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Ok, see I wasnt sure, thats why I asked. for some odd reason I thought you meant the blinds were 2/4, except during a killed pot, than they dropped to 1/2. But thats why your numbers were so high imo, at least bb/hr, its because back then the blinds were 1/2, and nowadays they are 2/4.

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I would expect the half sized blinds to make win rates lower, not higher. A lot less money is in the pot when it is $2 to call instead of $4 to call. I think this sort of structure can still be found in Las Vegas (I am guessing the Orleans and at least some of the Stations still use this structure, it is a favorite of the local nits).

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the good player, wants to play as many hands as possible preflop, the worse you are, the tighter you should play preflop, so you dont put yourself in really marginal positions postflop, so you should play less hands. With a 1/2 blind 4-8 game, mathematically, you are right to loosen up preflop compared to a game where the blinds would be 2/4. More hands you play = more money. That might account for the diff.

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I totally agree with the above quote, I have played in several of these live games with half the blinds, All of these games were with loose passive fish. I found this to be probobally the best structure to beat loose passive players, which are about 7/10 of the table in most of these games. Sacrifice preflop equity to exploit horrible post-flop mistakes = +EV.