Why 6/12 but no 5/10?

[trevor]

Was at the Soaring Eagle in Mt. Pleasant, MI this weekend playing 3/6 (they were god awful BTW, maybe a trip report in B&M later). I had contemplated playing 6/12 but didn't really have the roll. Here's my question: Why a 6/12 but no 5/10 game? I'm positive I read on 2+2 somewhere that the odd combo actually increases action, but I have no conclusive evidence. Anyone care to enlighten me?

Note: I was on a sweet run and won 2 hands in 3.5 hours against a bunch of 3rd graders. Yippie! [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

[Shillx]

It has to do with the number of chips in the middle.

In a $6/12 game that uses $2 chips, a $120 dollar pot would contain 60 chips.

In a 5/10 game with $5 chips, a $100 pot would contain just 20 chips.

When you are sitting at the table, a pot with an assload of chips looks "bigger" then one with a lesser number of chips. The hypothesis is that the increased number of chips in the middle creates more action.

Brad

[trevor]

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a pot with an assload of chips looks "bigger" then one with a lesser number of chips

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After I thought about it I don't know what else there could be to it. Seems like it would be a pain in the ass i.e. 8/16 or something god awful like 12/24?

[Michael Davis]

Both exist, as do 9-18 and 16-32.

-Michael

[slickpoppa]

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Both exist, as do 9-18 and 16-32.

-Michael

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16-32? Never seen heard of that before

[Michael Davis]

I have seen Fianchetto post 16-32 hands. I think he plays somewhere in the Bay Area.

-Michael

[sthief09]

where is there 12-24 and 16-32?

[bobbyi]

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where is there 12-24 and 16-32?

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We have 12/24 in Washington State. In addition to the Indian casinos which can spread decent sized games (e.g., I was playing 30/60 at an Indian casino last night), there are legal cardrooms a la California. However, the non-Indian cardrooms aren't allowed to have games with bets of more than $100 and for the purpose of the law, a single betting round is counted as one bet. So, $25 is the largest single bet that is allowed assuming a three-raise cap (which all the cadrooms have; these regulations are why we have a cap even heads up, similar to online cardrooms). This means that 12/24 is the largest game that can be spread without doing something stupid like 12.50/25 (never attempted afaik) or 15/25 (which has been spread). So, there are a few cardrooms out here that have 12/24 games, like Parker's in Shoreline and Diamond Lil's in Renton.

[bobbyi]

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Seems like it would be a pain in the ass i.e. 8/16 or something god awful like 12/24?

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I don't get it. Why is that a pain in the ass or god awful? 8/16 and 12/24 are pretty common limits. At the least, they are more common than 5/10. Why is it a pain in the ass? 8/16 is usually played with $2 chips, so it's a 4 chip/8 chip game just like 4/8, 20/40, 40/80, etc. usually are. Are all of those games a pain in the ass too?

[og5]

If I may add to this question, why are 4/8 games also uncommon? I see them referenced in my books but online they aren't there.