Spread Limit Poker

When I started this blog, I thought I'd post a lot about poker. But it turns out when I'm playing I don't have time to post and when I'm not playing there's nothing to post.

I played 2-40 spread limit at Club Hollywood in Shoreline today. Washington doesn't allow true no limit poker (yet) and non-tribal casinos have a $40 maximum bet, so 2-40 spread is as close to no limit as you can get without driving an hour. I took a horrible beat early (I my opponent all-in on the flop with AQ on a Q-Q-4 board against 66 and he rivered a 6 for those who play poker) but sill finished a two hour session up $60. I believe this is the most beatable and profitable game in the area (Omaha/8 is pretty good too). It's still a small sample size, but in 7 sessions for a total of 26 hours, I'm averaging a profit of $27/hour and have only one losing session. I think the key thing is that people don't understand implied odds for what's sort of a no limit game. And there are just some people there to gamble.