Thoughts on why no party 10/20 6max?

fimbulwinter · #1 08-03-2005, 05:09 AM

n/t

fim

Doctaprofit · #2 08-03-2005, 05:16 AM

Honestly the only reason i can think of is because it will keep the fish flapping a little longer to produce more rake.

BluffTHIS! · #3 08-03-2005, 10:00 AM

This is a good question, and personally I would welcome 6max in both 10/20 nl and plo. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to why party introduces or not any particular game form. Their bone-head introduction of so many limits that are very close to each other is a case in point. Although I don't play limit, why for example would they introduce 20/40 on top of 15/30 and under 30/60? Granted that players want to work their way up the ladder, but the difference between 15/30 and 20/40 limit is so slight that they should just have eliminated 15/30 if they wanted to introduce 20/40 (although 15/30 is a better action promoting structure). In nl the different levels offered have seemed to work out well, although in my second main game plo, the introduction of 10/20 blinds killed 5/10 and 3/6.

As to thoughts that full games are better for fish, I don't buy it at all and think that the opposite is true since they like to play more hands and there won't be as many better hands out against theirs, though that won't overcome playing the situation bad. Any structures that punish overly weak-tight play is good for poker, and 6max is perfect for that. For the truly tight-aggressive player who can adapt to different structures (including the old 50x max buyin format), such structural elimination of weak-tights is a huge bonus allowing that player to play more hands against weaker players without having to allow rocks to get part of that fish money.

It makes no sense that party would not allow 6max at 10/20 big bet games, since presumably even with the elimination of weak-tights to some degree, there should be more games spread and thus more rake produced, with the bonus that games should start more easily. I would also welcome party changing full games to 9 handed instead of 10 for the same reasons.

However, I think we all know the futility of contacting party about anything game structure related as the probability of getting any response at all is less than your chances of winning the lottery.

KaneKungFu123 · #4 08-03-2005, 10:38 AM

i have no idea.

they need to add some heads up tables too. you cant play 10 hands without someone sitting with $546.23

flawless_victory · #5 08-03-2005, 11:05 AM

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i have no idea.

they need to add some heads up tables too. you cant play 10 hands without someone sitting with $546.23

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Leptyne · #6 08-03-2005, 11:55 AM

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i have no idea.

they need to add some heads up tables too. you cant play 10 hands without someone sitting with $546.23

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That really does piss me off.

slickpoppa · #7 08-03-2005, 12:01 PM

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i have no idea.

they need to add some heads up tables too. you cant play 10 hands without someone sitting with $546.23

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huh?

Voltron87 · #8 08-03-2005, 12:05 PM

they want to play headsup, then some idiot sits down shortstacked and ruins it

slickpoppa · #9 08-03-2005, 12:55 PM

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they want to play headsup, then some idiot sits down shortstacked and ruins it

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Yeah, but why does the size of the stack matter? Anyone sitting down will make it not heads up. I guess he was saying that the type of people who do that are usually short stacked.

cero_z · #10 08-03-2005, 01:12 PM

Hi Grasshopper,

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they need to add some heads up tables too. you cant play 10 hands without someone sitting with $546.23

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I know what you mean, but at Party, I don't actually mind it. With the idiotic "BB on the Button" setup that most sites have (not sure if it's an unworkable software problem or they don't know/don't care that it's supposed to be the other way around when HU), the heads up games play stupidly, unless you're against a really awful player. In my experience, the players who'll play HU with a full stack may not be too good, but they're rarely awful. Then, the game is just hand after hand of the SB folding.

When the inevitable shortstack joins in, we now have a traditional 3-handed contest with at least one weak player.