Its a single chance per universe. If a wormhole is created, a random existing system is selected. One of the reasons I did it this way is to give players a new reason to expand
. The main problem was that my wife was playing most of the time and wanted me to play the same tables, which were $1/$2 No Limit Holdem. I usually play larger games, especially the higher stakes Pot Limit Omaha games, and struggle a little in the lower limit games as it requires a different style of play. For starters, no one seems capable of folding anything and I normally bluff a lot, so that didn't work out so well. A good multi-street bluff tells a story and the player has to be able to understand the story in order for him to decide he is behind and fold. If the opponents are simply not paying attention and can't fold, then that is just a creative way to lose money. At $1/$2 it seems to be a case of simply waiting for a good hand and then betting a lot, even though it is obvious what you have, which is fine if you have good hands or at least the patiance to wait for them. In aggressive, higher stakes games you can have a winning session without ever having good cards; mainly because players in those games have some logic to their actions and you can usually figure out what everyone has.
An example of my frustrating $1/$2 games. I have AQ and raise with it. I get called and the flop comes down QT9. I bet the flop and get called by a flambouyant Pakistani businessman. The turn is an 8, putting four to a straight on board (QT98). He now bets into me for about $50, representing the missing J. I am picking up tells and still think the Q is winning so I call. He goes all in on the 4 river for $115. I still think he has nothing but bottom pair on the flop and I am still picking up bluffing tells so I call the $115 and say "Show me your 9". He turns over 94o, starts to push his cards into the muck and says "great call". Then one of the other players says "You have two pair!". The Pakistani looks down and realises the river card paired his 4, giving him two pair. So he thought he was bluffing and I read him as thinking he was bluffing. In fact, he was winning and didn't realise it - aaagh! Welcome to the Vegas $1/$2 games.
When I was playing the higher stakes games alone after Linda went to bed I did much better
. I also learned Limit Omaha HiLo, which we don't play at all in the UK (just Pot limit HiLo here), which was a refreshing change and I even made some money in that game.
Steve
