Inflation

[goodsamaritan]

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There used to be a 1/2lhe game downtown in Vegas, but can't remember where.

2/4 will not go away. I was in a 3/6 game at the Fitzgerald and people came by, asked the stakes, and said they wanted to play 2/4. That's unlikely to change.


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The point is that it will change..

There was a time when a .25/.50 game would have more "money" on the table than a current 3/6. Inflation keeps going, money keeps losing value.

One day the rake from 2/4 (and 3/6) will not be worth the space the tables take.

The question is when..

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I've used this reasoning to argue that the buyin of the WSOP ME should be raised, but that still hasn't happened in over 35 years.

[Cactus Jack]

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I've used this reasoning to argue that the buyin of the WSOP ME should be raised, but that still hasn't happened in over 35 years.

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Bad argument, imho. Keeping the ME buyin the same continues the tradition and makes it the People's Game. It also allows the $50K HORSE to rise up and become the true championship, without damaging the WSOP by making a radical change.

I would hate to see the ME go the way of the Wynning of the Strip, as in, making it beyond the reach of the Common Man.

[NickMPK]

To directly answer the OP's question, 1-5 Stud was removed from the Trop a few weeks ago and replaced with 3/6 Stud.

I would guess is when the casino replacing the Sands opens several years from now it might not spread 2-4 Limit. I'm a little surprised Borgata still does; it doesn't need the "old nit" business like Taj or Trop does. But 1/2 NL isn't going anywhere for a long time.

[govman6767]

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There used to be a 1/2lhe game downtown in Vegas, but can't remember where.

2/4 will not go away. I was in a 3/6 game at the Fitzgerald and people came by, asked the stakes, and said they wanted to play 2/4. That's unlikely to change.


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The point is that it will change..

There was a time when a .25/.50 game would have more "money" on the table than a current 3/6. Inflation keeps going, money keeps losing value.

One day the rake from 2/4 (and 3/6) will not be worth the space the tables take.

The question is when..

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I've used this reasoning to argue that the buyin of the WSOP ME should be raised, but that still hasn't happened in over 35 years.

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12 million was not enough for first place... What's acceptable 100 million.

WSOP is good for poker and limiting the amount of players might be bad for poker.