Is anyone making a living...

hurlyburly · #1 07-06-2005, 10:51 PM

... playing the PLO8 or Stud/8 SNGs on Party? I like the ring games, but was looking at making the switch to the 30+3 SNGs for a while.

If you are, how's the variance? Not terribly concerned about skill levels.

Freudian · #2 07-06-2005, 10:55 PM

I think they are limit SnGs, which makes them a bit of a crapshoot. If you don't get good hands later on, it will be very hard to win.

handsome · #3 07-06-2005, 11:55 PM

PLO8 = much higher variance, but you should know that. I think these games are very soft... equivalent to 10+1 NL SNG's.

hurlyburly · #4 07-07-2005, 12:00 AM

OK, appreciate the feedback. O8 in the rings has much lower variance, but I couldn't be sure if that translated to the SnG format.

benza13 · #5 07-07-2005, 02:18 AM

Another thing to consider is that they go off less frequently than NLHE, thus tougher to multitable or even get consistent games sometimes, making it much harder to make a living off of them.

gildwulf · #6 07-07-2005, 02:37 AM

mmmm...boobies.

jon462 · #7 07-07-2005, 04:03 AM

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... playing the PLO8 or Stud/8 SNGs on Party? I like the ring games, but was looking at making the switch to the 30+3 SNGs for a while.

If you are, how's the variance? Not terribly concerned about skill levels.

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I dont play omaha - but the stud8 sngs are the softest on party, imho. but there I dotn see how anyone could make a living. For one thing, they are incredibly slow - even slower than limit HE. Also, multi-tabling is hard, obviously - you have to join one, wait for it to fill (about 5-20 mins depending on when you join).. then join the next one, etc.

Plus, i have only once seen a 50+5 go off when i wanted to play. There are plenty of 10s and 30+3s, but thats it (they have a 100+9 always ready but ive never seen more than one [person sitting at it). So you CANT move up heh.