Fastest Bonus Clearing Level .5/1 or 1/2

[shummie]

I just put $1000 into Party Poker to get the 20% December bonus. I'm about 750 hands through the 1400 needed to clear the bonus.

I've been playing .5/1 so far, and am doing pretty well. Disregarding whether or not I should be playing 1/2 because I'm good enough for it and will make more money, which limit will clear the bonus faster? Are there more raked hands/hr in 1/2 than .5/1?

I figure an answer to this question might save me a good hour of playing time between now and Tuesday evening when I have to have the bonus cleared.

- Jason

[ctv1116]

1/2 6max is the fastest. Playing 4 tables, you can churn out approximately 225-250 raked hands an hour.

[meep_42]

I think that it's about 25% faster at 1/2, but with decent tables, it's not really a factor. (I think 2/3 of .5/1 gets raked and like 80% of 1/2.)

-d

[Entity]

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1/2 6max is the fastest. Playing 4 tables, you can churn out approximately 225-250 raked hands an hour.

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I clear that many at a normal table. 1/2 6max seems significantly faster (6max is around 80-90h/hr, normal is about 60h/hr).

Rob

[Phil Van Sexton]

6-max NL is fastest, I think. I believe that they rake 10 cents when the pot reaches $2, so I played 50NL 6max to clear the bonus and virtually every hand was raked.

[CWsports]

From my experience about 65% of the pots at 0.50/1 are raked and about 75-80% of 1/2 full ring are raked. 1400 raked hands of 0.50/1 would take about 2150 actual hands and 1400 raked hands of 1/2 would take about 1800 actual hands.

[shummie]

Thanks for all of the responses. I'm not to confident in my short-handed and NL abilities to 4 table them like I am the limit games, but I guess I will see how I do with the 1/2 tables.

If it really comes down to the wire on Monday (they put this bonus up against a holiday on purpose), I may switch to some 6max or 6max NL tables.

Thanks again for the input.

- Jason

[Phil Van Sexton]

If you play the 25NL 6max and fold every hand, you would pay .75 cents in blinds for every 6 hands. That's about 13 cents per hand. 1000 hands x .13 = $130.....works pretty well for a $200 bonus. Or you could play 10 handed and pay 0.075 per hand or $75 for folding 1000 hands.

If you felt lucky, you could push all-in with AA instead of folding.

Good luck.

[spydog]

I just cleared my Party bonus by playing 2100 hands at 1/2 6-max. I played 4 tables and it took 6 hours. I got 350 hands per hour.

[shummie]

Yours and spydogs ways are definately the way to go to clear the bonus quickest. However, I also don't want to lose money doing. NL and SH are not my strong points, and I don't want to "learn up" on those games while clearing a bonus.

Like I said though, I will switch to these games if things get tight. I'm going to try the 1/2 table next time I play (maybe tonight or sunday). I'll try to remember to come back here and let you know how I do.

- Jason