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jlb834's Texas hold'em (Other)
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| [January 27, 2011 06:37:05 PM]
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= Game =
Texas hold'em is a variant of poker. Like most non-video games, Texas hold’em is for 2 or more players. It has the same basic scoring system as poker, but the difference being that each player receives only two cards. The game progresses through rounds which involve betting after the first cards are dealt, and then the dealer deals three more cards to the community, for every player to use. The community cards are placed in the center of the table and the objective is for each player to use their cards as well as the community cards to beat the other players. The community cards are dealt followed by a session of betting. The community cards are called the flop, turn, and river.
= Strategy =
Texas hold'em is played, like poker, on a point based system. All players start with a certain amount of points. The objective of the game is to gain other players’ points through betting. A player gets points by risking their own points against the other players. A player can win in two different ways. The first way to win a round is by having higher scoring cards than their opponents. The second way for a player to win a round is to "bluff" or convince their opponents that they have high scoring cards; therefore, the opponent will fold or quit the round because they do not want to risk losing points. The first tactic of winning is based purely on luck; therefore, it is a much more uncommon strategy because a player cannot master a game based on luck, and a game based entirely on luck rarely is capable of holding the player's attention for an extended period of time. In contrast, the second way of winning is based on skill and strategy. The skill involves controlling involuntary reactions such as happiness or disappointment to the cards dealt. Also, strategy is a major aspect of the game because a typical game involves several rounds where the final objective is to get all of the other players’ points. A common tactic is to get caught bluffing when the stakes are low and use it later to manipulate your opponent into "overplaying their hand" because they think the player is bluffing again, but the player will raise the stakes so that if they win they are gaining more points overall.
= Game play =
The games played are between two opponents using "chips", which are in game representations of money. Each player has 100 points worth of chips. Each chip is worth 10 points. The minimum amount that is allowed to be bet is 10 points, or one chip.
First Session:
In the first gameplay, both players were very cautious; therefore, the majority of the game was low betting and folds. The reason for this tactic is because both players were trying to figure the other player out and find a weakness or "tell". After a couple of rounds, one of the players started to loose most of their money, mostly due to bad luck so that the score was 150 versus 50. The first player, who was losing, starting raising the stakes and used a "rush" or "all in" strategy to intimidate the second player, who was winning. This strategy worked very well, and the score was almost tied up at 110 to 90, but once the first player started to catch up to the second player, who wanted to keep his lead, he started to call the bluff. This call resulted in the first player to lose every more chips which resulted in a 130 to 70 lead. Then, the losing player used his bluffing strategy to lure the winning player into calling his bluff. The losing player went all in and won the round which resulted in him having a score of 60 to 140, which eventually resulted in him winning all of the chips, and the game, a few rounds later.
Second Session:
The second gameplay was an unusual game of Texas hold'em for two reasons. The first is that, like the first game, winning a round with 30 or more points gives one player a significant advantage over the other player. The other reason is because both players had relatively high scoring hands throughout most of the game. Since Texas hold'em is based partially on luck, a player having a high scoring hand most rounds is a relatively low probability. For these reasons, the game was much shorter than the previous game. Another reason for this shorter game session is because both players felt more comfortable betting high, whereas the last game both players were nervous and cautious. The majority of the game was played with one player having a significant advantage over the other, such as 140 to 60. Eventually, one player decided to go all in while the score was 110 to 90, and the player with 90 lost the round which ended the game.
= Overall =
Texas hold'em is a fun game that is simple but challenging. Like most poker games it favors a person with a strong or aggressive personality during the game, which is ideal for a game based on gambling. The game is usually played with more chips, but both players found it fun and exciting to have a strong see-saw effect which added more excitement to the game.
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jlb834's Texas hold'em (Other)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Wednesday 26 January, 2011
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