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Originally Posted by Dreamer
Good for the short term or long term?
While its true most people have little interest in getting better im sure overall having a more knowledgeable player base might be worse for the games.
See Run it Once for details.
Just a gimmick idea that I hadn't thought too deeply about. Most players are not interested in studying so I don't think it will affect the quality of the games all that much. TBH I miss my 50% discount Upswing membership from black Friday 2 years back and would not mind getting that renewed.
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Originally Posted by Dreamer
There is a reason a lot of rooms cap buy-in , mainly because the rec players go bust more often. Again, if a room is thinking long term they need a mix of games that hopefully keep the rec players in the games longer (so everyone can pay more rake! Tip more ect ect)
Austin 1/3 or 2/5 plays more like a 5/T or T/20 in Vegas. Most players buy in for 1-2k. Not uncommon to have several 5k stacks in the early evening after the game's been running for 5+ hours. Most players are properly rolled for that game. Practically speaking the 1/3 capped game never runs at the lodge. But it's still listed on poker atlas and it's personally been a source of much confusion for me when there are multiple 1/3 games with different rules in the same room.
A total tangent, but it's about protecting recs, so I thought to mention it: Months ago Lodge instituted a ban on double board PLO bomb pots at 1/3 for this exact reason. That's the only difference between the 2/5 match and 1/3 match games: 2/5 match allows double board PLO bomb, 1/3 only allows double board NLH bomb. The games are indistinguishable otherwise (players open to $20 in both games). This serves to protect the players -- some dude loses his entire 5k stack on a double board PLO bomb pot cause he doesn't entirely grasp the strategy or hits that sick PLO variance, and he leaves the room for the day -- that's a loss for the room and for the players. That said, 2/5 hardly ever runs, so double board PLO bomb pots are effectively illegal at Lodge mid and low stakes. Some clientele complain, and this has been a driver behind why some play at TCH -- TCH allows double board PLO bomb pots even in their 1/2 game. Which is sick. The players love them, even when it causes them to go bust. One previous room had instituted a max 1k wager per player on double board PLO bomb pots to put a stop-limit on losses -- that is an interesting idea that the Lodge might consider.
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Originally Posted by Dream Crusher
What 5/5 game are you referring to? Does the Lodge run both 2/5 and 5/5 and what is the difference generally?
By 5/5 I just mean the room's uncapped game. Buy-ins are typically in the 2k+ range AND uncapped with a larger min-buy limit (it used to be $500 min back in the day, but that may have changed). So quite a bit bigger than the 1/3 or 2/5 where you will often see 1-2k stacks mixed with shorter stacks and bigger stacks. There's a more limited player base for the uncapped 5/5 or 5/T games. Over 2 years ago the 5/5 ran exclusively and regularly at TCH, but players had a falling out with management, which resulted in a more fractured player base. Now it runs occasionally at Palms Social or the Lodge. The Lodge 5/5 may have turned into a 5/T -- also, not sure about that.
Last edited by ChaosInEquilibrium; 01-06-2022 at 04:31 PM.