CAZ: Mixes up the spread limit game a bit to 10-150

[aholthaus33]

I would be interested to hear back from someone that plays in the new game. I'll be there Saturday, may or may not play in it.... I honestly don't see it being as good of a game as the 5-150 but a lot of that will depend on how much people are buying in for on average too.

[ybother]

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I forgot to mention DesertCat. Sorry about that. He's a regular in the game also.

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I can't comment. I retired from poker two weeks ago. But I'm very glad to see this game is being run.

And if I weren't retired, I'd like to see Casino AZ spread a $2-$150 game, with two $2 blinds and a max $100-$200 buyin.

Every time I go to Vegas (back when I was unretired) 1-2NL was very popular (and very soft). CasinoAZ runs so many 3-6 & 4-8 limit games that it's ridiculous. I bet a NL game for these low limit donks (and for me if I'm running bad at the 5-150) would be action packed fun for all. Can you imagine it with blue chips? Huge stacks of blue chips going all-in, all-in!

Even though I'm retired, I still dream about it.

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even as a lurker on the caz threads... details plz???

[UbinTook]

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Ubin --

I expect some of the regulars to move to 10-150 until the game finds its place within the CAZ economy. There is some probability that it will be an excellent game for about three weeks. (It might, of course, be good much longer than that.)

--Nate

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It will be interesting to watch who will migrate. 10-150 just won’t be volatile enough for OUR limit players. The 10 spread game will be boring compared to the almost constant action in the 20 and 40 games.

I agree that the game has a chance to be good,( the prediction was the same for the 5-150...and it, obviously, took off) but as several have pointed out, how much better than the 5 game can it be? Is it worth the trade off to have both?

2/2 blind 100/200 buyin... Not so sure how good that would be( dont want to bust out THOSE players, at least not any faster than necessary , maybe pot limit with a 100 cap would slow it down a bit.

[DesertCat]

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I forgot to mention DesertCat. Sorry about that. He's a regular in the game also.

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I can't comment. I retired from poker two weeks ago. But I'm very glad to see this game is being run.

And if I weren't retired, I'd like to see Casino AZ spread a $2-$150 game, with two $2 blinds and a max $100-$200 buyin.

Every time I go to Vegas (back when I was unretired) 1-2NL was very popular (and very soft). CasinoAZ runs so many 3-6 & 4-8 limit games that it's ridiculous. I bet a NL game for these low limit donks (and for me if I'm running bad at the 5-150) would be action packed fun for all. Can you imagine it with blue chips? Huge stacks of blue chips going all-in, all-in!

Even though I'm retired, I still dream about it.

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even as a lurker on the caz threads... details plz???

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I've been very busy with starting a new business, and decided that poker was getting in the way of acomplishing other things I want to do. Plus my wife was getting sick and tired of me always coming home an hour later than I promised. If I can figure out how to manage my time better, I'll probably un-retire and play once in a while.

[Phntm]

The 1-2 baby 150 game sounds like fun. I really wish they would do sit'n'goes there, I am convinced they could make good money(85+15, or 100+20, ten handed, you figure bout and hour and a half per) I am sure we will see neither. You'll see me in the 5-150 soon as a rebuild this roll of mine(the last damn re-buy tournament killed me, i'm a retard). Good luck with the buisness, and the "retirement"
Oh yeah excellent article Nate.

[Percula]

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The 1-2 baby 150 game sounds like fun.

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Actually the Fort spread this for quite some time. It was a failure. Even when they switched to the more conventional 2/5 structure it was hit and mis, and most of the players couldn't handle the heat, very nitty and boring game.

At CA, I think the 1/2-150 might have a chance as long as the 3/5-150 games are running too. Cap the buy-in at $200 and play it with blues, reds and greeens, and it might be a hit.

[AZplayer]

I played the 10-150 today for about 5 hours and (so far) it plays quite a bit differently, but of course every table plays differently depending on who is sitting in it. For example, we had one donk who, if there were 4-5 limpers on his BB, would virtually always minraise to 20. I kept praying and praying for a hand during one of his BB's to reraise but never got the chance. This guy of course burned thorough $1k in a few hours.

Most of our table was comprised of 5-150 regulars with one or two new faces who just had no idea what they were doing. Not that the 5-150 regulars know either, but that's a different topic.

Much less limping in the 10 game, and fewer flops getting checked around. Only saw 3-4 straddles the whole time, and it's not like the game needed more action.

$30 raises first in would get just a little respect, but one you start raising to $40 or so most pots ended up being contested heads-up or maybe 3-way. $100 flop bets in this case were fairly standard, and mildly noteworthy when someone would call.

Only saw one or two pots over $500+.

Most people would buy in for 500-1000 and do it with red chips. A few people finally figured out that a mix of green chips and red chips speed the game up and are not as unwieldly.

Overall it seems suited connectors/suited aces seem to go down in value, pairs for set mining are still worthwhile in good position, and the marginal trouble/rookie hands become even more problematic.

So far I have a slight preference for the 5-150 game, but it will mostly depend on the lineup.

[that_pope]

Well, because of the 10/150 game, I finally sat down at a 5/150 game for the first time in about a year. I played horrible, but was never down more than 50 after I won my first big pot, and ended up winning a little less than 500. I think I could get used to this. After an hour or so, it is fun seeing who you can play almost 50% of the hands against because he will pay you off like a moron.

I may start playing this more often than 8/16, we will see.