Why wouldn't it be?If someone opens to .3, 3 bet to $1.2 is fine right
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Best number of players for Texas Hold Em (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter UncleMilty
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OP
Is .50 a limit?
Not at all, just the tendency of how my group plays. In no limit hold em, minimum raise would be to 0.20, but one can bet between that and their entire stack at any time.
I find that standard opens are 3-6x BB for most casual stakes.
6-8 players for NLHE in my opinion. 6 if everyone likes playing cards. 8 is better for sitting around and chatting because hands will be a little slower and people will play fewer hands.
Blinds depends. 5c/10c to 25c/25c will all work at a $20 buy in, but with no re-buys I'd say 5c/10c is better as people (theoretically) should stay in longer. If you want to make sure no one is out too early but also keep $20 as the upper limit, I'd say play 5c/10c and encourage a $10 buy in with a $10 re-buy for players who bust.
Blinds depends. 5c/10c to 25c/25c will all work at a $20 buy in, but with no re-buys I'd say 5c/10c is better as people (theoretically) should stay in longer. If you want to make sure no one is out too early but also keep $20 as the upper limit, I'd say play 5c/10c and encourage a $10 buy in with a $10 re-buy for players who bust.
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OP
That’s a great idea!
Jake14mw
Flush
7-8 at a 58" round table.
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OP
I will tell that 10 isn’t the right number 
RagingAZN
3 of a Kind
I think it ultimately depends on the people, if you’re playing with a bunch of nits, any number is not going to be fun.
But if I had to choose, I think 8 players on a round table is perfect for NLHE!
But if I had to choose, I think 8 players on a round table is perfect for NLHE!
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OP
I agree that 8 is the number. 10 is ok if you have a dedicated dealer to manage the game.
seyff45
Two Pair
Ideal for me is 8. We usually start with 6 and end up with two tables of 9 or 10.
I don't love full tables of ten because they don't allow for five cars circus games.
I don't love full tables of ten because they don't allow for five cars circus games.
TheYeti
Two Pair
My home game is currently capped at 11 players.
I am lucky enough to have a fairly large player pool and they are all itching to play every month, but I only have room in my house for a single table. We used to cap at 10, but we tried 11 a few months ago just to accommodate a player that showed up when he wasn't supposed to, and we all decided it wasn't "that bad" so it is now 11 players pretty much every game.
We do have 2 players who always leave at 11pm (we break at 1am), and there's inevitably a player or two who bust out semi-early, so it really isn't that bad.
I am lucky enough to have a fairly large player pool and they are all itching to play every month, but I only have room in my house for a single table. We used to cap at 10, but we tried 11 a few months ago just to accommodate a player that showed up when he wasn't supposed to, and we all decided it wasn't "that bad" so it is now 11 players pretty much every game.
We do have 2 players who always leave at 11pm (we break at 1am), and there's inevitably a player or two who bust out semi-early, so it really isn't that bad.
JustinInMN
4 of a Kind
Eight is the best, both ways. Nine is playable, Ten gets crowded. But obviously in a tournament, you need to learn to play shorthanded too. At least you hope you need to
.8 > 7 > 6 > 9 > 5 > 10
Nine_high
3 of a Kind
Nine. Not because I want to play with nine but because when we lose two or three players we have 6-7 all night.
JustinInMN
4 of a Kind
I would do 10c-20c or 10c-25c at the most. (or 25c-25c is an option if you want to forgo nickels/dimes)
You could even consider doing the blinds as low as 5c-10c at this stake so it plays "deeper" in terms of big blinds. $20 would buy 200 BB in a 5c-10c game and only 100 BB in a 10c-20c game. The deeper the game is the fewer all ins there would be.
Be curious what your motivation would be for setting limits? A set number of bets plays more like fixed limit (meaning all bets and raises are in a specific increment) and wouldn't apply well to big-bet (meaning pot-limit or no-limit) games.
Pot limit is a different game than no-limit to be sure, and does require counting pots on occasion. Might be confusing to new players, but certainly doable.
JustinInMN
4 of a Kind
10 is tolerable only because it's less hassle than splitting the room into two tables of 5. (Though I think I would personally prefer a 5-handed game to a 10-handed one.) 11 is not tolerable and would force you to split into two games, one of 6 and one of 5.I will tell that 10 isn’t the right number
For hold’em the best number of players is 0, then everyone can play circus games instead!
4SUMERZ
Flush
Cash game, between 6-8. I typically have 8, but will cancel the game if less than 6 can make it. I have 8 regulars with 4 on the spare list, so the game seldom gets canceled except if it's a snow storm. We play dealer choice between Holdem, Pineapple, and Omaha.
10 is always the best. More the better
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