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Message: [QUOTE="bkkcanuck, post: 4104713, member: 300453"] It is definitely an interesting game and takes some getting use to -- but you have to take anything I say with a grain of salt (being new). The hardest thing for someone new to realize is that sudden large raise is much less often a bluff than in Hold'em. They think that when they have a pretty good high hand, or a pretty good low hand that by god the other guy might very well be bluffing and they won't let go. Sometimes you can get lucky, but more often you get trapped. Low hands (8 high) can often end up being split. Having a straight, can often be split. When you have high / low winners and you go for one or the other and the hand you have is either a straight or low hand - you end up winning but losing half the chips you invested. It is even more so than Hold'em a game of keeping track of your odds that last card will with regards to how many cards can give you that winning hand.... and how any card can cost you dearly on the last card. If you have a straight and someone has a pair matched up creating a set -- and you try pushing them (with or without leverage of enough punishment) that last card could pair anything on the board and your flush or your straight is history. Chasing with low odds of winning will cost you more than other games. Also be aware that going all in because you have a great hand -- can end up with lots of callers that think their half hand, or their reasonable good hand is good enough. More people, the greater chance someone will hit and you will exit very quickly (yes you might hit, but that AA23 hand also quickly cause your death if there is no low hand and you had 3 people in and one hits a straight or flush -- and if you are not dominant in chip position you could find yourself out or nearly out and unrecoverable because you hit a dry spell. The game, the odds, pretty well everything about the hand is more complex than hold'em for someone new. Look up the odds and get a sense of how good your starter hand is (total odds for winning), but remember it is only a starter hand. If you play on pokerstars -- be aware that the shuffler is slanted... it is designed to giveth and taketh away... it is designed to encourage more action and thus increase the rake on any pot. [/QUOTE]

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