Playing Poker On Line, Texas Hold ‘em

Trying My Luck At Texas Hold ‘em, Less Mathmatically Charged Then Omaha Poker

Today, just for fun, I tried to play some good old Texas Hold ‘em online. I usually never play this game on the computer, only live, since in my opinion the game is only really viable on real tables, where you can feel your opponent. And Omaha, being a lot more mathematically charged, is a lot more fun, without having to know which part of your body your opponent is looking at.

Buying In For A Very Low Amount

Since I am not used to this game on the computer, and I also do not have any programs to keep statistics for Texas Hold ‘em, I bought in for the lowest stake possible, on Sit and Go tables. $1 tables, 7 tables at a time. Boring, you think? Yes, very boring, but in another way, I was more vexed by this game then my usual 8 tables of $50 Pot Limit Omaha. My blood was boiling; my veins were popping, tragic and invigorating at the same time.

Turbo Tables, Pushing And Short Stacking

Since all of the tables were turbo, pushes were popping up all over the place, everyone was short stacked. It felt like a war where the only weapons anyone had were very short knives, if you wanted to win, you had to act fast, come close and push the knife deep, all-in. There was no other way to convince anyone to fold, and even then folding doesn’t happen more than 30% of the time.

“Mixing It Up” On The Texas Hold ‘em Tables

A goldmine, if it wasn’t just for $1 at a time. And since the stakes were so low, after my first hours, where I netted an average $0,37 per hour, my blood started to freeze, cool down and even stop flowing. So my reaction to this near death experience was ‘mixing it up’ where the mix meant go all in with near every hand. Exactly 23 min later I was virtually broke, since I burned up my entire $30 budget for this encounter and my $1,48 profit.

After some tears and a tragic marriage with a bottle of wine, I got over it and decided I wanted to try this again, one day, at slightly higher stakes.

Mister V’s Poker Quotes

I will end this tragic experience with a quote from one of the brightest minds of this time, were it not for his odd interpretation of poker;

After beating AKs by hitting a deuce with K2o at one of the first poker evenings ever;

Why isn’t it a good idea to go with K2o? I could hit a king! Thats quite good right?

Mr. V