[Al_Capone_Junior]

Now to be fair guys, sometimes it's OK to play house games, even though you know it's a losing proposition. I sometimes play craps or paigow poker or blackjack for small stakes, even tho I know it's a losing play (in terms of pure EV). It's whether or not you're willing to give up a little EV for entertainment value that makes or breaks your decision to play house games. 2 hours of $2 craps with 10x odds probably costs less than a movie (in pure EV, at least the way I tend to bet), but is far preferable to me, mainly because I like to gamble, and hate movie theatres.

The thing about big raise hold'em is that I don't have any definitive numbers on the house edge, or the proper strategies to minimize said edge (if any exist). I know nothing about the game, other than green valley does spread it. I also don't know if it's any fun or not. If the vig, and the stakes are small enough, and the game is entertaining enough, I might just play it. Heck the free beers hedge the house edge a bit on table games anyway. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

al