Another marathon 7 stud hi low session under my belt. And things weren't too bad. In fact, I was quite disappointed I didn't have anything to complain about. The speed of play was a little too fast to be realistic, and there were too many hands made on the last card by people that bet early. But not so extreme that it was obvious. I broke even and when the table came down to just two I won one last hand and skipped town.
As a detective instead of a serious poker player I began to think about where to go next. Usually when I bail from the 7 stud hi lo tables I go to Omaha hi lo with a $20,000 chip max. Just for giggles I went to a smaller game with a $2,000 chip max to bring in. Won about $5,000 play money in about half a dozen hands. Can't complain about that, either. Dang.
But I am vindicated and have something to complain about. There was someone at the table with $220,000 plus chips when I came on board. Now that's just plain stupid for a $2,000 buy in game. Playing hi lo with split pots like I do so much and knowing you can't win them all - and breaking even tonight playing for more than an hour - it's just impossible to accumulate that many chips on that table. Divide 220,000 by 2,000 and calculate the number of players that you have beaten. It sure looks like someone doesn't have to sleep. Or can break the rules.
My BS detector was on full as soon as I saw this. And despite that I still called several silly all in bets and came out a winner. The message for the casual player - don't play when you see this. Do a little math and think about what you're getting up against. A server with an infinite chip stck that can break the rules and has nothing to lose. And if they can do it on the free money tables, why can't they do it on the real money tables.
I saw the same impossible chip stack several times on my Pokerstars playing days.
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