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Rhodeman77 said:
Hold'em & PLO rotation. We play Hold'em from the top of the hour until 25 after the PLO the rest of the hour. The players like it more than by orbit, especially when we are short handed.
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We recently did a HE /O8 game rotation. At least for the first few hours. Then we added in a few rotations of SOHE
 
Rhodeman77 said:
When we were 4 handed SOHE was brought up, but 1 player objected so we stayed with HA.
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Our group is a little different. As soon as we got to 8 handed we jumped right into SOHE. Of course, I lost to quads on the hold'em side twice. Ended up chopping both pots with stupid tiny little PLO pairs lol.
 
8 handed SOHE sounds rough! How long does each hand take? I really like it 5 handed, 6 at the very most.
 
yep, our games don't lack any action that is for sure :) Last month I hosted a 6 player, 60 max buy in. We easily had over a grand on the table lol.
 
Starting stack in honor of @jbutler :whistle: :whistling:
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Mr. Cheese said:
+25k side of variance lol
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you've never played with a fish on a heater? I saw a guy destroy a 1/2 NL 300 max game to the tune of $10k in an hour. Imagine what could happen in a 5/5 PLO game.

Clearly I was joking, but these kinds of sick runs happen. There is no way his actual EV is actually +25k in that spot. His hourly might be +100 or +200 per hour. Even at +500/hour (no way his earn rate is that in any game over time) how many hours does it take to get to +$25k? It's clearly positive variance anytime you hit a big score.
 
Chicken Rob said:
you've never played with a fish on a heater? I saw a guy destroy a 1/2 NL 300 max game to the tune of $10k in an hour. Imagine what could happen in a 5/5 PLO game.

Clearly I was joking, but these kinds of sick runs happen. There is no way his actual EV is actually +25k in that spot. His hourly might be +100 or +200 per hour. Even at +500/hour (no way his earn rate is that in any game over time) how many hours does it take to get to +$25k? It's clearly positive variance anytime you hit a big score.
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Clearly I was joking too. Obviously it wasn't +25k per hour. Relax man! :cool:
 
A lot of interesting opinions on poker in this thread... It's impossible for someone to tell the variance from that session when nobody knows what I even bought in for :p I could've been stuck. Or even. A good Limit Hold-Em poker player can expect to make about 1 big bet per hour, though.

...But yes, Limit Hold-Em can have some big short-term variance swings.

jbutler said:
Guess at the game: $75/150 limit mix?
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75/150 Limit Hold-Em

guinness said:
Dear lord that Live! stack is insane. No backstory?
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Backstory: I play a huge game twice a week where often most people at the table are in for $5-10k, and after 8 hours of play, there are inevitably a few huge stacks in the game, sometimes one of which is mine. Often we kick the game up to 100/200 later in the night. I've been in the game for $25k before in a single session when we kicked it up to 200/400 and I was running bad. My stack size is actually not that crazy for the game, and it's not too uncommon to win or lose $10k in a session in this game.
 
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alpine0000 said:
A lot of interesting opinions on poker in this thread... It's impossible for someone to tell the variance from that session when nobody knows what I even bought in for :p I could've been stuck. Or even. A good Limit Hold-Em poker player expects to make about 1 big bet per hour, if anybody cares.

...But yes, Limit Hold-Em can have some big short-term variance swings.



75/150 Limit Hold-Em



Backstory: I play a huge game twice a week where often most people at the table are in for $5-10k, and after 8 hours of play, there are inevitably a few huge stacks in the game, sometimes one of which is mine. Often we kick the game up to 100/200 later in the night. I've been in the game for $25k before in a single session when we kicked it up to 200/400 and I was running bad. My stack size is actually not that crazy for the game, and it's not too uncommon to win or lose $10k in a session in this game.
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My initial comment on variance was definitely meant to be tongue in cheek. I played mid stakes limit Holdem (often short handed as a prop or at 6-max tables) as a semi-pro back in grad school, and I'm not surprised by the size of the swings you describe.

I am curious though about the player pool of a 75/150 limit Holdem game though. What is the ratio of pros/fish/wales in a typical game? How tough are these games? Is it tougher than a typical 20/40, or just bigger?
 
alpine0000 said:
Backstory: I play a huge game twice a week where often most people at the table are in for $5-10k, and after 8 hours of play, there are inevitably a few huge stacks in the game, sometimes one of which is mine. Often we kick the game up to 100/200 later in the night. I've been in the game for $25k before in a single session when we kicked it up to 200/400 and I was running bad. My stack size is actually not that crazy for the game, and it's not too uncommon to win or lose $10k in a session in this game.
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Logistical question: how are the buyins for that type of game actually handled? You don't just drag $25k in cash to the casino twice a week, right?
 
Mr. Cheese said:
Nice job! Did you snag a 1k for a souvenir? ;)
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Funny you ask! Honest truth: No, not a 1000 chip but I did see a 500 chip stuck under a table leg at the end of the tournament during the payout that somebody must have dropped??? I decided to nonchalantly pick it up and keep it!:sneaky: Gotta clean it now.
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Amazing what a quick cleaning can do to what looked like a worn, grimey chip.
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RagsPoker said:
Funny you ask! Honest truth: No, not a 1000 chip but I did see a 500 chip stuck under a table leg at the end of the tournament during the payout that somebody must have dropped??? I decided to nonchalantly pick it up and keep it!:sneaky: Gotta clean it now.
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Nicely done! I happened to find a mint 500 when I was playing a tourney at Treasure Island so I kept it too :sneaky:
 

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