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Originally Posted by Jon_locke
These games tend to suck and attract huge nits. ventian tried 15-30 with like 5-5 blinds and was awful
Yep.
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players are more interested in chasing the jackpot and promotions
Is the rake 5+1 or 4+1? Seems like if there are BBJP and promotions, there's extra rake.
They're going to play super nitty in a game with tiny blinds? That's a good start at good poker. It could be that they're terrible at poker, but accidentally, they're playing correctly preflop.
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Is this game much more beatable than 4/8 with full blinds? The edges are pretty small in small stakes LHE so the few dollars per round should add up.
The thing that adds up is the lack of $ in the pot. You're trying to beat a pretty big rake. One way that works is if people play loose/badly and the pots are so large that the rake cap makes the effective rake a smaller % of the pot.
Another way it could work would be that these guys play terrible poker, like throwing in a few $4 calls and then making really bad folds later? You need them to be really bad to beat $5 or $6 rake at 4/8. The rake drop is an unstoppable opponent.