Is a 4/8 Game unbeatable

[sfer]

I don't know what else to say. I mean, people grow bankrolls and move up in limits regularly.

And have you seen typical low-limit live games? They're more loose than typical Party 1/2. Guys calling 3 cold with any 2 suited and such, chasing their runner runners till the end, calling hopeless rivers "just to keep you honest." A friend was at the Borgata 2/4 a couple months ago, was dealt AA, had 4 call his raise, one stuck around on the turn, noticed he was the only other player in the hand and said, "Well, I guess I'll take one for the team" and called all the way with a pair of 5s. That's why the games are beatable.

[jonnyv]

What is the rake? This game is very beatable if you play it right. If there are 7-8 people taking a flop than play looser with k suited and any connectors and one gappers. Throw it away if you don't flop a draw. The pots are huge and you can beat the rake. I played 4-8 at Mandalay Bay and won three sessions in a row for over a hundred each time. These games are so easy that you can beat the rake.

[Clarkmeister]

"Is a 4/8 Game unbeatable?"

Yup. Can't be done.

[arod4276]

hope you are kidding clark? some people may not know you are . arod4276

[Clarkmeister]

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hope you are kidding clark? some people may not know you are . arod4276

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In that case, I'd consider it some sort of Darwinian test. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[Bob T.]

I thought the other post was pretty funny, until I read the second one.

Thanks,
Bob T.

[AceHigh]

Why don't you invite him to sit down and play 80/160 with you Clarkmeister? There the effects of the rake and tips will be negligible, lol. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[PokerBob]

I play mostly 3/6 live, but 4/8 isn't much different. Not only is this game beatable, but IMO you can beat the HELL out of it. Sure the rake takes more %wise than at a 6/12 or 10/20 table, but the players are so much worse that it more than makes up for it. (I agree that in order for this game to be beatable you need the fish to be out in schools, but thanks to the WPT and the Travel Channel, they are EVERYWHERE.) The 1 SB rake that comes off of the table per hand (on average) at a 4/8 table gets replaced in triplicate when morons #1, #2 and #3 limp preflop with garbage out position, you raise w/AQo on the button, they call, they miss the flop (or hit and make TPcrapK)and muck or chase middle pair to the ends of the earth. God bless 'em.