Ellasdaddy
Flush
Played 8 handed last night with a few friends and planned a 4-5hr structure with 50bb stacks. We were down to the final two players in an hour and 20 mins. We were only in level 4 when it ended. My question is how would the experienced hosts here handle this? I want to be prepared if there’s a next time...
I was in total disbelief at the rapid action, which I had never witnessed in one of my games or gatherings before. There was only one truly monster hand shown down also, quads over a small straight, so the action came on a few total bluffs and some awfully weak hands played in mindboggling fashion. One of the larger pots was a flopped pair of 4s vs a turned pair of 6s on a board with K Q J. I was stunned it made it to showdown with the bet sizing involved. I also saw raisers check-fold to min bets. I should’ve anticipated play like this as a prepared host, but the table ran very smoothly otherwise and the guys are fairly well-versed in play and decorum. The actual card play was unbelievable though. I felt badly because my friends were no longer at the table an hour into our day together. I wanted to play cash in the first place, but every soul I know feels a stigma about playing cash.
So I was 3rd stack remaining in this game and suggested a chop to get on to the next game quickly and got told that I was only suggesting it bc I was 3rd stack. I explained that the current structure was not meant to support heads up play really and would take forever to play out. I wasn’t worried about win/loss. I never am. I also suggested playing it out but decreasing the level times going forward and was then told that I was suggesting this because I wasn’t winning like usual... So we let it roll and in level 4 I won. I no longer felt good though.
Second game starts, runs much longer with more conservative ABC play, and I win again. Still didn’t feel good. Now I question hosting in the future, or just hosting these people because I was unprepared.
I was in total disbelief at the rapid action, which I had never witnessed in one of my games or gatherings before. There was only one truly monster hand shown down also, quads over a small straight, so the action came on a few total bluffs and some awfully weak hands played in mindboggling fashion. One of the larger pots was a flopped pair of 4s vs a turned pair of 6s on a board with K Q J. I was stunned it made it to showdown with the bet sizing involved. I also saw raisers check-fold to min bets. I should’ve anticipated play like this as a prepared host, but the table ran very smoothly otherwise and the guys are fairly well-versed in play and decorum. The actual card play was unbelievable though. I felt badly because my friends were no longer at the table an hour into our day together. I wanted to play cash in the first place, but every soul I know feels a stigma about playing cash.
So I was 3rd stack remaining in this game and suggested a chop to get on to the next game quickly and got told that I was only suggesting it bc I was 3rd stack. I explained that the current structure was not meant to support heads up play really and would take forever to play out. I wasn’t worried about win/loss. I never am. I also suggested playing it out but decreasing the level times going forward and was then told that I was suggesting this because I wasn’t winning like usual... So we let it roll and in level 4 I won. I no longer felt good though.
Second game starts, runs much longer with more conservative ABC play, and I win again. Still didn’t feel good. Now I question hosting in the future, or just hosting these people because I was unprepared.