Found a group on Meetup.com in Valrico FL about 10 minutes from my house in Brandon. Typical recreational setup (playing on a dining table, no felt)
The chips weren't walmart dice chips, but were still cheap plastic ones. They didn't have enough purple 500's so they wrote with a sharpie on the light blue 10 chips to make them 500's and just mixed them all together.
Starting stacks were 4,200 chips (yes, I don't get it either). The girl who got me into the game said "oh, these people know how to play" which is always a sure sign that they have zero clue about bet sizing, stack to pot ratios, etc.
It was just a $20 buyin, and then a $5 optional add-on for another 1K in chips (some players would wait until they were busted or near bust and the blinds were higher to add a now insignificant 1K in chips, lol)
Few key hands that stick out where when I had 10 bb's and there were a couple of limpers and I shoved with AT and got called by 56 offsuit? Doubled up there, then another instance with a bunch of limpers, I shove with JJ and get called by THREE players (one had 45 s00ted, another K7 s00ted!) and somehow my JJ holds up and I quadruple up and finally have enough chips to make things happen.
Got heads-up and just kept applying pressure on the girl who kept folding too much. Got her all-in three times where I was the favorite (60/40 spots mostly) and she would win each one. Then she took a slight chip lead, I kept pounding away at her to take the lead back.
Then we got it all-in with my KJ finally holding against her call with QT and I took the thing down. What was nice is everyone in the group was really laid back and friendly. Just people having a good time, no one being an asshat, no fights, etc. It was a pleasant change of pace from the casino crowd.
One funny hand that came up, the board had 5679x on it and three players all had an 8 in their hand for a three-way chop. One of the girls was trying to argue that because she had an Ace kicker with her 8 that she should win the whole thing. Fortunately everyone else realized that wasn't the way it worked, but, uh, just wow?
In the near future I should be hosting this group (and others in the area if you're interested) at my place with the CPS chips and a real poker table, can't wait!
The chips weren't walmart dice chips, but were still cheap plastic ones. They didn't have enough purple 500's so they wrote with a sharpie on the light blue 10 chips to make them 500's and just mixed them all together.
Starting stacks were 4,200 chips (yes, I don't get it either). The girl who got me into the game said "oh, these people know how to play" which is always a sure sign that they have zero clue about bet sizing, stack to pot ratios, etc.
It was just a $20 buyin, and then a $5 optional add-on for another 1K in chips (some players would wait until they were busted or near bust and the blinds were higher to add a now insignificant 1K in chips, lol)
Few key hands that stick out where when I had 10 bb's and there were a couple of limpers and I shoved with AT and got called by 56 offsuit? Doubled up there, then another instance with a bunch of limpers, I shove with JJ and get called by THREE players (one had 45 s00ted, another K7 s00ted!) and somehow my JJ holds up and I quadruple up and finally have enough chips to make things happen.
Got heads-up and just kept applying pressure on the girl who kept folding too much. Got her all-in three times where I was the favorite (60/40 spots mostly) and she would win each one. Then she took a slight chip lead, I kept pounding away at her to take the lead back.
Then we got it all-in with my KJ finally holding against her call with QT and I took the thing down. What was nice is everyone in the group was really laid back and friendly. Just people having a good time, no one being an asshat, no fights, etc. It was a pleasant change of pace from the casino crowd.
One funny hand that came up, the board had 5679x on it and three players all had an 8 in their hand for a three-way chop. One of the girls was trying to argue that because she had an Ace kicker with her 8 that she should win the whole thing. Fortunately everyone else realized that wasn't the way it worked, but, uh, just wow?
In the near future I should be hosting this group (and others in the area if you're interested) at my place with the CPS chips and a real poker table, can't wait!