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Originally Posted by Anytwo72
...they want to run it twice and play to try and split the dead money...
That is too funny... that is precisely what I noodled through as my "ideal" strategy for beating the game if I could afford the max buy-ins + variance: Get in pots with dead money and *cross fingers* to survive the swings.
As a result, you have to be a nit while ready to push it with your premium hands (because you'll likely get action anyway.) Like the olden days of NLH.
It's a pretty simple strategy, actually, so yeah, not really "poker" fun... no turn or river thinking to be done, and barely any flop play.
I can see it being fun for the "gamblers" who just want to have $1K+ pots swinging around, which I guess is the goal for the change. It just feels short-sighted to me - won't the casino get that money anyway in the craps pit?