5/150 Regular Discussion

[SavantChild]

I've been playing the 5/150 regularly the past few weeks and have found a lot of success doing so.  I was hoping to get some continual discussion going on this game (solid players to look out for, specific hand dicussion, days/time when tables are most soft, etc.)  Doesn't seem like many people participate in these forums so I'm trying to get something going.  Any thoughts and ideas are welcomed!

[CrazyLond]

I went and played for a bit last night.  The game definately changes depending on the time and day.  I think the toughest time to play is on weekday mornings when most normal people are working.  A lot of regulars play in the game before the morning tournament and some of these are semi-pro or at the very least, people who for whatever reason don't work(retired, etc) and play a lot.  Most of the players that play then play a fairly tight-agressive game both preflop and after; it is quite rare for a hand not to be raised preflop.  I don't play very often on weeknight evenings but from the times I have, it seems that there will continue to be raises preflop, except a lot more people will call, resulting in a lot of huge pots.  Late night is my favorite time to play, the players seem a lot more passive, especially preflop, during these stretches.  It is possible to limp in with a lot of suited-connected, suited aces and small pairs which are great hands to see a flop with.

Friday and Saturday nights are definately the most profitable times to play.  The majority will be casual players if not complete novices and a lot of people will drink at the table.  The games seem to vary quite a bit, sometimes being somewhat standard and other times being insane.  Regardless, the overall play is usually pretty poor on these nights and any solid, sober player should do alright.  I usually see only 1-2 other players at my table who I recognize, compared with maybe 4-5 in the daytime or 2-3 in the evenings.

[Nidociv]

I've been playing the 5/150 regularly the past few weeks and have found a lot of success doing so.  I was hoping to get some continual discussion going on this game (solid players to look out for, specific hand dicussion, days/time when tables are most soft, etc.)  Doesn't seem like many people participate in these forums so I'm trying to get something going.  Any thoughts and ideas are welcomed!

I agree, and unless more people join the board, discussion between the few that do wont amount to a whole lot.

I am going to start mentioning this board around the poker room and see if i can get some new "faces" involved.
Id like to hear the perspective/insight of the floormen and dealers on some of these things involving the room as well. 

[gotpaid]

        Good topic for disscussion!   I been wanting to move to 5-150 but not yet able to, I will as I can aford 3 buy ins

[that_pope]

I don't know what age of people we are mainly dealing with here, but in regards to moving up...if you think you are ready to play a few sessions of 5/150 to see if you can hold your own, and $300 to $1000 isn't going to kill you when/if you lose that, then go for it.  Taking shots when the money is something that can easily be replaced from an outside source (like a job) in a short period of time is the easiest.  Jumping into a 50/100 NL game online when you have only 30k to your name and a 25k a year job is the direct opposite....

[DGK1186]

I can only get to the casino once every couple weeks but when I do go I play, it's 5-150...or omaha/stud depending on how bored I am with holdem.

Anyway, weekends are so ridiculously soft it's hard to comprehend.  Almost every table will have about 2 maybe 3 good players but you can spot them within the first few hands.  Then you have a few mediocre players that basically know what they're doing but are still very weak.  Then you have at LEAST 1 or 2 "wtf did he just do" players.  For instance, over the weekend I saw players at my table, on more than one occasion, call $100-$150 on the river (after some decent prior action) with TPBK on a board of say...K Q Q J 10...and they weren't trying to call someone's bluff, they honestly thought it might be good.

[CrazyLond]

If I am calling someone's bluff, it's generally because I think my hand might be good.  I think I know what you are saying, though, calling what they perceive as a value bet with a hand that could only beat a bluff.

I played last night, arriving at about 5pm.  It was earlier than I usually show up on weekend nights and was well worth the trip.  One guy sat down at the table in a suit and tie.  Another guy says "You're dressed too nice for this table" (I guess some sort of humor, even though there was another guy at the table also wearing slacks, a nice shirt and tie.)  The guy in the suit goes off..."Some of us actually work for a living.  You've probably been playing golf all day" which started a brief argument.  For some reason I found this hilarious and the hilarity continued with various characters in various states of drunkenness throughout the night.  The hand of the night...few players limp, cutoff who just showed up raised to $25.  Big Blind(madman in a suit whose play complimented his personality) called, couple limpers fold, another limper pushes all in for $50.  Original raiser reraises another $150.  Madman contemplates and calls.  Flop comes 788.  Madman checks, raiser bets $150.  Madman calls.  Turn comes 6.  Madman bets to put raiser all-in for about another $100.  River comes an Ace.  Madman shows A9 for a pair of aces and the other two muck their hands.  Madman defends his action "I thought I had a straight."

[DGK1186]

haha...that is funny.

If I am calling someone's bluff, it's generally because I think my hand might be good.  I think I know what you are saying, though, calling what they perceive as a value bet with a hand that could only beat a bluff.

It was more like all the other possibilities that the board presented just didn't register in his mind..it was weird - "I've got top pair!!!"  I saw what you're talking about quite a lot though.

[SavantChild]

Played for 9 hours today...A lot of poor players come and go.  Anyways my ridiculous hand of the day...

I am in the sb with Ad8d there are a few limpers and I complete, bb checks...The flop comes 2d8c9d I check, checks around to the button who bets 10, I make it 40 folds to button who calls.  The turn is 4s I check button checks, river 6d I bet 50 button calls yelling Ace High like he made the best call in history showing AsQc and I showed the nuts and he yelled damnit...To summarize I love this game and the many terrible players who play there...

[DGK1186]

I played for about 4 hours on Saturday night and ironically, after typing my previous response on this thread, there wasn't a single "bad" player at my table...they were all ok...but very tight.  It was difficult to win any decent pots when most of my raises pre-flop would go uncontested.

[Nidociv]

Very often on Saturday night the "loose" players are jamming it up in the 10-150 games while the 5-150 games are more conservative.

[CrazyLond]

The games do vary a lot from one night to the next or one table to another on those nights.  That game I was in on Friday night was insane until the crazy dude in the suit left and then it settled down a bit.

The last few days have been hellish for me with these midterms I've had but I take my last one tomorrow and will hopefully be able to spend some more time playing cards.  I may play the night tournament tomorrow if I get some stuff done in time.  I'll also probably be there Wed, Thu and Fri for tournaments and either Fri or Sat night to play some 5/150.

Speaking of the Tuesday night tournament, I ended up at Hass's table last week with about 40 players left.  He didn't look to be enjoying himself all that much.  That guy next to him was pretty damn annoying though.

[SavantChild]

Tonight was a slow one for me.  I have been playing pretty solid poker the last few weeks but some times there is nothing you can do.  Two hands that I lost that stand out during my night went as follows:

Hand 1:  I had beaten this guy in a few pots already for a few hundred and he was tilting towards me.  I was utg with AdAh and raised to 20, there was one caller and he called out of the sb.  The flop came Ac4c5s, the sb checked to me and I bet 40 into the 65 pot, the player in late position folded and the sb called.  The turn was the 3d, sb checked to me, I thought about checking with any 2 making a straight and 67 as well but felt as if the sb could be on a club draw and didn't want him to draw for free.  I decided to be 60 and was instantly check raised 150.  I suppose this is where I should have gotten away from the hand but thought about how the player was tilting towards me and had prior check raised me with a draw.  I called the 150 hoping to pair the board, the river was Jd he pushed his last 75 and I had to call, he had 22. 

Hand 2:  This hand was played solely because I had played with the player before and knew his raising range was extremely wide.  Anyways I had AKdd utg and raised to 20, it folded around the the player who in late position raised to 80.  I thought that with an utg raise then reraise I could get the player off most any hands (not KK AA and prob QQ pbv) I reraised his 80 with 150 on top (230 total) and that basically put him all in (had 30 more behind) he called and the board came completely missing my A and K and he flipped 77.  Pretty terrible call imo but its calls like this that make a lot of us profit when we actually have larger overpairs. 

[CrazyLond]

That game can certainly include some pretty big swings.  I've lost $1K there in a couple hours before but also won that amount in the same time.  I played some $6/$12 yesterday and then the tournament where I made the final table.  I'm leaving in a few minutes and will probably play some 5/150 before tonight's tournament.  I hope your luck improves, Savant.  If anyone else is there tonight and wants to say hi, I'm the big goofy guy wearing a brown "that's how I roll" tee-shirt.

[Xisiqomelir]

Finally have time tonight to hit this up, after moving to Phoenix 3 weeks ago!

I hear that the friday night game is kind of soft? Will playing tight preflop and aggressive post-flop do the job?