Who said Rush Poker had a majority of tight players ?

[CallifyouDare]

I tried some Rush Poker today, and after a couple of Quick Fold, I kinda like it. Can't say for sure since I only loaded less than 500 hands but definitely a good new form of poker.

Anyway, I had a feeling the play was tighter than the usual $10NL tables because I didn't see that many people calling raises and even less reraises or 3-bets. And when I did, they usually have QQ, KK or AA...
Since you can't really establish a table image, you can't take those kinds of raise lightly.

Here's a hand I played earlier :

Full Tilt Poker Game #18189949128: Table Mach 10 - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:47:26 ET - 2010/02/04
Seat 1: duplexx1 ($33.23)
Seat 2: Igun ($9.80)
Seat 3: 1O DOT TIM ($14.50)
Seat 4: monkeyIsland1 ($10)
Seat 5: Donk Key Kong ($9.70)
Seat 6: pioN_LMP ($17.47)
Seat 7: Someretard ($7.97)
Seat 8: Hero ($10.68)
Seat 9: MEtzger0815 ($78.09)
MEtzger0815 posts the small blind of $0.05
duplexx1 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CallifyouDare [Ad Ac]
Igun calls $0.10
1O DOT TIM folds
monkeyIsland1 has 8 seconds left to act
monkeyIsland1 folds
Donk Key Kong raises to $0.45
pioN_LMP folds
Someretard folds
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero raises to $2
MEtzger0815 folds
duplexx1 folds
Igun has 15 seconds left to act
Igun has requested TIME
Igun calls $1.90
Donk Key Kong has 15 seconds left to act
Donk Key Kong calls $1.55
*** FLOP *** [4h Jh 7d]
Igun checks
Donk Key Kong has 15 seconds left to act
Donk Key Kong checks
Hero bets $8.68, and is all in
Igun calls $7.80, and is all in
Donk Key Kong folds
Hero shows [Ad Ac]
Igun shows [9c 8c]
Uncalled bet of $0.88 returned to Hero
*** TURN *** [4h Jh 7d] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [4h Jh 7d Td] [9d]
Hero shows a pair of Aces
Igun shows a straight, Jack high
Igun wins the pot ($20.30) with a straight, Jack high

Frankly, I was so tempted to shove all-in after the first raise (to $0.45). Yeah that's not exactly very +EV but maybe that's the only way to protect myself from these ?

When I had 2 callers to the flop I honestly put them on small PP. Maybe one of them had KK. So moving accordingly to my read, I pushed the flop in hopes nobody had a hit his set or had a flush draw. The instant call of Igun made me send a prayer to the poker gods but when his cards were revealed I was so relieved I almost tripped over...

Then the inevitable and horrible turn came, sending my buy-in to the villain...

Time to rebuy, what else ?

[C8H10N4O2]

come on...villain called with a small prayer and hit. Why the heck would you want to "protect yourself from these?" Give me a villain who will make that call all day and I'm loving it. I wouldn't want to be "protected" from these... let 'em make their 4 outter or runner runner calls all day long and I'm quite happy.

[CallifyouDare]

I'm sorry, when I said "protect myself from these" I was only considering the -10$ outcome. Of course, just like you I want more people to call me soooo lightly like him...

Still struggling to recover that buy-in by the way

[C8H10N4O2]

The only outcome you should look at is the face you got it in as a favorite. Also, if you freak out because your AA got cracked and you "try to recover" that buy-in... you might slip away from your A game. Don't worry about the buy-in. Just look at the next hand and try to make the right play again. Recently, I've come to realize just how swingy poker can be. Over 300 single table sng's... I had 15 below EV swings until recently where I finally caught back up to my EV, and then instantly dropped another 3-4 buy-ins below EV. Stay properly rolled and things will even out eventually... you just gotta keep playing better than your opponents.

[CallifyouDare]

Hey Dew,

I'm not freaking out because AA got cracked once. I was just saying I got a feeling people mainly played tight or tighter than usual on Rush Poker, and that my encounter with one specimen of a loose player ended in his favor.

I'm still playing with a 3 digits BR but I do have over 50BI for $10NL. So I guess I'm not playing under or over 'rolled.

In the end, I didn't recover the BI and ended the session with a -8$
For a first Rush Poker try out, it's not that bad. I like the instant and constant action provided by the Quick Fold button. I guess I'll need some time to adjust to the plays I saw...

[ballboy75]

he called with a gutshot?????? ouch!!!
buy yourself some condoms so you dont get infected by that disease.

[alw4ysontilt]

lol, nasty comment ballboy ^^,
thats pretty sick but it happens a lot at FTP.
part of the game, gut shots are for fishes. i got hurt yesterday on a live game by a fish called the flop bet with a gut shot and turned the world, str8 [nuts] and a flush draw, ul, happens m8.

[CallifyouDare]

Thanks for the advice ballboy, but I always use protection