Zoom Poker Has Got Me
I used to love Rush on Full Tilt but thought it hurt my game so much that I vowed when Stars released Zoom that I would try and stay away from it. Well I did quite well and its taken me from when it were released to now before it has finally got me hooked.
I love table selecting and Zoom takes that away from me. I do not do it as hard as some people but I still have a system that gives me what I feel is the best chance of playing against weaker players. Zoom gives me instant poker though and for someone with little time to play I am finding I can get in a lot of hands just whenever I want rather than been 20 minutes or so in to a session before I have 12 or more tables running. The down side is that people play tighter ranges meaning even the fish are folding their weaker holdings but again on the plus side the long term comes around quicker.
So far it has been going pretty well and theres some awful play that I keep seeing which suggests the games are pretty soft but only time will tell but I will leave you a couple of examples of the type of plays I am seeing a lot of:-
Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold’em – 9 players – View hand 2089914
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BTN: $57.15
SB: $55.04
BB: $80.74
Hero (UTG): $51.25
UTG+1: $63.65
UTG+2: $70.04
MP1: $108.13
MP2: $53.74
CO: $32.44
Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is UTG with A
K
Hero raises to $1.50, 4 folds, CO calls $1.50, 3 folds
Flop: ($3.75) A
Q
7 (2 players)
Hero bets $2.50, CO calls $2.50
Turn: ($8.75) A (2 players)
Hero bets $6.50, CO calls $6.50
River: ($21.75) K (2 players)
Hero bets $21.50, CO calls $21.50
Final Pot: $64.75
Hero shows A K (a full house, Aces full of Kings)
CO mucks T
Q
Hero wins $62.25
(Rake: $2.50)
Believe it or not but this next hand is against a 12/10 reg. I actually think he is giving up on the turn and I am trying to milk his weaker holdings.
Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold’em – 9 players – View hand 2089915
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BTN: $77.77
SB: $50.00
BB: $57.93
UTG: $33.24
UTG+1: $37.49
UTG+2: $65.67
MP1: $53.00
MP2: $35.79
Hero (CO): $53.75
Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is CO with A Q
5 folds, Hero raises to $1.25, 2 folds, BB calls $0.75
Flop: ($2.75) A 7 3 (2 players)
BB bets $2, Hero calls $2
Turn: ($6.75) 2 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.75, BB calls $0.75
River: ($8.25) 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $2, BB calls $2
Final Pot: $12.25
BB shows 3 3 (three of a kind, Threes)
Hero shows A Q (a pair of Aces)
BB wins $11.70
(Rake: $0.55)