Update: Owner of my company's poker game

[MasterLJ]

"Hey LJ, you gonna be there <he's talking about $500 buy-in tourny>?"

Me: "No, I'd love to play but I need to know the blind structure. I'm also really not a fan of 20+ person tourny with only 3 getting paid. Can I stay tentative for the cash game <$10/$25 $1000 min/max buy-in game>...?"

"Sure. There's going to be tables everywhere, people can do what they want."

Me: "So we can negotiate a structure?"

"No."

Me: "I'm not a fan of 40BB cash games."

"That's how rich people play, and you haven't played that high. $35 gets you 10 hands."

Me: "I actually have played that high, and normally the blinds are $5/$10."

"Well you haven't played these people... You probably would get killed since you are so tight."



I want to snap him off so bad, but I HATE HATE HATE 40BB format for cash games.

[FoldEqu1ty]

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$35 gets you 10 hands.

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Are you fkn serious????

Are you paying this even if you fold pre???

[bigscore]

buy in for 40 and have cash on the table as well?

[MasterLJ]

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$35 gets you 10 hands.

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Are you fkn serious????

Are you paying this even if you fold pre???

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SB = $10
BB = $25
SB + BB = $35

Nothing out of the norm, just a crappy blind structure.

FWIW, I had to think about that for a few seconds as well mainly because I'm used to 6max, so the "10 hands," part didn't compute.

[MasterLJ]

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buy in for 40 and have cash on the table as well?

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Hmm, that's something I haven't thought of. He very well might let me buy-in for more... but I still doubt that will happen.

[grando]

stop bitching this structure is not that bad

just double up and play shortstacked until then

so +EV

[timex]

Where the [censored] do you work, and can other people play this game?

Also, buy in 40, trash talk lots and get people to flip for stacks. Soon enough you will have several k on the table.

Assuming people aren't awful, this game will quickly become much more than 40BB deep.

[MasterLJ]

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stop bitching this structure is not that bad

just double up and play shortstacked until then

so +EV

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My short stacked for tournaments is off the hook. My short stack for cash games is ????, mostly because I have never tried it.

[MasterLJ]

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Where the [censored] do you work, and can other people play this game?

Also, buy in 40, trash talk lots and get people to flip for stacks. Soon enough you will have several k on the table.

Assuming people aren't awful, this game will quickly become much more than 40BB deep.

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CA near Sacramento, and yes. The owner is the self-titled best poker player ever. He ain't skirred of no-one.

[LearnedfromTV]

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Assuming people aren't awful, this game will quickly become much more than 40BB deep.

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Seriously. Capped games suck when it's a casino and people keep running through and buyin in for the minimum and no one can buy in for the table average. But in a home game, wtf it's the same ten people, I'm sure everyone brings a few $K.