oooo - the rake!

For the few folks who read this now and again, you probably know my best game is heads up 7 card stud heads up. I recently had session that just shows you how the house just kills our bottom line.

I played a gent named "easymoney" with a few numbers at the end of his name. He played very solid hand values and would have been a very profitable full ring player I think. His only real weakness was he played a bit too tightly heads up.

By going with a loose aggro style, not only do I rob him blind, but he also pays off when I do have split aces and he calls down with a lesser pair since I'm an obvious donk bluffer.

The dealer, however, refused to cooperate. Combine that with my own frustrations and tilt and the numbers were not pretty.

He brought $40 to the table. I ended up bringing $150. When the smoke cleared, he was broke, and I had roughly $95.

That means our results were:

EasyMoney = negative $40
Donkey PSORG = negative $55
The house = +95 in rake.

Sick, sick, sick.

This just illustrates how important it is to bust 'em quick in heads up. Otherwise nobody wins but the house in those long drawn out battles where you are just see-sawing back and forth. I had this gent down under $20 about 5 times before he finally dropped the rest of his chips.

I'd play the guy again, because honestly, full ring TAGs are some of the easiest guys to beat heads up if they don't adjust. Hopefully I don't see more hands like AxA vs. his 222... blah.