OK, so I've enjoyed reading the blogs of other CPMGers and thought I would start my own. IMO, the CPMG is like Broadway...if you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere. Well, maybe that's an exageration, but I always considered the play at a pretty high level.
Just a quick breakdown of the scene here in SoCal, there are a wide variety of card rooms here that offer various levels of play. If you like playing higher limits, we have the Commerce Club in OC, or the Bike in LA, as well as various other smaller rooms. If you like a slower pace, we have various Indian casinos out in the desert. My home court is Oceans 11 in Oceanside. It is very player friendly. They offer a lot of good promotions and giveaways, great food, and a very friendly staff. The only only drawback is that they have a funny structure for their ring games. The 2/2 game has a max $100 buyin. They have a 2/3 game w/a $300 buyin, but that game plays totally different.
Anyhoo, the point of this blog is to improve my game. I know I have some holes, so I appreciate honest feedback. I'd love to throw out some scenarios to see how other people would play it or what advice you would have for me.
So let me throw out my first scenario: "The Drunk Idiot at the table"
This has happened to me at least a half dozen times over the last few months, most recently last Friday. So I'm at a table for about 6 hours playing really well. I built up my stack from $100 to close to $400, when in plops the drunk guy. I've never seen this guy before, but he is drunk as a skunk and playing CRAZY! After a few orbitz of nobody calling his crazy raises, he announces that he is no longer looking at his cards! All eyes are on him. First hand he is 3rd to act, everyone folds to him and he goes allin for a little over 100. He has NOT looked at his cards. Everyone folds. Next hand exact same scenario. Next hand he announces he's gambling and he's gonna keep doing it til someone calls. He's UTG and pushes his stack in before the dealer finishes dealing. Everyone folds to me, I have kq and consider calling, but I can see SB can't wait to call. I fold, SB calls and felts AA. The dealer throws the cards out, I don't remember the board, but it contained an 8 and a 2....and you guessed it, drunk guy reveals an 82 for the winner!
After that the drunk guy quiets down and decides to play a bit. He catches AA against QQ against another big stack. Flop has a Q, river A...so now he is up to $400ish. About 30 mins later, I guess boredom sets in and he announces that he is going back to his old strategy. He has 4 racks of chips that he uses as a card cover. For 5-6 hands he goes allin preflop without looking at his cards. I am the only player at the table that can match his chipstack.
So ? time. I am just waiting for a hand to call his allin, double up and leave the casino up 700. Is this the wrong strategy? Some guys I play with out here make it a rule not to tangle with drunk players...it never seems to end well. My philosophy is to play the odds. Wait for a hand that I would be a big favorite and roll the dice.
So what happened? 3-4 hands into his new tactic, I look down at AsKs on the button. I don't even think about it and call. I knew SB and BB were going to fold (the had both already looked and were holding their cards as if they were going to muck). After my instacall, I ask if he wants to show his cards, to which he said "naw, I know ur way ahead, good luck". I felt my AK for the table to play along, not knowing what he had. Board comes with no A or K....crap! He still doesn't know what he had. He pulls out the first card from under his 4 chipracks and turns it over on the felt to reveal an 8. Sweet! No 8 on the board. He pulls out the 2nd card to reveal............another fucking 8! The whole table was standing up for the showdown and let out a roar when he showed the 2nd card. He shook my hand....I left down 100 instead of up 700. Bummer.
So this is just one scenario, but I'd like to hear people's general philosophy on playing with players like this? 2 weeks prior I had the guy who would open or raise $60 into a pot with $6 in it. Or on the button he would steal the $4 in blinds by raising to "$72" or bizarre amounts like that. Any thoughts or comments would be greatly appreciated.
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