How playable is 5/10 full?

[Nick C]

Sorry. This isn't really a strategy post, and I'd use the search function, but I want the latest. And at least I'm dropping this in the forum around midnight.

At 5/10, when I can even find an open seat, I spend a lot of my time opening a table, playing two orbits, then saying "The hell with this," and leaving. Things are better during the weekends, but I'm starting to think there aren't many good tables available during the week.

I know Josh (sthief09) thinks 5/10 full is a crappy game, and I'm starting to think he's right.

It's no big deal. I prefer full to short (I'm one of those weird people who prefers the pace of full tables and also the relative anonymity), but I can play a mix of 3/6 full and 3/6 6-max for awhile, while I decide what to do next.

But I thought I'd see what you guys had to say about 5/10 full first, instead of just relying on my own observations.

[jason_t]

I put in about 1000 hands last week and I thought the game was terrible.

[Nick C]

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I put in about 1000 hands last week and I thought the game was terrible.

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Yeah, that's about how many hands I have, and I'm reaching the same conclusion.

[jason_t]

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I put in about 1000 hands last week and I thought the game was terrible.

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Yeah, that's about how many hands I have, and I'm reaching the same conclusion.

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Too tight and very rockish. Big fish are rare.

[W. Deranged]

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I put in about 1000 hands last week and I thought the game was terrible.

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Yeah, that's about how many hands I have, and I'm reaching the same conclusion.

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Too tight and very rockish. Big fish are rare.

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The lack of big fish was the worst thing I noticed.

[Nick C]

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Too tight and very rockish. Big fish are rare.

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One guy I played with at a semi-decent weekend table that at least contained a couple of loose players (that the rest of us took turns playing against) now has stats of 7/6/2 in my PT database after 212 hands.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a higher BB/100 on 15/30 than 5/10 if someone had a large number of hands at each.

15/30 has more pros, and the postflop play is generally better, but 5/10 doesn't have as many drunken tards or compulsive gamblers calling you down with 8 hi after you capped the turn.

[shant]

You're better off playing 5/10 6-max and then moving to 10/20 full.

Screw 5/10. Stay at 3/6 until you have the roll for 15/30.

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Screw 5/10. Stay at 3/6 until you have the roll for 15/30.

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most people can't handle that move. if you can, you're the exception to the rule. that is a big jump