TomM's suggestion of sitting out on 6-max tables

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I wanted to start a serious discussion about this simple but elegant solution:

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It seems like the only solution is for all 2ers to use their worthless non-rakeback original Party accounts to sit out on 4 tables at once while multi-tabling on Empire and Euro as normal. If everyone did it I'm sure we could turn Party into 5-max.

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I'm going to start doing this. I'm not going to go out of my way, but just when I have a chance I will open up a couple of tables and sit out. If we all did this we could increase the number of 5-max tables. This wont overcome the rake increase, but it will ameliorate the effects.

It does rely on everyone helping each other. However, every player benifits - both winning and losing players. It will do no harm to educate other players about this problem when sitting at the table. Suprisingly, many bad players are actually intelligent and will understand the problem when it is explained to them.

Alternatively, we could set up a co-ordinated "5-max" service. This could perhaps use a software or co-ordinated solution. The net gain for all players would be worthwhile.

Anyway, I just wanted to start a serious discussion about the idea and see if we could go anywhere with it. If we achieved something, it could be worth perhaps 0.1bb/100 to ALL players -- something not to be scoffed at.