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• Ian Ross

  

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  January 6, 2012 3:22:58 PM EST

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  Been playing quite a bit of $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em games at Poker Stars over the past week or so and tried out the capped games (CAP on the game menu.) 

   

  For the ininitiated, at the tables I've been playing there's a cap of $40, which means that in any single hand, I can't put more than $40 into the pot.

   

  I'm finding it good because sometimes I can get a little ahead of myself and call an all-in when really I should probably just fold.  The CAP games help me stay within the realms of sense a little and even when I do have a moment of madness, it's not the end of the World.

   

  However, they can be a little frustrating in that certain games can become a bit of an all-in fest between certain players.  In all honesty, this is probably what has been making my roll a little bigger but I do still find it a pain when you're constantly getting marginal hands you can do nothing with because the rest of the table's all in with very little.

   

  Anyone else tried the CAP games, what's your thoughts.

  
  This post was edited by Ian Ross at January 6, 2012 3:22:58 PM EST
• Patrick Lim

  

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  January 14, 2012 6:08:57 PM EST

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  Back when Full Tilt was still running, I often played the capped .01/.02 cash games. I found that I did better with the cap for some strange reason, most likely because it really closed my range down to hands that had some value. I guess my shortened range came down to the fact that nearly every hand led to an all in. The cap for each player was only .40 so it really came down to flips and who had the better hand pre-flop. While this scenario seems to be a little more tame in higher stakes, I kind of feel that capped no limit really falls short when it comes to playing real cash games but its a great way to learn the fundamentals in a cheap and efficient manner.