Trying to get a PLO game going at Lucky Chances?

Spellmen · #1 11-16-2005, 02:15 AM

For me $300 would be a far too small for the max buy in. The live games I have played in have always been pretty deep stacked (not live Omaha) so I think you would need at least a $400 max (100bb) although I think $800 would be very nice.

BigFishSmallCardRoom · #2 11-16-2005, 02:40 AM

I'm thinking that we need to keep the max buy-in lower so that we can keep the game going for a while. If the max is too high, that reduces the number of people willing to give the game a try. Who wants to buyin for $80 or $100 when the rest of the table has huge stacks of $800? The reason the previous game died out was that the live ones went broke so fast.

beset7 · #3 11-16-2005, 03:05 AM

also casino management may be more open to a game with a small stack structure. the slower people go bust the more rake is paid. you might want to x-post this in b&m.

BigFishSmallCardRoom · #4 11-16-2005, 03:16 AM

How do you cross post? I posted the same topic in B&M already but they are two separate threads. Can you do that for me as moderator?

Tilt · #5 11-16-2005, 01:21 PM

If you add a cap (max 1 hand loss) that will keep the game going longer and make the house happier.

beset7 · #6 11-16-2005, 02:09 PM

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How do you cross post? I posted the same topic in B&M already but they are two separate threads. Can you do that for me as moderator?

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I apologize. Apparently there isn't any real way to cross-post. Just have to make 2 threads like you did.

RoundersRocks! · #7 11-22-2005, 05:42 PM

I don't think max buy-in is such a big factor in PLO, due to it's pot-limit nature. I was recently in Vienna at the Concord Card Room and they had a big PLO game going there. No Max Buy-in, no minimum buy-in. No Small Blind either, just a 2 euro blind. Funnest casino game I ever played in.

Casino acton is going to be very loose on this game no matter how you cap it, that is why people like it. If you want to set one up at Lucky chance or Artichokes, post it to the board or PM me and I will come. I'd kill for an omaha game in this city.

BigFishSmallCardRoom · #8 11-27-2005, 04:41 AM

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I don't think max buy-in is such a big factor in PLO, due to it's pot-limit nature. I was recently in Vienna at the Concord Card Room and they had a big PLO game going there. No Max Buy-in, no minimum buy-in. No Small Blind either, just a 2 euro blind. Funnest casino game I ever played in.

Casino acton is going to be very loose on this game no matter how you cap it, that is why people like it. If you want to set one up at Lucky chance or Artichokes, post it to the board or PM me and I will come. I'd kill for an omaha game in this city.

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Nice post. I wish more larger card rooms in the US would spread a variety of games, not just HE.

Acesover8s · #9 11-16-2005, 02:42 PM

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Who wants to buyin for $80 or $100 when the rest of the table has huge stacks of $800?

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This mindset always confuses me. Although I have heard it frequently, "I'm not going to play if some jerk is going to buyin for a bunch of money and just bully the table"

In a cash game, the short stacked player has a pretty decent advantage over a large stacked player. The reason to buy in for a large stack is to cover poorly-playing large stacked opponents.

Either way, most of your big PLO players are people with way too much money and too much gamble. I can't imagine many of those players being happy in a capped buyin game.

BigFishSmallCardRoom · #10 11-16-2005, 07:02 PM

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Who wants to buyin for $80 or $100 when the rest of the table has huge stacks of $800?

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This mindset always confuses me. Although I have heard it frequently, "I'm not going to play if some jerk is going to buyin for a bunch of money and just bully the table"

In a cash game, the short stacked player has a pretty decent advantage over a large stacked player. The reason to buy in for a large stack is to cover poorly-playing large stacked opponents.

Either way, most of your big PLO players are people with way too much money and too much gamble. I can't imagine many of those players being happy in a capped buyin game.

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I agree that to have a short stack is an advantage in some regards, but most people don't want to be set in every time they see a flop (even though this is less frequent in pot limit).

And the point of the game is to make it a somewhat small buyin, to keep the game going and attract players who want to learn and play the game. Myself and management aren't as concerned with attracting the big $$ players, they can always open another 3/6 hold'em game.