Live poker questions!

Hello,

I normally play online (100nl) and a friend recently invited for a weekend @ his place and wants to go to the casino with me which is fine with me. I asked the stakes and apparently it's a 2/2 blind structure with a minimum buyin of 100 euros. My friend plays 25nl online and basically wants to go for the fun experience, the 2/2 game is the lowest cash game they are offering. We don't really care about winning money.

i was wondering what a good buyin agreement would be, I'm not sure how the competition if live but if it's 200nl level I'm afraid my friend will have a hard time playing well. I assume it's fullring but i'm not sure. I think its best to just set a limited buyin for us to make sure the money won/lost won't affect the evening. I'm thinking 200 Euro buyin and maybe 100 Euro for rebuys depending on how it goes. Of course this makes me slightly scared money, I'm used to bigger swings but I'm not sure what the level of the game is and how eventual loses will affect the rest of the evening.

Basically i don't really have a clue how the standard 2/2 live game and what kind of swings you can expect in 3 hours of live play.

Suici

I'd be interested in the same thing because I've never played live in a casino before I heard it's sick soft compared to even the fishiest sites... so I am quite interested in maybe trying some live poker soon...

Maybe some Dutch people around to talk in particular about the level in Dutch casino's ?? Obviously, everybody's opinion on live experience is much appreciated...

I seriously doubt a 2/2 game would play like anything like $1/$2 online. Expect something closer to 5nl standard.

(I've never played Live, my opinion is solely based on what I've read in B&M on 2p2)

if ur even a semi-decent online grinder for longer than 6months ur about to get a big laugh at urself when u reread ur post after this weekend

if not then just play straight up for value and rarely bluff
ur goin up against bingo players after all

The game will most probably be much softer than the nl25 games your friend is used to.
Swings live are usually much smaller than online, but it's still poker and variance can hit you hard. I'd suggest both you and your friend still go for the minimum buy-in given the stakes you play and all the circumstances you mentioned.

what u mean 'will effect the evening'

expect swings of more than 1000 euros

unless you play like an unreal nit

Warning: HUGE calling stations ahead. Don't get too fancy til you get used to it and see for yourself

the game will be really really soft. just bring 500 euros and if you are feeling tilted/bad after losing 200 or 300 or whatever, then just quit and cut your losses. otherwise you'll probably win anyway and have a great time. gl

I realized in rereading your post that your playing a higher limit than both of you are used to
meaning this $ probably matters but ur just wanting to have fun

take w/e the total amount is u both don't mind losing at all
if ur only playing one night, then take it all with ya whan ya play
if ur playing two nights then only take half the first night, leaving the other half in your room or something so you at least gotta walk to go get it or you talk the session over w/ your friend before goin the 2nd night
hf