spitting midhigh

[astroglide]

i'm intentionally not posting this as a poll because the responses should be coupled with reasons and names.
the subject of splitting the midhigh forum has risen in the moderator forum.

suggestion 1: split into 2 forums, 'mid stakes' and 'high stakes'

suggestion 2: split into 2 forums, 'midhigh casino' and 'midhigh internet'

which do you favor, and why?

[baronzeus]

are the limits 30/60+ and 25/50- for "high" and "mid"

[Dynasty]

2+2 used to have both a mid-limit and high-limit forum. When they were combined, I think it improved the quality of discussion.

This forum has not had a lot of activity as of late. Or, at least, it does not have many new posts each day compared to the past. So, I'm skeptical that breaking up the forum will create more discussion.

[1800GAMBLER]

I don't really favour a split. Discussion is slow and most people already know which posters post live hands, which ones post 50/100+ and which post 15/30 and read them.

[TStoneMBD]

to be honest im not entirely sure if the discussion here should really be pertinent to the decision on splitting the forum. the people who post in this forum are 30/60+ players so many wouldnt be concerned with the outcome of this decision. thats not to say that the opinions of the posters here are irrelevant. there are alot of good minds on this forum coupled with alot of good judgment.

i have personally not posted 15/30 and 20/40 hands in this forum because i feel its unfair to the other posters, but if people prefer that the forums remain unsplit then ill start posting those hands here.

[sthief09]

I think the limits should be enforced stronger. there are too many 15/30 hands which I don't think is/should be considered middle limit

[mscags]

I think splitting wouldn't do a lot of good for the people like myself who post mainly 15-30 and other mid limit hands. I don't really see a reason to split up the two forums honestly. There isn't a lot of traffic as of late.

Scags

[skp]

First off, inquiring minds want to know who is the moderator of the moderators' forum?...heh

I am with Dynasty that we don't need a split bewteen mid limits and high limits. It was tried before and I believe the subsequent merger has proved to be useful.

The split between midhigh casino and midhigh internet makes more sense. The two games are like comparing apples with oranges.

The differences are many - both from a strategy standpoint (eg. Default river calls on the net are often default folds in live play) and from a posting standpoint (eg. online play deals with VPIP, PFR and TA stats as opposed to live play which depends more on subjective reads, tells, image, tilt factor etc.).

Besides, there are a lot of posts on midhigh right now that are simply of no interest to the live player eg. who's the best online player, what's an achievable bb/100 figure etc.

Incidentally, didn't they used to have a "Brick and Mortar" forum. I have no idea what the hell they talked about over there as I never went to it. I ask in case a split along the lines suggested in your scenario 2 will only duplicate the failed "B & M" forum experiment.

[Lawrence Ng]

Number 2 for me.

I think there are enough differences between the games online and live, and I do not mean just the physical differences, that would justify a split here.

I guess there would also be some integration with the B&M sub forum if we split this up which I would particuarly like. Hopefully it would generate discussion about mid-high stakes in cardrooms and to an extent what the games are like in the different cardrooms.

I also pay far more attention to the B&M posts of mid/high games than that of the online version.

Thanks

Lawrence

[Jeffage]

I personally post both Internet and live hands. If there were a ton of posts on this forum, I'd agree with the split. But the traffic is light and I don't think there is enough volume to justify a split. Plus I think the eclectic mix of posts make it an interesting read. I personally wish people would talk more "situationally" then "pokertracker" when discussing hands, but as times change, I have to change with them I suppose. It's a close decision, but I'd like to keep it as it is.

Jeff