What's Your Strategy For Beating Hsp?

[David_Nicoson 1]

Suppose you have a 10 million dollar bankroll and want to play HSP.

1. How much would you want to buy-in for? (I don't know what the rules are. Pick what you'd like.) Cover Gold? Short-stack it to punish the preflop transgressions of Farha?
2. Where do you want to position yourself?Think about who is key and which side you want to be on.
3. What's your general approach?

[mtdesmoines 2]

Suppose you have a 10 million dollar bankroll and want to play HSP.

1. How much would you want to buy-in for? (I don't know what the rules are. Pick what you'd like.) Cover Gold? Short-stack it to punish the preflop transgressions of Farha?
2. Where do you want to position yourself?Think about who is key and which side you want to be on.
3. What's your general approach?

$10 million BR? I'd buy the standard amount -- I wouldn't short-stack.Who's playing? I want to be to the left of PA and EL if they're playing.

[Sheiky 0]

I'd buy in for the minimum so i could play a more PF orientated game and not have to worry about getting outplayed or bullied out of hands post flop.I'd like to have PA, Ivey, Helmuth and Harman to my right and Sammy, Gold and the ameatur guys on my left.

[Acid_Knight 2]

I'd buyin for all $10,000,000 but I'd keep it in a cashier's check and I'd rip off little pieces when I need to call or raise.I'd keep 2 stacks of $5 chips to toke the dealers and the large-breasted cocktail waitresses.I'd sit to the left of Farha/Elezra/PA and I wouldn't care where Gold was.I'd just reraise Farha everytime he opened the pot and I'd LRR Gold AI everytime he bet.I think this style would be high variance.

[pdr87 0]

I'd buy in for the minimum so i could play a more PF orientated game and not have to worry about getting outplayed or bullied out of hands post flop.I'd like to have PA, Ivey, Helmuth and Harman to my right and Sammy, Gold and the ameatur guys on my left.

Why would you have Gold and Sammy on your left!?

[NoBBiR 0]

I'd buyin for all $10,000,000 but I'd keep it in a cashier's check and I'd rip off little pieces when I need to call or raise.I'd keep 2 stacks of $5 chips to toke the dealers and the large-breasted cocktail waitresses.I'd sit to the left of Farha/Elezra/PA and I wouldn't care where Gold was.I'd just reraise Farha everytime he opened the pot and I'd LRR Gold AI everytime he bet.I think this style would be high variance.

*Pshaw*, Variance, I fear thee not.Just buy in for 200,000k and play like Bob Stupak. Aces and Kings only and shove any flop, but talk a big game, and fold under pressure like a tent in a hurricane.

[mtdesmoines 2]

I'd buyin for all $10,000,000 but I'd keep it in a cashier's check and I'd rip off little pieces when I need to call or raise.I'd keep 2 stacks of $5 chips to toke the dealers and the large-breasted cocktail waitresses.I'd sit to the left of Farha/Elezra/PA and I wouldn't care where Gold was.I'd just reraise Farha everytime he opened the pot and I'd LRR Gold AI everytime he bet.I think this style would be high variance.

LOL. LOL. LOL.If everyone had $300,000 to $500,000 on the table and I sat with $10,000,000, this is the way I'd play. It's massive fun to have the serious big stack.

[No_Neck 0]

*Pshaw*, Variance, I fear thee not.Just buy in for 200,000k and play like Bob Stupak. Aces and Kings only and shove any flop, but talk a big game, and fold under pressure like a tent in a hurricane.

Bob Stupak is the my hero.

[David_Nicoson 1]

I buy in enough to cover Gold and put Greenstein on my right.

[tskillz187 0]

I get nervous playing 5-10NL. The money gets to me. I can't even imagine playing this without wanting to cry and tellboxing all the time, hands shaking etc.

[Naismith 0]

I buy in enough to cover Gold and put Greenstein on my right.

I certainly understand the logic to the first part, but wouldn't you be concerned that the big buy in would just make you a target for the better players?I'd buy in short and sit to Farha's right.

[David_Nicoson 1]

I certainly understand the logic to the first part, but wouldn't you be concerned that the big buy in would just make you a target for the better players?I'd buy in short and sit to Farha's right.

What better players? B)

[Acid_Knight 2]

What better players? B)

+Eleventy Brazillion

[Naismith 0]

What better players? B)

Better than Gold, I meant.

[Pot Odds RAC 23]

My Strategy would be to admit that a huge disposable Bank Roll doesn't make anyone a better player and stay away from the game before donking off my money to the real Pros.Too many people think that the only difference between an average player and a Pro is Bankroll.

[David_Nicoson 1]

My Strategy would be to admit that a huge disposable Bank Roll doesn't make anyone a better player and stay away from the game before donking off my money to the real Pros.Too many people think that the only difference between an average player and a Pro is Bankroll.

I think the key here is that two of the players in the 500k game weren't really pros. I think the game would be +EV for me.

[Andromeda 0]

I get nervous playing 5-10NL. The money gets to me. I can't even imagine playing this without wanting to cry and tellboxing all the time, hands shaking etc.

same here...could I stake someone instead???

[NoBBiR 0]

I think the key here is that two of the players in the 500k game weren't really pros. I think the game would be +EV for me.

The Guy vs. Doyle hand from last night makes me think I could play like a moron and still win money in that game.

[David_Nicoson 1]

The Guy vs. Doyle hand from last night makes me think I could play like a moron and still win money in that game.

Doyle folds if he didn't pick up the flush draw, I think. I'm not sure how he was thinking about it, but it's almost a pure bluff. I think he's usually drawing to 3 outs when he gets called.

[Craigdog 0]

fold fold fold fold fold fold fold ... AA all-in

[David_Nicoson 1]

same here...could I stake someone instead???

You can stake NoBBiR.

[NoBBiR 0]

I'm not really sure why Doyle bet the turn, I guess he figured Guy was calling pretty light because he just doesn't care about the money and figured there was a pretty big chance he had way the best of it. But I think I would have checked and taken the freecard and called most river bets from Guy.After Doyle bet 110k though, he's never folding, so Guy is just an idiot. If Guy had any skill at all (with his infinite bankroll) he'd be the most fearless/feared player ever. Christ, he could read NL Strat on FCP and play a half assed game and be 10x better than he is now.EDIT: Now that I rewatch it, Doyle's instacall of Guy after the 200 raise is sick. He's pretty much pot committed, but he still instacalled, that's just gross.

You can stake NoBBiR.

That would be cool; But please note though, I am prone to losing my winnings at strip clubs and Starbucks. I lead a very expensive lifestyle for an unemployed undergraduate community college student.

[dms26 3]

I'd buyin for all $10,000,000 but I'd keep it in a cashier's check and I'd rip off little pieces when I need to call or raise.

Does anyone else think the bricks of money laying on the table looks annoying and ridiculous or it just me?I think they should do IOU's dumb and dumber style.

[Acid_Knight 2]

Does anyone else think the bricks of money laying on the table looks annoying and ridiculous or it just me?I think they should do IOU's dumb and dumber style.

Yeah, it's pretty dumb, but it's for the cameras. I think $5000 and $25000 chips are way more badass than bundles of hundred dollar bills any day.

[Jadaki 1]

I buy in enough to cover Gold and put Greenstein on my right.

I like keeping Barry on the right, but enough to cover Gold wouldn't really matter to me.