.5/1 at party equal to 2/4 tables at local casino?

[nwaddell]

never played a hand in a casino, so i was just wondering if anyone thought that the two were comperable, or maybe that 1/2 on party would be more equal to the 2/4 in a casino. thanks.

[chief444]

They are comparable in my experience. There are exceptions I'm sure and I usually play higher limits at the B&M but I think it's safe to say that the typical 2/4 B&M game is very loose and usually passive.

[BellyBuster7]

Depends on the casino, but I've played 2/4 games that were looser and crazier than some .5/1 Party tables. In the casino I sometimes play at, there is a very noticeable difference between the 2/4 and 3/6 games- maybe it's just whatever is the lowest limit offered is the table that attracts all the maniacs.

[tardigrade]

You're going to have to sit down with more money in a casino, so the bad beats hurt, but the hands go really slow and you aren't multitabling...

The rake and tips can get really painful.

The plus side is that at the 2/4 (or lower) tables, you can find players that make typical Party .5/1 players look like pros, and they are really easy to identify. The weekend night crowd is a dream come true at many tables. Once you move up to 4/8 the players become more competent, and anything above that you need to get your game face on.

My big problem with live play is absolute boredom. The hands go sooooooo slooooooow. Find a table where everyone's getting lit and having fun. It's the best money and you can have fun while folding away your crap hands.

[chief444]

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maybe it's just whatever is the lowest limit offered is the table that attracts all the maniacs.


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This is very valid and I agree. Usually lowest limit offered = best game. I failed to mention it because I've never seen a casino that offered 2/4 where it wasn't the lowest limit.

[RED_RAIN]

But at Canterbury, regardless on how horrible the players are, the rake and jackpot drop kill you, plus if you tip. So it depends on pokerroom too.

[cnfuzzd]

ive seen 10/20 tables play like party .5/1 and 4/8 tables tighter than any table ever, except the 2+2 table when CDC isnt there. GOOT!!!

peace

john nickle

[Mastermmmm]

I have played in Las Vegas at the Mirage, Bellagio, Sahara, Palace Station and Texas Station, and I must say that the games at all of them run hot and cold. Sometimes you get a fast player who is a real fish, and sometimes the tables seem to have only one fish... me... /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Blarg]

Yeah, in my experience the ante(don't have rake in California) and jackpot drop alone basically kills any chance of winning long-term for all but the very best players at such super low limits. Heck, tipping alone can easily wipe out half your profits or more.

[Blarg]

The $2/4 games I've seen and been in, in Southern California, were extremely loose but also extremely aggressive.

[MicroBob]

obviously it depends....but i've heard of some B&M 2/4 tables where it is pretty much 8 or 9 to the flop...and mostly staying in until the river...almost every hand.

party .5/1 averages 40% to the flop in most players' poker-tracker is i am remembering correctly from some previous threads.

the 3/6 and 4/8 i only occasionally play in tunica usually plays looser than party 1/2 or 2/4.

i played a 4/8 game last year with a bunch of drunks that was capped 8 or 9 ways PF and on the flop on several different hands. one guy had swings of about $400 or so about every orbit. he relished in showing his 73o that wasn't even close to matching anything on the board.

i dropped $250 in that game as my solid hands just didn't stick.
i don't EVER expect to see anything like that online.

[Chris Daddy Cool]

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ive seen 10/20 tables play like party .5/1 and 4/8 tables tighter than any table ever, except the 2+2 table when CDC isnt there. GOOT!!!

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Dude, cheap shot.

[chief444]

Never played in Southern Cal. But from what I hear it definitely qualifies as an exception. /images/graemlins/smile.gif Certainly some of these games anywhere can be very aggressive at times and it's not unusual to get some in a low limit game that qualify as maniacs or at the very least bluff way too much.

Red Rain is right about the rake. It isn't an easy thing to overcome a $3-$4 max rake at a 2/4 table.

I guess what I should have said since there are a lot of aspects to compare is that I'm sure the skill level at the average B&M 2/4 table is not much higher if any than the average .5/1 table online. At least not from what I've seen. Certainly there may be other differences.

[sublime]

never played a hand in a casino, so i was just wondering if anyone thought that the two were comperable, or maybe that 1/2 on party would be more equal to the 2/4 in a casino. thanks.

I played in a 10/20 game at Foxwoods last week that was comparable to a .50/1 game for about 2 hours.

My 5/10 regular game at the Fox plays like a .5/1 on the regular. A few more TAG's but still plenty of fishies /images/graemlins/smile.gif