I rarely if ever play poker on a Monday night but the family is out of town, and a really nice guy who plays in my home game frequently called as I was cutting the grass and said they had an opening at their cigar store game about 20 min. from my house. He had warned me that it was a great group of guys, but they play lots of burn pot games with no max burn. I decided what the hell, since I'm in bachelor mode anyway.
They used dice chips, but they had a deck of Copags. All were very nice guys and the games were all over the map. in some hi-lo games the wheel was low, in others A2346 was the best low. In some games the wheel was the ultimate hand and won no matter what. They also played a "colors" game where a each column of cards had to be either black or red to "qualify" and you had to have trips or better as a high or a qualifying low. All these were with matching no limit burn pots. Also the buy in was $50, it was $2 limit for the most part but you could rebuy or go to your wallet at any time (especially to match those burn pots). The biggest burn I saw I think was 2 of the 6 guys matching a $55ish pot. Also everyone was very eager to explain the games to me, sometimes over and over since they were so nuanced. They all said if they get my money, they want to win it fair and square. I did make one rookie mistake early and misread my hand in a game of "lomaha" where the lowest (or both if they match) two cards you play out of your Omaha hand are wild, lol. I also introduced them to double board Omaha in hopes I could make them feel a little uncomfortable!
All in all I had a great time and managed to not piss anyone off. I held my own as far as play, and would do it again. I also think some of my other poker buddies like Detroitdad (Bill) would have suffered from an exploded head with all the crazy, glorious shit that went down!
They used dice chips, but they had a deck of Copags. All were very nice guys and the games were all over the map. in some hi-lo games the wheel was low, in others A2346 was the best low. In some games the wheel was the ultimate hand and won no matter what. They also played a "colors" game where a each column of cards had to be either black or red to "qualify" and you had to have trips or better as a high or a qualifying low. All these were with matching no limit burn pots. Also the buy in was $50, it was $2 limit for the most part but you could rebuy or go to your wallet at any time (especially to match those burn pots). The biggest burn I saw I think was 2 of the 6 guys matching a $55ish pot. Also everyone was very eager to explain the games to me, sometimes over and over since they were so nuanced. They all said if they get my money, they want to win it fair and square. I did make one rookie mistake early and misread my hand in a game of "lomaha" where the lowest (or both if they match) two cards you play out of your Omaha hand are wild, lol. I also introduced them to double board Omaha in hopes I could make them feel a little uncomfortable!
All in all I had a great time and managed to not piss anyone off. I held my own as far as play, and would do it again. I also think some of my other poker buddies like Detroitdad (Bill) would have suffered from an exploded head with all the crazy, glorious shit that went down!