6. A tray of whites ($100) will keep me entertained for hours, and is often semi-profitable. This last weekend, with 20 hours spent over 2 sessions, I was clearing $27/hour profit. If my gf wasn't spending as fast as I was winning, I was ready to move up to 6/12. Then I ask myself "Why"?
Alot of weekend players are there for a good time and it is the responsibility of regular players to help provide that ... help them by reminding them to post their blinds (and how much they have to post); let them know that the turn and river are $6, not $3; tell them they have the option to check (or raise) their BB. Most infrequent and new players will sit at a 3/6 instead of a higher limit. They'll have their $100 intial buyin, a few dollars stashed away and hopefully an ATM card.
As an Ambassador of Goodwill, I'm chatty in a friendly way, smiling when their J4o in midposition calls my UTG raise with pocket cowboys and they river me, drawing another 4 on the river, giving them trips. I congratulate them, grumble only to myself and continue with my game. The majority will not walk with a profit and so I look forward to the card and statistics gods coming into balance, giving my superior starting hands the odds they deserve. I relish them calling to the river each and every time with bottom pair. I love their reluctance to give up the pocket ducks when 3 overcards flop. I love that they're trying to learn a game and that I'm there to help, in my own way.
I can't remember which poker great said "You can shear a sheep many times, but only skin it once" ... a wonderful quote and I'm sure quite valid in higher limit games. In $3/6, get out your fillet knife. At my casino of choice, I see regulars who fall into the category of "dead money". Never will I tell them this for besides it being rude to say, they'll pay me off (more times then not). The next time I see them, I'll greet them warmly and hope their skillset is consistent. Remember - when bad players win, it doesn't encourage them to be better players.
SO when you think about whining about another player's bone-head call of 3 bets (preflop) with T4s (just because it's suited), reconsider your actions. Smile and congratulate them on their runner runner flush draw ... they spent the money to earn the hand. The next time the money they spend may end up in front of you.
Peace,
Loonbat
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Posted Tue May 10, 2005 5:11 pm GMT by Soup_dog
Good post Loon
Posted Tue May 10, 2005 5:35 pm GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx
I agree wholeheartedly. Loose $3/$6 games are what I call my "bankroll builder," and how I built my original stake of about $1500. It's low enough not to risk a whole lot, but just high enough that you could make *real* money playing it.
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