Perth Poker Games

In my Cityof Perth Western Australia, apart from the poker leagues and casino, Perth poker games can be found fairly regularly in homes and garages around the city.

The easiest way to find a game, or players, for your own game, is to visit the perth poker games website I frequent. It's called Perth Poker Meet Up.

In the hope that explaining his own views about home games might encourage a few more people to actually go to one, fellow Perth poker blogger Steve, discusses below his reasons for playing 'in home' perth poker games regularly...

I think early on in a poker playing 'career', every game is played with these views:

a) increase the bank roll
b) prove your proficiency to everyone
c) be a winner on the night
d) never, ever be bluffed

That was certainly how I felt for the first few years since I started playing, and probably do now sometimes too.
Certainly a) and c) should always be present in any game. I think it is a discourtesy to the other players if you don't at least try to bring your 'A' game to the table.
b) and d) are somewhat more dubious values. A novice may be out to prove something, but I am quite happy to acknowledge there are often better players at the table than me. It's an important thing to recognize for two reasons. First, you don't want to tangle in lots of pots with people that can out play you, and acknowledging that has saved me money over the years. Second, I watch what those players do and how they play, and try and learn how to adapt the things I think they do better than me to my game.
As far as never being bluffed goes - well, I am sure we have all seen calling stations that would rather donk off all their chips than admit even the remote possibility they are being bluffed. If someone has the guts to pull the trigger three times and take the pot from me on a good bluff - assuming they show it - good on them. That too will improve my own play over time, through careful observation to spot any tells they may let out.
Anyway, I am slowly getting to my point about home games.
For me at least, a regular home game is not about beating my mates out of huge pots (nice as it is :)). Rather, it is to be able to get practice, feed back, try new plays, and above all practice, for bigger professionally run cash games or tournaments.
For sure, I could go the the casino and blow three or four buy ins trying out a new strategy. Good luck to me getting feedback from the table its effectiveness or on any tells I might be dropping.
Much better to have a regular, friendly, yet competitive home game, with stakes that make the game interesting, but aren't going to deplete anyones bankroll. I also find discussing pro's and con's of a play, as well as helping out novice players, helps improve the game of everyone involved.
So in a home game, I am quite happy to let a) and c) slide a little, for the greater benefit of the knowledge I can gain, at a lower cost/risk. That's not to say I wouldn't be trying to win any pot I am in, but the experimentation factor would be much higher.
If you look at every single poker pro and majorly successful amateur, the one thing they all have in common is they all mention the value their 'regular game' had on their success. Howard Lederer and Dan Harrington had the Mayfair club, Doyle Brunson had his rounder mates from his days on the road in Texas, Jennifer Harman had Johnny Chan and other big game players that let her watch and talked to about the game and Phil Gordon had his 'tilt boys'. Even Phil Helmuth will admit that his discussions with Joe Navarro has helped his game.


So that is what Steve is looking for in a regular home game and that is what you can find for yourself at the Perth poker games website.

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