I agree with you. The situation with NYC poker is somewhat complex
right now, and there is a certain justification. I want T.R. to
believe that players are going to show up and play in that limit game,
and that sometimes he'll draw a NL player in at least for a while.
That game is a good game when the “right” players show up.
The right players are only going to show up when they know the game
goes off every night and has enough people interested in it. It's an
exception to the rule in NYC poker to have a club that spreads both NL
and limit at the same place. I would like T.R. to believe his deal
with M.S. and others will work and he'll get a few time charges from
people who usually play NL (as I am one of those right now). My long
term limit vs. NL live game selection in NYC has a huge boom if I know
I can show up at the U Club and examine multiple games quickly to find
out if the action is good. (Since I'm not actually a pro yet, I often
can spare only four hours to go play live, so quick game evaluation
and selection in one place can make those four hours more
profitable.)
Without this as a factor, no freaking way do I sit in that game with
that line-up, even with no seat in the NL game. I sit for 45 minutes
and listen to This American Life on my audio player and
see if some weak folks show up for a NL game or get a sit in the
hopping NL game that was running. Yes, my desire to play was a
factor, but it wouldn't been enough to put me in the game by
itself. BTW, you once told me, roryk to play in tough
games sometimes. I'm trying to reconcile that advice with this one.
What am I missing?
I'm way ahead of you, BTW, on leaving a club (walking in, looking
around, and walking out) when the lineup is bad. I've done it twice
at NYC clubs in the three months (the games are actually usually
good). I've also played as low as $4/$8 at Foxwoods when I really
showed up to play $10/$20 because the action at $10/$20 and $5/$10
weren't good that day. (AFAICT, you can nearly 24/7 find a good $4/$8
game at Foxwoods, although occasionally you get that weird tough $4/$8
table and just get a table change and move.)
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Date: 2006-03-02 23:23 (UTC)I agree with you. The situation with NYC poker is somewhat complex right now, and there is a certain justification. I want T.R. to believe that players are going to show up and play in that limit game, and that sometimes he'll draw a NL player in at least for a while. That game is a good game when the “right” players show up. The right players are only going to show up when they know the game goes off every night and has enough people interested in it. It's an exception to the rule in NYC poker to have a club that spreads both NL and limit at the same place. I would like T.R. to believe his deal with M.S. and others will work and he'll get a few time charges from people who usually play NL (as I am one of those right now). My long term limit vs. NL live game selection in NYC has a huge boom if I know I can show up at the U Club and examine multiple games quickly to find out if the action is good. (Since I'm not actually a pro yet, I often can spare only four hours to go play live, so quick game evaluation and selection in one place can make those four hours more profitable.)
Without this as a factor, no freaking way do I sit in that game with that line-up, even with no seat in the NL game. I sit for 45 minutes and listen to This American Life on my audio player and see if some weak folks show up for a NL game or get a sit in the hopping NL game that was running. Yes, my desire to play was a factor, but it wouldn't been enough to put me in the game by itself. BTW, you once told me,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
roryk to play in tough
games sometimes. I'm trying to reconcile that advice with this one.
What am I missing?
I'm way ahead of you, BTW, on leaving a club (walking in, looking around, and walking out) when the lineup is bad. I've done it twice at NYC clubs in the three months (the games are actually usually good). I've also played as low as $4/$8 at Foxwoods when I really showed up to play $10/$20 because the action at $10/$20 and $5/$10 weren't good that day. (AFAICT, you can nearly 24/7 find a good $4/$8 game at Foxwoods, although occasionally you get that weird tough $4/$8 table and just get a table change and move.)