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« on: July 29, 2013, 12:14:39 PM »

Been playing some OFC with various rules.  Anyone have any thoughts on what to do in this situation:

Playing a variant with Alex where we get dealt 7 cards pre and have to swap 2 of them before placing.  We get dealt:

   

Which two do we send to Alex and why?

How do we proceed when it comes to placing them?
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« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2013, 01:58:52 PM »

Assuming fantasyland is on Id maybe send him the 55 and set up

KQ
A
JJ with the 2 cards he passes to you being placed at the bottom unless he sends Q+

Maybe set up
Q
AK
JJXX
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« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2013, 02:00:53 PM »

Ive also been experimenting with more starting cards/passing, Ive found that if you start with more than 5 cards then it becomes way easier to make royaltys/not foul.  Start with 5 and pass 1 works ok, start with 5 and pass 2 might be fun
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« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2013, 02:05:46 PM »

There's probably no definitive right way to set this without some clairvoyance, there's a downside to discarding any 2 of these cards but I'd say:

If playing with fantasy land

-                                           -  
-                        or            -       (putting K on top makes more points when paired but  
-                           -        probably more important to give yourself a chance to pair
                                                             A or K in middle to enable pairing Q on top, foul less this way too although still a pretty fouly hand.)

Without fantasy

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-                       or             -    
-                              -  
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« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2013, 02:23:23 PM »

Ive also been experimenting with more starting cards/passing, Ive found that if you start with more than 5 cards then it becomes way easier to make royaltys/not foul.  Start with 5 and pass 1 works ok, start with 5 and pass 2 might be fun

I agree with this, the game seems to get much bigger when you start with 7.  I like the idea of:

KQ
A
JJ

with fantasyland in play.

I am currently doing some excel work on this game so hopefully can start to see some patterns on decent "openings" and the like.  Been doing work on odds of drawing flushes with x exposed cards etc.  Haven't even got onto pairs/2ps/straights/FH's/Quads/SF's etc yet, I imagine that developing some kind of usable system might take some time!!!!  Soooooo many variables its unreal.
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« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2013, 03:16:27 PM »

Pass him the fives, it's all you can do with THIS good a hand.

But no no KQ up top.

Q
AK
JJ

When you pull first card check its fully live and straight to the bottom, if it isn't put it next to Q
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« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2013, 11:15:34 PM »

Any beginners video or good text about?

Don't want to be a complete fish at the game and would like to start playing

I'd imagine with some work and tinkering with different scoring systems/passing cards one could have a huge edge over someone who is 'good' at the standard rules, right?



With very limited knowledge about the game/scoring w/e, I'd be setting the with 55
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« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2013, 11:25:59 PM »

There's some blogs about but bro's seem to want money for apps that are neithet use nor ornament.  Decided to do some work myself.  Pretty sure starting combos would change depending on rules though.

And fwiw i don't imagine edges will ever be that big regardless.
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« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2013, 06:02:20 AM »

Assuming fantasyland is on Id maybe send him the 55 and set up

KQ
A
JJ with the 2 cards he passes to you being placed at the bottom unless he sends Q+

Maybe set up
Q
AK
JJXX

isn't it bad to cap yourself to trips/2pair at the bottom by putting the 2 random cards there. would it not be better to put 1 up top with the Q (preferably a card 6 or higher if we get one) and the other with JJ?
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« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2013, 07:33:21 AM »

Any beginners video or good text about?

Don't want to be a complete fish at the game and would like to start playing

I'd imagine with some work and tinkering with different scoring systems/passing cards one could have a huge edge over someone who is 'good' at the standard rules, right?



With very limited knowledge about the game/scoring w/e, I'd be setting the with 55

Pokerstars TV app has a couple of videos with Barry Greenstein and Shaun Deeb.
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« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2013, 08:06:50 AM »

Assuming fantasyland is on Id maybe send him the 55 and set up

KQ
A
JJ with the 2 cards he passes to you being placed at the bottom unless he sends Q+

Maybe set up
Q
AK
JJXX

isn't it bad to cap yourself to trips/2pair at the bottom by putting the 2 random cards there. would it not be better to put 1 up top with the Q (preferably a card 6 or higher if we get one) and the other with JJ?
Maybe, Im not entirely sure.  Theory behind putting them both at the bottom is that making FL is way bigger than boating up at the bottom and it is essential we have 2 pair minimum at the bottom so we're capping ourselves to 2 pair/trips there but we will have 8 live outs from the start to make it instead of 5+backdoors.  Im not sure if this is mathematically optimal though
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« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2013, 08:32:50 AM »

Assuming fantasyland is on Id maybe send him the 55 and set up

KQ
A
JJ with the 2 cards he passes to you being placed at the bottom unless he sends Q+

Maybe set up
Q
AK
JJXX

isn't it bad to cap yourself to trips/2pair at the bottom by putting the 2 random cards there. would it not be better to put 1 up top with the Q (preferably a card 6 or higher if we get one) and the other with JJ?
Maybe, Im not entirely sure.  Theory behind putting them both at the bottom is that making FL is way bigger than boating up at the bottom and it is essential we have 2 pair minimum at the bottom so we're capping ourselves to 2 pair/trips there but we will have 8 live outs from the start to make it instead of 5+backdoors.  Im not sure if this is mathematically optimal though

This,  although FL isn't worth as much with the 7 pass 2 rule compared to standard 5 card. The way the hand is set out also depends a lot on if we're in position and how live we are.
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« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2013, 04:23:34 PM »

Q
AK
JJ

defo way better than

KQ
A
JJ


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« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2013, 04:24:54 PM »

Assuming fantasyland is on Id maybe send him the 55 and set up

KQ
A
JJ with the 2 cards he passes to you being placed at the bottom unless he sends Q+

Maybe set up
Q
AK
JJXX

isn't it bad to cap yourself to trips/2pair at the bottom by putting the 2 random cards there. would it not be better to put 1 up top with the Q (preferably a card 6 or higher if we get one) and the other with JJ?

Yeah you wanna get any live card (card you cant see too (m)any of them out) with those J's
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« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2013, 06:11:06 PM »

Can we not decide after we do the swap?
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