4/8 limit vs. 1/2 NL at Foxwoods

[ir0nphist]

Which is more profitable? I’ve always played the 2/4 & 4/8 games there, and they’re obviously very good (except last week when I sat at a table w/ quite a few TAG’s). I’ve been playing more NL online though, so was hoping to give it a go at FW later this week.

[joshman1204]

I dont know what kind of reply your looking for here... The profitability of any game is going to be mostly dependant on your skill level at that game.

[ir0nphist]

I guess I'm looking for someone to say "at 4/8 I can carry my own chips off the table when I leave, although I need a large bag to do so. . . but at the NL game I have to have security escort me to the cashout window" /images/graemlins/wink.gif

Basically just looking for a little feedback from guys that have played the 1/2 NL, since I haven't yet and am not too sure what to expect.

[highlife]

the 1/2NL is quite fishy, but the $5 a half hour time charge kills you at this level.

i would stick with 4/8, and work your way up to 5/10 w/kill.

[mikeyworm]

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the 1/2NL is quite fishy, but the $5 a half hour time charge kills you at this level.

i would stick with 4/8, and work your way up to 5/10 w/kill.

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I agree. I used to play only the baby NL at FW but night after night i would think back to the 50-75 I paid in charge and be very angry. Play the limit...you'll kill it.

[mace25]

yea... the 1/2 is O.K. it is good if you make a run early... and buld up a couple hundred dollar stack.. but it is tough to play with just 100... and them taking ten bucks every hour.


try it out....... u only loose 100 bucks if you dont like it....



i personally like the 5-10 with the kill.

i used to play only 4-8.

[Phil Van Sexton]

I think it's pretty close. You aren't going to get rich in either game.

The play is terrible in both. I think the NL is more profitable, but it takes some adjustment from online play. In live 1/2NL, you play with $5 chips, so people routinely raise $10, $15, or even $20 preflop.

Online, the standard raise is usually $6 or $8. This takes adjustment. When you enter a raised pot in a live game, you are often going to be playing for your whole stack (assuming you still have $100 or less). This isn't a bad thing, just different.

Whereas the 4/8 limit game is basically the same as any online limit game.

[toots]

I agree. Both games are pretty dang fishy. Then again, both are pretty dang tight ways to try to make money beyond entertainment bucks. I mean, you're not going to make a living off either.

On the other hand, in the $4/8 and $5/10 tables, you tend to get a fairly diverse mix of people, many of whom are there to Gamboool! and have fun playing poker, whereas at the 1/2NL, you're liable to get a table full of sullen 18 year olds trying real hard to look cool like their heroes on TV, playing NL mainly because that's what the "cool people" play.

Depends on what you're after, but I find it a whole lot easier to have a fun time at the $4/8 and $5/10 limit tables.

[zombies kill]

you can make way way more money than you think at the 1/2 game. way more. and the time charge really isnt that much at all. what if you were paying.... say $7/hr on average in rake.... $3/hr is not a big difference if youre doing $20-25 /hr at the table. fix one leak in your game and you will see the same difference.

and yes, i am saying you can pretty easily do +$20/hr at the fox 1/2 table WITH GOOD TABLE SELECTION. table selection comes before actual skill level in a lot of games, and this is one of them. floating between the 1/2 and 10/20 for the best games isnt too hard. once you learn the little (usually irritable and annoying) nuances of the 1/2, the hourly earn opens way way up.

[BeantownCaller]

I'm never playing 1/2NL again unless I feel like being a total jackass, then I'd be happy to subject FW's 1/2NL clientelle to my jackassery cuz that's exactly what they deserve /images/graemlins/smile.gif

I've played 4/8 and 5/10 at da woods, and while the play is worse at 4/8 it's plenty bad enough at 5/10 and big payoffs on the kill pots are always nice. I left up $500 after maybe 6 hours last time, and I lost one monster pot with KK in a kill pot, 6/9 suited called a raise, flopped a straighta nand I paid him off huge.

ANYHOOO, I'd say get on both lists and take the 4/8 seat if they call you first, and move to 5/10 unless the 4/8 game is too good to leave.

[ir0nphist]

thx for the replies. . . I guess I'll stay at the 4/8 tables for now. My modest bankroll (~2k) is a bit too small to play the 5/10 kill game yet. . . but that gives me something to look forward to.

[ZenMusician]

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...the 4/8 games...very good (except last week when I sat at a table w/ quite a few TAG’s)

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Sorry. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

-ZEN