I’ve been playing more Limit 2-7 Triple Draw (Kansas City Lowball) tournaments on PokerStars lately and been in the money over 30% of the time and came in 3rd in one and 2nd in another in my last three games.
Usually when I play a new game I do my research so I don’t donk-out and lose my money. But finding good tournament strategy on 2-7 Triple Draw on the Internet is next to impossible, so I came up with a very simple tournament strategy.
Before I tell you my very basic and simplistic approach I want to tell you what happened the other day.
As I entered in a 2-7 Triple Draw tournament on PokerStars my friend came over just as I started to play and he sat down to watch. Now this guy is a poker player, a very good NL Hold’em player in fact, and not interested in any other poker games.
When he sat down he said, “now what are you playing?” “You play weird games”. I explained the game to him and said you can play for me, just use my simple strategy rules, and he said, “sure” with lack of enthusiasm in his voice.
I told him these simple rules:
- When off the blinds play all hands that have at least three different cards that are 8 and lower and always raise the pot if no one else has come in to the pot behind you, otherwise call a raise
- Only defend your Small Blind if you have 2 different cards that are 8 and lower
- Be creative when in the Big Blind if it’s only one raise to you
- Play almost all hands as if there were an 8 qualifier! Lower this requirement when you get short handed (three-way and heads-up).
- Make notes on players when you know their low card requirements (example: do they Stand Pat on 9 low with two draws to go?)
- Know when to fold and don’t chase two cards to the River
- Be patient, the idea is to wait for the good hands and win big pots
That was pretty much all I told him, and he followed those rules to a T and amazingly enough he came in second place and my $11 investment turned in to $100, of which I cave him a cut for his time.
After the tournament I asked him if he liked the game and if he would play 2-7 Triple Draw in the future, and he said, “na, I like my NL Hold’em”. Ok… well… to each their own I guess. But I did learn that even an unenthusiastic player who has never played this game before could do well following this very simple strategy.
Any ways, if you haven’t played 2-7 Triple Draw yet or want to try a new strategy then try the tournament tips mentioned above and maybe, just maybe you’ll have the same results that I have been getting lately.
Remember, playing poker games other than NL Hold’em will only make you a better overall poker player… so try something different and discover that there is much more to poker than just NL Hold’em!
Now knock’em dead!
Powered by FireStats