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playing gala  leeds  cash game a few weeks ago (.50p/£1.00) been sat there for a round 30min got £85 in front of me im in the big blind, 7people call the £1 i look down see  Kh Kc so make it £13 1 caller the d/b who got around £160 in front of him not been sat there long flop come down  Ac Tc Qc so i put a bet out off £20 and the small blind goes allin so what would u do i think this is a no brainer but let c what u all think

call

With the chance of a live royal, I'm definitely calling.

Without doing the maths, you've committed a fair chunk of your stack already to this hand and have more than enough outs to make this a profitable call.

As an aside, I think you should also be playing a bit deeper in this game.

I was but lost a few hands and about a half my stack

is there still a bonus for getting a royal flush in Gala? Usually over £1k which makes this a snap. I'd call anyway though personally calling £52 into £177 you only need ~30% equity and I actually think you'll find yourself in really really good shape more often than you'd think, the Royal Flush bonus would defo encourage someone to bean it in here with the naked Qc speshly as it's not for too much money

Dream Flop Get It In..

And whats this 1K for hitting Royal Flush? I hit at Notts gala and recieved a 3 course meal for 2 and a bottle of champs.. Although this was a thursday night in the £24 fo, about 4 years ago.

Took the Mrs because she found the voucher. sigh

IDK i never play in this game but I remember a cpl of months ago I was playing the PLO game and some guy hit a royal and got £1,600. I think they take £1 out of every pot over £x for it 80% of the jackpot to the guy who hits it and 20% shared amoungst everyone else dealt in. Maybe they stopped it but it was defo there at some point since July!

Bring 300-500bb's with you and top up when needed.  Nothing more tilting than losing vs a fish and next hand not getting his stack because of the difference of the previous hand.


This.

Nothing more tilting?! I could probably name you 10 things that are at least three times more tilting than this that could happen in a live cash game!

I dont think you really NEED to be sat deeper if you don't want to be, obviously if you're playing well and you're a good player you'll be putting yourself in a more profitable position by having deeper stacks with weaker players but it doesn't mean you're not in a profitable position already.

I never used to do this, but recently (within the last year) it was highlighted to me that snap buying in and being really deep all the time isn't always the best idea, loads of times in live games recently I have lost pots and headed back to 50-60 big blinds and instead of topping up I decided to grind it out for a bit, good exercise in discipline + it allows you to "prove to yourself" you are actually playing well. Also, lets say you're in for 150 big blinds and go down to 40, then you manage a little spin back up and within an hour you've got 200, incredibly good for morale and you've increased your equity without increasing your exposure.

Maybe someone you suspect might be a strong player has just sat down on your left with 250bigs so you're happy to play short for a little bit whilst watching what he does, maybe you're tilted and need to chill.

Obv you've been in spots where you could have had more EV by being deeper, but you'll also have had spots where it's been much much easier for you because you're shallow.

Just saying there is no need to snap be topping up, loads of good reasons to not have deep stacks all the time. Good lesson in professionalism imo is figuring out when these times are.

Also, have we met/played together ever? I used to play Leeds Gala ALLLL the time

Still on afaik, mate was on table two weeks ago when a lass pinged it for ~£4k.

i also dont like topping up stright away and like to grind it out some times also short on money that week

yes there is still a bonus at gala but at he time totaly forgot about it lol

and yes i did call the allin  turn was a  2h river was a  Ks give me a set of kings he turns over  4c 5c lol and then he  turns round and says y did u not fold i tried  to explain to him but no hope

Do you not need to have two playing cards for a Royal Bonus?  so  Kc Qc on a  Tc Jc Ac ? thats the usual

dont think it like that a gala think if u got it u win it

Good point, IDK.

I went in last night actually so had a lil look see if they still did it, seems they do, someone shipped it for £3k! mbn