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[Dan Delano]

Ok heres the deal:I play poker at school (in highschool) during free periods and lunch and stuff. We play with a really wierd betting system that has evolved over time at our school. 50 cent ante and you can bet or raise 1,2, or 3 dollars as many times as you want, ie there is no limit on the number of reraises. A big pot will be around 10 dollars, and a huge pot will be upto 30 dollars. These people play absolutly HORRIBLE poker. They almost never play their strong hands and prefer to slow play them and checkraise them. They love the checkraise. They will play almost anything preflop. They bluff A LOT, and a lot of the time their bluffs are on checkraises. I realized recently that if I play very few hands, high pocket pairs, or low pocket pairs that hit trips on the flop, two pair on flop, I tend to win money because they can't help but call me. However, I would like to know the optimum way to play against them, specifically their checkraising and slowplaying.Thank you-DAN

[Dan Delano]

This is all holdem (of course)

[Jtmaroon84]

You see, this is what is wrong with our education system, why are kids allowed to play poker in school? Where is the supervision? Seriously, you don't have to study when you go home but as long as you are in school please take these times to read or learn something.This betting sound wierd but you are on the right track, play relatively tight against loose opponents.

[wrto4556]

Jtmaroon84 said:

Seriously, you don't have to study when you go home but as long as you are in school please take these times to read or learn something.

I recommend Small Stakes Hold'em by Sklansky, Miller, and Mallmuth.

[Jtmaroon84]

I recommend Small Stakes Hold'em by Sklansky, Miller, and Mallmuth.Ha ha, very funny wrto. Still, the kid should be reading up on things other than poker.

[AKQJs_2o]

Jtmaroon84 said:

You see, this is what is wrong with our education system, why are kids allowed to play poker in school? Where is the supervision? Seriously, you don't have to study when you go home but as long as you are in school please take these times to read or learn something.

We always played Poker, Spades, Gin Rummy, Blackjack, or a game called Knuckles during our lunch periods when I was in high school, I don't see anything wrong with playing poker at school in your freetime. You're still using your brain. Heck, you could even learn something while you play cards.I'll bet there are plenty of kids out in the school parking lot smoking cigarettes (or dope) and listening to hip-hop music while these guys are playing poker. Which group is really wasting their time in this case? What about the guys playing basketball at lunchtime, should they have their noses in the book, too?Ease up a little bit, it's not like he is cutting classes to play cards.

[JaysonWeber]

Jtmaroon84 said:

I recommend Small Stakes Hold'em by Sklansky, Miller, and Mallmuth.Ha ha, very funny wrto. Still, the kid should be reading up on things other than poker.

Ehhh?Money spent on College textbooks - 130 dollarsMoney spent on Poker textbooks - 300+Priorities JT... Priorities...

[Metro]

JaysonWeber said:

Jtmaroon84 said:

I recommend Small Stakes Hold'em by Sklansky, Miller, and Mallmuth.Ha ha, very funny wrto. Still, the kid should be reading up on things other than poker.

Ehhh?Money spent on College textbooks - 130 dollarsMoney spent on Poker textbooks - 300+Priorities JT... Priorities...

$130 on College Textbooks? Damn.... I was averaging about $300/semester at UW-Madison, and about $250/semester here at UNC-Chapel Hill.

[Jtmaroon84]

I'm just saying, for the majority of people, poker is not going to be a career. Why not study, get into a good university, graduate with honors and get a job that has more security than poker? Maybe I'm the wierd on on this forum, maybe everyone here has a dream of one day becoming a pro at poker, I think I am more realistic though.Oh, and 130 on books isn't that small, I only spent about 80 bucks a quarter at U-Chicago. Most of the books are either on electronic reserve or regular reserve at our libraries.

[UglyJimStudly]

Dan Delano said:

I realized recently that if I play very few hands, high pocket pairs, or low pocket pairs that hit trips on the flop, two pair on flop, I tend to win money because they can't help but call me. However, I would like to know the optimum way to play against them, specifically their checkraising and slowplaying.

I find straightforward poker works well in these sorts of games - when people bluff so much that you can't put them on a hand, you can generally play as if they don't have a hand and win in the long run, since you'll be right most of the time. The variance can be a bit frightening, but it's worthwhile in the long run. At least unless and until the other players figure out that you're beating them that way.You might want to play more than just pairs - strong aces and suited connectors will often be big winners in that sort of game, probably moreso than the little pairs.

[Vade]

Metro said:

JaysonWeber said:

Jtmaroon84 said:

I recommend Small Stakes Hold'em by Sklansky, Miller, and Mallmuth.Ha ha, very funny wrto. Still, the kid should be reading up on things other than poker.

Ehhh?Money spent on College textbooks - 130 dollarsMoney spent on Poker textbooks - 300+Priorities JT... Priorities...

$130 on College Textbooks? Damn.... I was averaging about $300/semester at UW-Madison, and about $250/semester here at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Why on earth would you want to downgrade from UW-madison to UNC?Unless you're doing graduate work, that's inexcusable

[Dan Delano]

Thank you guys.For those of you worried about my grades i assure you that i get good grades, and its second semester senior year anyway so my grades dont matter (colleges dont see them). Other people do cut class and i recently decided it wasn't the best idea to play with them when they were cutting class. If anyone else reads this and wants to post advice, what i need help on the most is playing heads up where the hands are few and far between and the payoff isn't great. Ive always heard that headsup play is about picking up the pots that people dont play for, and picking up the pots when nobody makes a hand. How do I do this and play tight against these really crappy players?Thanks again,-DAN

[Metro]

Vade said:

Metro said:

JaysonWeber said:

Jtmaroon84 said:

I recommend Small Stakes Hold'em by Sklansky, Miller, and Mallmuth.Ha ha, very funny wrto. Still, the kid should be reading up on things other than poker.

Ehhh?Money spent on College textbooks - 130 dollarsMoney spent on Poker textbooks - 300+Priorities JT... Priorities...

$130 on College Textbooks? Damn.... I was averaging about $300/semester at UW-Madison, and about $250/semester here at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Why on earth would you want to downgrade from UW-madison to UNC?Unless you're doing graduate work, that's inexcusable

Went to UW-M for Biomedical Engineering. About a year in, I realized I wasn't a big fan of all the math and science and switched to Poli Sci/Legal Studies Double Major. About a year later, my tuition was reworked because I had taken a semester off and my family had moved to NC. Since I was having to pay out of state tuition for a degree which is pretty much the same regardless of where you get it, I decided to save the extra $10,000+/yr by transferring to UNC and getting in-state tuition.Boy do I miss State Street though. Beer & Shot night at the KK.... lots of good memories.

[Schneider]

State Street is the bomb dizzle