Fascinating RGP Post

[RollaJ]

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the key is the very start where he plays 1-2 and claims to win $50. if you seen the rake in that game you would realise that that's impossible.

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It is 100% possible, in a given hour to win $50

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taking a $500 buy in and running it into 2 grand playing 15 or 20 always seemed like parlay enough for one night.

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You are 100% right [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Nottom]

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remember reading that before. while it's entertaining, i think it's a fabrication. the key is the very start where he plays 1-2 and claims to win $50. if you seen the rake in that game you would realise that that's impossible.


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I'm not goin gto vouche for the validity of the post, but if you think someone can't win $50 in a 1/2 game I think you kidding yourself. Mybe the rake is enough to prevent anyone from beating the game longterm, but it certainly doesn't have a huge effect on a small rush during a session.

[tiltboy]

One difference between limit tournaments and limit ring games is the rake, not to mention tipping and a possible jackpot drop.

[ElSapo]

This is really similar to the Open Internet Challenge that was going on in the internet forum, where posters started with $25 at .5/1 and moved over time to the highest limits... Interesting reading. Not exactly the same though, as you moved up when you hit a certain number of bets for the next game.

[doormat]

If you think you can't win 50 dollars at 1/2, then you may find the story of a guy by the name of Archie in Las Vegas hard to believe. He borrowed 10k to play poker against Stu Unger, Chip Reese, Johnny Chan and a few others. He took his winnings and ran it up to 11 million on the craps tables at Binions. Then he won millions more playing pool against a famous casino executive. I believe that when his streak ended he was up between 20 and 30 million, but I am sure someone in this forum can give a more accurate number. I know an insurance agent who tried to convince him to buy a 10 million annuity but Archie decided against it and went on a bad run and lost it all back.

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[CrackerZack]

well, he passed on one bad investment and made a worse one by losing it all back.

[Andy B]

When Canterbury Card Club first opened, I played regularly in their $2/4 stud games. They have a 10% rake capped at $4.50 and a $1 jackpot drop for any pot of $15 or more. I would tip $1 for each pot won. I see posts all the time that say that games like this are unbeatable, but I beat this game for something like $7/hr over a significant stretch of time. Rake alone doesn't make a game unbeatable, although it does obviously cut into your profits some. The biggest factor in determining the profitability of a game is the difference in ability between you and your opponents. If you are significantly better than them, you should be able to beat both them and the rake.

[Greg (FossilMan)]

If you want to do something like this for fun, or because you feel it is more profitable for you than "regular" cash play, then feel free.

However, it really doesn't do much to simulate a tournament. The big difference is the mentality and stack sizes of the opponents. In a tourney, when you get deep, not just you but everybody is short-stacked, and they're (almost) all in the spot where if they lose the next hand they play, they're broke or crippled. In a cash game, doing this system, you will frequently be the ONLY short-stacked player, and thus the opposition (and particularly their mindset) will be much different than you would face in a tourney.

Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)

[baggins]

i used to play at the Bike when i lived in LA. one night i won $100 playing 1-2, moved to $2-4 and won $200, then moved to $3-6 and won $200 more. no joke. i cashed out 5 racks of whites that night. not a LOT of money or anything, but it sure was a nice parlay. i was playing really well, and i was in that zone where you just know when people are going to fold, or you know your decent hand is second best... come on. you know the players in 1-2 are horrible. and the pots can get huge. you only need to win a pot or 2 to win $50.

[Bill Murphy]

I've played 1-5 stud(w/jackpot) while drunk, for fun, several times and won over $200 in less than two hours.

Also lost $30-50 a couple times. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]