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Originally Posted by bicyclekick
Personally I'd rather play 8/16 lhe than 5-60 spread and if it comes down to it I probably will. That or 15/30 or some other mixed games...but 5-60 spread is just painful and not good for anyone.
In general I definitely agree with you here. What it comes down to imo is that with a 5-60 game I don't think you necessarilly get a crowd that would normally be playing a 30-60 game. The 5-60 crowd, from my experience, is more the type that views it as a warped 2-5NL game which would explain why they take so much time on decisions. To these players a 60 dollar bet may actually feel like tough amount of money to call as it might be a lot of money to them. I mean if your a 2-5 grinder you probably have like 5-15k bankroll where if your a 30-60 grinder you probably have 20-60k roll. This dramatically changes your comfort level betting calling and raising 60 at a time.
The other illustration of why spread games play a bit different can be shown in this example. We're in a 5-60 game and all 9 players limp for 5 dollars. We now have a 45 dollar pot. Lets say the sb then leads the flop for 30$ which would be a reasonable bet in this size pot. The pot is laying only 75-30 or 2.5-1.
Change that example to a 30-60 game. The field limps 9X30 = 270. The sb bets laying 300-30 or 10-1 to the field. This is much different no?
The small antes of spread limit games make it much more correct to play tight and they encourage nittiness. As a good player on a loose game this fact can make your variance low and winrate high but god damnit when it's a tight game spread limit is one of the most boring forms of poker.
Just my opinion on the spread limit thing.