An Orbit With Barry Greenstein
With the game of Limit Hold'em defined by the slow and steady nature of the action, we decided to stick around Barry Greenstein's table to watch him play a full orbit.
Hand #1: Greenstein was the big blind in this hand, and he mucked when Sam Grizzle made it three bets over the top of another raiser.
Hand #2: On the small blind this time, Greenstein folded after Grizzle tossed in a raise.
Hand #3: Holding the button, Greenstein surrendered yet again, with Grizzle ramping up the aggression and raising to two bets.
Hand #4: In the cutoff, Greenstein popped Grizzle's raise to three bets, and the two experienced pros played a heads-up pot. On the flop, Greenstein bet and Grizzle flatted. The action repeated on the turn, and both players checked the river. Greenstein rolled over the , but Grizzle had him from the flop onward with his .
Hand #5: Greenstein folded out of the hijack.
Hand #6: Greenstein mucked once again before the flop.
While this orbit may not have been the most exciting, it demonstrates the proper approach to Limit Hold'em tournaments, which are a marathon as opposed to the sprints that No-Limit Hold'em events have evolved into.