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Originally Posted by ShipFaced12
By making it a $1/2 with a $5 bring in we are just making it easier for the dealers to count the pot and making the game run alot of smoother. If you are "bringing it in" you can make it $5, 10, or 15 preflop. $100 min buy-in is silly but whatever. Depending on whether a home game is running or not I will be at Parx tonight hoping to play some PLO. If not, have a safe and happy new year all!
That would make sense if it was being played as a $5 bring in, but its not. If being played as a $5 forced bet UTG. That's my problem with the way its being done.
And the effect on counting the pot is marginal at best.
But the side issue to all of this is that I believe it's killing the chances of ever seeing the game grow at Parx. PLO at the 1/2 level has the chance of drawing in NL1/2 players and guys interested in trying out the game. I've personally sat in on the game at 1/2/5, seen those guys come in, sit one rotation and leave because the way its being spread. Last night the game was 6 handed and two guys left when it went to 1/2/5.
The game ran 35 minutes as 1/2, then maybe only another hour at 1/2/5 after all the short stacks busted. Then...no game. I'm not sure how that benefits anyone.
Meanwhile there were two full tables of O8 going
If there's every going to be a chance for 2/5 PLO ( or higher) being spread at Parx, then they're going to have to cultivate players and bankrolls. That happens by establishing a regular running low limit game that's accomodating ( meaning that the regulars should do their best to no insult and run of newbies).
Parx should two tables, even if they're short handed tables. A regular running PLO 1/2 ( 100-300) and at peak times a PLO 2/5 ( 200-1000). In 3 months both games would run regularly.