Filed under: Tip of the Week
I am now back from vacation. Week two took Betty and me to Harrah’s Rincon for R&R. We made a trip to Ocean’s Eleven, where I got to play some $20-$40. I was somewhat surprised to find $20-$40 was the biggest limit game, and that managemnet would not spread a $40-$80 even if all of the players wanted it. They would give “overs buttons”, but I do not like playing with them as it complicates my math too much. Say you have an overs button, and another overs person bets the flop. You call with two people behind you figuring you can call the turn as well. But the two others fold, and now the original player can bet $80 instead of $40 on the turn. So now you are not getting the right price to call and must fold. But if you knew you had to fold on the turn, you might not have called the flop. So calling not only depends on how many players call and their position, but which ones have buttons and what their tendencies are. Especially with strangers, I will not take on the added headaches. Probably just as well, as I lost for the session.



