Loving 8-Game

Must admit, since watching Scotty Nguyen's now infamous run at the 2008 WSOP H.O.R.S.E final table, I've fallen into the mixed game boom. Since Pokerstars put up the new 8-Game Sit n Go tables, I've been hitting them up, and am yet to miss cashing. Five from five, and have been working on a different approach after to my game after listening to the fantastic advice I have received since my first blog a couple weeks ago.

8-Game is a combination of Limit Triple Draw Deuce to Seven Lowball, the five H.O.R.S.E games, No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha. I think that covers most games available. Like most people who enjoy the mixed game, I think the quick changes in poker games every six minutes keep the mind ticking over, and when the 6-max 1 table game has the potential to go for up to an hour, something has to keep you interested when you see the players who have little idea how to play Triple Draw, or are unaware that the game has changed from Razz to Stud. But I guess we've all been there, done that!

Was at the shopping mall today and went into the bookstore and decided it was time to purchase a poker book. Super System II stood out like a house on fire, however I fell just short of the $65 AU required to buy the Bible of Poker. My eyes scrolled down... Lindgren, Greenstein, McEvoy, Gordon... Duke, Hellmuth, Hellmuth, Hellmuth... and then I saw Mr. Negreanu's eyes staring right at me. 'Hold'em Wisdom for All Players'... including 50 powerful tips to make you a WINNING player. At $25 it was a reasonable price and I intend to read it over the next couple nights while I sit at work on my ass at an indoor sports venue.

Though my bankroll is still low, I have been playing more and more and feeling more confident about my play, however my fall-back game, Heads Up PLO High Low has actually not been as fruitful as it has in the past. I don't think that this is such a problem though. Playing the mixed games as allowed me to see beyond my own poker horizons and I've been working on my Hold'em and Stud games, putting Omaha to bed for a while.

Hopefully the mixed game doesn't bring me mixed results, just positive ones!

"Remember, never educate a stupid poker player."