tournament vs limit play

[Bruce D]

I play with the same few players. We get together every couple of months for tournament style games. Very friendly, fun, potentially profitable, but my tournament game has suffered much since I learned to play fixed limit Hold'em. I play online quite a bit and venture to the casino every once in a while.

I love poker as most of my friends do. I have decided that I want to host a permament game at my home. However, I want to get away from the NL tourneys. I feel that some people won't/can't gamble every 3 weeks due to only a select few making the money in the tourneys. (It seems to be the same people over and over). These would be 25 dollar buyins with 20 going to the pot and 5 dollars going to a bounty. Sometimes we would allow unlimited buyins with the blinds escalating every 15 or 20 minutes.

Moving to a FL game allows the others to show a profit. It also gives ME an advantage since I feel I am the most experienced limit player among the group.

Do any of you play solely FL at home and how does it work for you? Did you used to play NL tourneys and make the switch?

I won't be the only one to host poker parties. There will be others hosting and they will obviously choose their own structure.

What limit do you think would be a good limit to play. I think some might think that if I ask them to bring 50 dollars to a game that they would think they would have to risk losing it all? I think it would be more appropriate to tell them it's just a structured game and that they can bring what they wish. I figure 1/2 might be too much, but maybe 50c/$1 would be a good place to start.

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