[jamby]

I'm embarrassed to say that I own that book and completely skipped that section on the initial read. Read the hold 'em sections and then put it on the shelf. For shame huh?

Originally Posted by ipgyst

One of the few reasons to buy Super System 2 is Daniel Negreanu's section on 2-7 triple draw. It is excellent.

[joepro]

The nice thing about pokerstars is you can play this game for play money or micro limits, and then work your way up.

[jamby]

I just played my first ever 2-7 triple draw online at P*. It was a micro-limit tournament - 6 players and fixed limits. It was absolutely grueling and not as donktacular as you would expect for $1.10 buy-in.

I was fortunate to get lucky a few times and play tight enough at others to win it too. I'm unclear though on just how the hands are ranked so need to brush up. I thought that having the 2 low was the key, but got beat by a lesser low card when I was holding 2-4-5-7-10 and my opponent had 3-5-6-7-8. Anyway, it was fun, but don't think it's going to replace my fondness for all things pineapple anytime soon. It's just too slow for my taste.

[jamby]

Does anybody play this game live? If so, what happens if you run out of cards wtih all the redraws? I was playing a 6-handed .25/.50 no-limit ring game last night and several times folks stayed in and discarded all their cards. Since there are only 22 cards left after the deal, there certainly aren't enough cards remaining in the deck for much of that type of thing.

[Harlequin011]

Originally Posted by jamby

...I thought that having the 2 low was the key, but got beat by a lesser low card when I was holding 2-4-5-7-10 and my opponent had 3-5-6-7-8.

We're looking for low right? For low you start at the high end.

Your T is hither than his 8 right? You are playing a 10-7 low, and your opponent is playing a 8-7 low. Forget about having the deuce here, it's the high cards you watch for. Same as any other "low" game, except in 2-7 you can't have a flush or a straight, oh. And Aces are always high. Found that out when I stood pat after my first draw with 6-4-3-2-1 and loss.

[joepro]

Wow, you won your first-ever shot at this game? That is awesome, nicely done!

Originally Posted by jamby

Does anybody play this game live?

It is one of the biggest games played live. It is in the rotation at the big game at bellagio. As far as running out of cards, I have no idea, but I imagine it's played fairly tight at those levels, so i suppose it would be rare to see a family pot.

[jamby]

Yes, but I was locked into this tidbit of wisdom from one of the linked articles that said "So, obviously most hands that you want to get started with will have to contain a deuce." For some reason that stuck with me and I was confusing the scoring. First time play and all. Reminds me of the monday night CT tourney when we were playing RAZZ and I thought you had to count up your card values and the lowest total won. Needless to say I got knocked out pretty quickly. Don't have a clue where that notion came from either.

Originally Posted by Harlequin011

We're looking for low right? For low you start at the high end.

[jamby]

Thanks. It's actually pretty addictive. After the tourney I played about an hour of it in a no-limit .25/.50 cash game format and that was absolutely crazy. Some of the loosest play I've ever witnessed. I bought in for $50, was up quickly to $75 and down just as quickly to $30 when a single draw to the nuts never materialized. Then got back up to just over $60 and called it a night.

Folks were drawing large numbers of cards throughout and seemingly playing almost every pot. Lots of chipstack variance too of course. It's a little slow though while all the drawing and betting is going on. Since you have nothing to look at either as you do in stud or hold 'em games that makes the wait even longer between hands. Have to get past that I guess and just tolerate playing tight and the slowness that brings.

Originally Posted by joepro

Wow, you won your first-ever shot at this game? That is awesome, nicely done!

[Harlequin011]

Originally Posted by jamby

Yes, but I was locked into this tidbit of wisdom from one of the linked articles that said "So, obviously most hands that you want to get started with will have to contain a deuce." For some reason that stuck with me and I was confusing the scoring. First time play and all. Reminds me of the monday night CT tourney when we were playing RAZZ and I thought you had to count up your card values and the lowest total won. Needless to say I got knocked out pretty quickly. Don't have a clue where that notion came from either.

Sorry to explain the stuff you already knew then.

Personally I'm not sure where I stand on the triple draw. It seems a bit crazy, and I've got no theory to apply currently. I'm so tactile that I feel I miss a lot by not playing it live so online is only helping me a little.

[jamby]

LOL, I wouldn't say that I knew it at all. I just started reading about this game yesterday. I suck at low games so need all the experience I can get. I'm a magnet for the worst hand for the game I'm playing - I had three full boats dealt to me in the first deal in last night's tourney. Too funny. The $1 SnG was actually a great way to get lots of hands under my belt pretty quickly. Fun too if you've got 1+ hours to spare.

Originally Posted by Harlequin011

Sorry to explain the stuff you already knew then.

Personally I'm not sure where I stand on the triple draw. It seems a bit crazy, and I've got no theory to apply currently. I'm so tactile that I feel I miss a lot by not playing it live so online is only helping me a little.