Advice needed

[crunny]

Hi, i need to play limit poker on party to get my SPRINGBONUS15. As a tournament player, i was hoping for some general advice, the do's and don'ts of ring games.

Thankyou

[goofyballer]

Limit poker in a nutshell: raise when you have it, call to draw with correct odds, fold everything else. I'm not sure if it would be better to play .5/1 6-max (worse players, requires a more aggressive style though) or full ring...I'd say full ring, but other limit players are better qualified to tell you.

[crunny]

thats what i've been doing, but i still lost $30 in the last 45minutes. So much for Spring fucking bonus. Stoopid PP Mongs!

[puckhead23]

I hope you're not playing down to the competition. Usually (but not always), a swing that low on a full ring game of $0.50-$1 is the result of a couple horrible beats followed by a bad case of tilt. A rate of -40BB/hour is pretty steep if you were following Goofy's 3 step nutshell to a "T".

I agree that full ring is safer (read: less variance) for clearing a bonus, but you clear the bonus more slowly by playing fewer hands and, therefore, wagering less money (I'm assuming it's one of those "wager 10x bonus" offers). If you can play 6 max profitably, shorthanded might be the way to go since your time is worth something.

[crunny]

For this bonus you don't need to actually be involved in the hand for it to count towards your bonus. Therefore, i'll be sticking to the full 10 person tables.

I think you are right i did go on tilt for awhile . However, i got some nice hands towards the end of the session and clawed my way back to -$7 with half the bonus cleared.

What starting hands should i be playing in ring games?

[puckhead23]

I see a lot of players (who I assume are clearing a bonus) with VPIP at 5-7% over 100+ hands, so they're playing only very premium hands. While I don't clear a whole ton of bonuses, I don't see the benefit of being drum tight. Profitable players clearing bonuses should still play their normal, profitable game so that the bonus augments their income, not becomes their income.