First cash game action with my new Fauxes

FoscoBurrows · #1 (**permalink**) 03-29-2007, 09:41 PM

I just broke out my set of 1000 Fauxes for their first real action. My buddies and I play a $5 buy-in $.05/$.10 cash game, and we had about 14 people this time. We allow one re-buy per person, and tonight we had over $90 in the pot. It got down to being me and seven other guys, and the chip leader ended up having to leave early, taking $30 out of the pot with him. When he left, so did three of the other players, taking another $20 or so with them. So, we were three-handed with $48 left in the pot. After two hands, I was heads-up, and down about 3 to 1 in chips. Time was running short, and it had gotten to the point where he only had $5 more than me. I looked down at Q J offsuit. The flop came J 5 Q. Turn was a J... Long story short, I ended up doubling up, and taking $43 away. The chips were a great hit, and I was the big winner! An all-around success, if I do say so myself. Big thanks to all you guys here at CT, since without you, I'd still be thinking my 11.5g dice chips were all that and a bag o' potato chips

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Captn_All_In · #2 (**permalink**) 03-30-2007, 12:45 AM

Very nice report! This is the power of the fauxs....VIVA!!

timsta007 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-30-2007, 10:56 AM

Just curious, but why do you only allow one rebuy for a cash game? I would think the whole point of a cash game is to be able to play as long as you are willing to keep putting money on the table...

Sounds like a good game, congrats on the nice cash.

FoscoBurrows · #4 (**permalink**) 03-31-2007, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by timsta007

Just curious, but why do you only allow one rebuy for a cash game? I would think the whole point of a cash game is to be able to play as long as you are willing to keep putting money on the table...

Sounds like a good game, congrats on the nice cash.

Thanks for the congrats!

Although it's techinally a cash game, it has certain tournament elements mixed in. Everyone that plays likes to get down to a "final table," since we usually start out with at least two tables. Setting the limit on re-buys helps make this happen. We try to get down to one or two people by the end of the night, but we usually end up cashing out with 4 or 5 people still playing, simply because we never get started early enough and run out of time.

Big Mike · #5 (**permalink**) 03-31-2007, 11:43 AM

This sounds like more of a tournament with cash game elements. Do the blinds go up?
Good work on the fauxs, and congratulations on the win. Do you have any labels or denoms on the fauxs? I think we should have some pics here!

FoscoBurrows · #6 (**permalink**) 03-31-2007, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Mike

This sounds like more of a tournament with cash game elements. Do the blinds go up?
Good work on the fauxs, and congratulations on the win. Do you have any labels or denoms on the fauxs? I think we should have some pics here!

If we're in the mood, we occasionally double the blinds every once in a while to get the short stacks out or to try to stir up some action if it's getting boring. As for the lack of pics, I don't have a digital camera, otherwise there would've been pics in the poker chip gallery a while ago. They're just plain fauxes, though, no labels, dye jobs, etc. I'm gonna have to work on that...