$2/$5 No Limit Holdem FR - live game with max buyin of $100 (weird I know, not deep for the stakes, deep for the max buyin...it's the Hard Rock hotel casino in South Western FL and this is apparently their only NL game)


The hand as told to me:


Stacks: (estimated)
UTG ($150)
Hero ($450)
UTG+2 ($150)
MP1 ($425)
MP2 ($300)
CO ($150)
BTN ($175)
SB ($150)
BB ($150)


Hero is UTG+1 holding [Jh]
Guy UTG limps for $5
Hero raises to $20 and gets 3 callers... MP1, MP2, & CO... both blinds and original limper fold.


Flop: [9c][7h] ($87, 4 players)
Hero checks, MP1 checks, MP2 checks, CO bets $40, Hero calls (?), MP1 calls, MP2 calls


Turn: ($247, 4 players)
Hero checks (?), MP1 now bets $180, MP2 folds, CO tanks for a minute and folds, Hero's action...?


Critique on previous streets appreciated too

It might be the only game in the casino where you can get consistently get it all in at a 4:1 favorite for $100 a pop. When I first heard about this game, it sounded goofy, but then I thought about the way money must burn thru so many peoples fingers and that an optimum tight strategy would put you at coin flips or better most of the time in a low variance situation. It sounds like a mostly preflop game until you get over $400 or so.

I fold the flop, but I think live in a game like this I pump it up more like $30-40 PF. I consistently raise it up $15-$20 in 1/2 games and get called the same as if I raised it $10. You accomplish two things, you might get a shorter stack to poosh, and the bigger stack now knows that it is going to take a big hand to play this big pot.

As played, I guess you gotta suck it up and just call, hope for a cheapish showdown or the board pairing.