Why you should top up in cash games.

Pysterman

This was painful...

Today, I was playing a hand against a maniac (2p/4p cash). He was raising pre-flop, post-flop, every street, with ANYTHING. (Sometimes calling, sometimes folding, totally unpredictable and apparently random.)

I raised with JJ, he calls. Flops comes 443, harmless enough, I raise, he calls. Turn is a 6, I raise again, he goes all-in. Knowing his style, I figure a call has pretty good EV. He had 25, for goodness' sake!

Anyway... that left me with £0.03 for the next hand.

Being the big blind I was automatically all-in.

Was dealt TJ suited, not bad.

Pot goes 3-way with the maniac and another loose player. Flop comes 8TT.

The maniac and the loose player get into a raising war and both end up all-in.

I go on the win with my three 10s and triple up.... I turned my £0.03 into.... £0.09!

If only I had been able to top up before the next hand I would have probably have made £8 profit.

Sigh.

Dudeskin8

If it was the next hand that would be tough to reload quickly especially as you we're involved in previous one, just proper unlucky.

DrSharp

Plug woulda been pulled! Dummy spat out! The whole shaboozle at that one.

Another reason to have auto reload button on the table so at the beginning of each hand you are automatically back to 100xBB if your under.