you guys are too much. bosluk is not a bot, and I am not bosluk. stop whining about other players having a strategy that beats yours, and instead, maybe try to beat the players using that strategy like a poker player is supposed to do. alternatively, continue to cry and spew. not sure what you are saying about 10bb poker-the min is 25bb, and all of these babies are still complaining. "PLAY EXACTLY LIKE ME OR YOURE GARBAGE". give me a break.

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+1

Well, that's the point of raising the minimum buy in, so you can beat people with strategy. 10bb poker is solved, so vs anyone decent you cant beat them because of rake. the only reason 10bb is allowed is because the site makes money off having the option

there is plenty of strategy involved in a 25bb game. just because its not the strategy most people decide on doesnt make it unethical, unexploitable, or wrong. it just means opponents are unwilling/unable to adjust.

It is no longer allowed. 25 BB is the current minimum.

The reason why most people don't play 25bb poker is because it's NOT FUN!

And guess what, this game at its core is suppose to be fun. And if you play a 25 bb stack and I play a 100 bb stack, you're basically forcing me to play your ****ty version of NLHE.

(There's a big difference between some degen getting stacked and "buying in for the last he has" and some asshat like bosluck who's such an idiot he can't even play "real" poker...and yep, I defined real poker. If you disagree with me, well you're an idiot and wrong)

In my opinion, "real" poker is adjusting to the situation you're in at the moment. Since the vast majority of good players buy in for 100 bb, that might mean that shorter buy-ins are exploitable. And yes, I am an idiot.

Will you come play at all my tables please?

Is the po wittle baby not having fun because he can't beat the short stacks?

I've been an online pro for 13 years....pretty sure I've learned how to adjust.

Doesn't mean it's as much fun to play vs. though.

If you play full ring at Global (and not micro stakes) we probably have.

Full ring...now wonder you're so bored.

6 max PLO 100 reg. Come play baby ^_^

+1. Its for sure not as fun, even if the correct adjustments are made. I know how to do my taxes too, doesn't mean I have a smile on my face while I do them.

And I can't imagine its only the regs and pros that hate the short stacking, rec players aren't going to like it either.

I will say the 25BB min buy-in has made things much much better on Global in particular.

You can choose not to like it, but it doesn't serve as a valid reason to remove the option. PLENTY of rec players love buying in short. It's often easy to find fish when scoping tables just by looking at stack size. 25BB buy-ins are fine. Fish buy-in short in live games too. And, especially when it just comes to personal preference. Poker is a multi-level game of adjustments- you have the right to be unhappy with certain approaches, but it doesn't make them inherently wrong. Global has a live feel to its cash games, and the rec players love it. Go ahead regs, keep fighting for HUDs, software, higher buyins, etc, and you can kiss it goodbye.

Not sure that I follow the logic that if someone doesn't want the min buy-in to be 10BB, they are pro Hud's and software

All that I am saying is we find it not enjoyable, I don't think it is wrong to buy in for the min, but I am also glad that min got raised.

I am sure there are rec players who like to buy in short, but then there has to also be a group of them that like to buy in for max. Even if more like to buy in short, the max ones would outweigh them I would think.

I'm not implying that not wanting a 10BB buyin makes somebody want HUDs, just that those who complain about 10BB buyins often tend to want other "upgrades"-more geared at the militant shortstack crybabies, not you-you seem reasonable. I totally disagree with your last sentence, but that's based on approach. The fact that there's so much room for debate on the topic should imply that 25BB buy-in is fine where it's at.

Most live games you can buy in for 30 BB min. It is part of the game.

Deal with it, get over it, or don't play.

Yep. Many are even 20BB.

I have no issue with that then, I just wanted to make sure there was a line in the sand of players who think 10BB is not enough and also don't want HUDs. I would imagine it would be quite a few people truthfully.

What I would be interested to know (and likely we will not) is how raising the min buy-in has affected (effected?, English is dumb) Global's bottom line.