When you get dealt Seven Deuce there is only one real thought process - FOLD. Yes, even if it is soooted!
The reason why 7-2 is so weak is because you have no draws. There is no straight draw (apart from a 1 card draw), and even if you pick up a flush draw it is seven
high, which gives you no confidence that the hand will actually stand up.
The only flop that you are looking to hit is 772 or 722 and the odds of this occuring are about 0.092%. So as you can see this is a
losing proposition.
The only time that playing 72 is really an option (and even this is dubious) is during a poker tournament if you have very few chips left -
less than 10 big blinds and
you can play the pot heads up versus a player you suspect to have a playable hand but not a pair. For example if someone makes a raise
with what you suspect to be AK or AQ and you call with 72 you are only a 2-1 underdog. Your
odds of winning are 34.61%, 0.51% to tie, making your equity in the pot 34.86%.
However, playing seven-deuce should be a last resort if you are to be a winning poker player.
72 or Seven Deuce is also known as the Beer Hand (because 72 offsuit is the worst possible starting hand in hold'em you would have to be drunk to play this hand and will probably be buying the beers once you've played the hand!)
If you don't believe us why not try playing some poker freerolls at No iQ Poker and see how well you get on playing seven deuce!
Are you on of the many poker players that play from dusk till dawn? Or do you get up really early at the
crack of dawn and then play through until the dusk time in the early evening?
Personally I don't have a set routine, I tend to play poker, especially online poker when I want/feel the urge to play
rather than forcing myself to play 8 hours a day. I find that when I am in the right frame of mind and want to play, rather
than having to play then I definately perform to the best of my poker abilities, so it makes no sense for me to demand that
I play to a routine. If a 6am to mid-day session five days a week works for you then do it, if not, find out what works best
for you and do that. Only you know when you perform to your best and when you feel like playing poker.
I've not visited the Dusktill Dawn poker room in Nottingham yet. I really should drive there and put some solid hours in.
However, with internet poker there are no travel costs and I get rakeback at home! Read a good example of
Online Poker
Advantages compared to live card rooms.
Also with online poker at a poker room like Dusk Till Dawn (DTD) you can get poker rakeback as I have mentioned before.
Dusktill Dawn offer 30% poker rakeback. Sign up for Dusk till
Dawn poker rakeback via www.rivered.co.uk and get an exclusive sign up bonus as well as the rakeback deal.
