Posted by Dr Fro 10:54 AM
The night that John made his score at the Friendship Social Club, I was at the table next door to him, which was $5-$10 Hold’em with a full kill. For those who don’t know what a “full kill” is, that means that if a certain criteria is met, then the next hand is played for double stakes. In this case, the criteria is that a person win a pot > $100. The double stakes mean the game becomes $10-$20. The BB still posts $10 and the SB still posts $5, but the guy that “killed” the pot posts $20 and players must call $20 to see the flop.

I scored $383 on this particular night, and I did it in 2 hours.

It was the perfect line up for me. Two dummies, two maniacs, and the rest were rocks. In case you don’t know what a rock is, they are usually old men who only play one hand an hour and they tend to raise when they have the goods.

Strategy was simple; play slightly looser in order to get involved in more pots with the dummies and/or maniacs. I generally assume the dummies have nothing and therefore bet if I have anything at all heads up with one of them, including such crap as middle pair. The maniacs are the most difficult to play against. You can’t put them on a hand, so you just play straight up and solid. Don’t fear their big plays on the end. Maniacs love to bet when they miss a draw. You may win with Ace-high.

The rocks? Fear them pre-flop and fold most hands to their raises. They are probably holding something better than you. If you get to the flop with them, always raise the flop. If they didn’t hit, they will fold. They live by the motto that if the flop didn’t improve their hand, it must have improved somebody else’s. I picked up a lot of pots with this move. Back off if they call, because they may have something…only bet them if they appear to be on a draw. This would be the case if the flop included a Q-J or J-T or Q-T. Their A-K hand may be drawing at a straight.

I play unpredictably on purpose, but all three groups of players above play fairly predictably. Even the maniac is predictable in certain situations, namely the automatic bet on the river. Take advantage of their predictability. In the case of the maniac, go for the check-raise on the river when you hold the goodies. Don’t let them be able to predict you. After two hours, a couple of the better players were on to my tricks and started to defend against them. So, I left.

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