FL b&m 2/2 "action poker" ?

[HandCracker]

first off im more of a tournament player but i recently discovered the limit games at my local casino are full of fish and pay well.

anyways. with the FL limitations on betting the highest and only betting stakes are 1/2. but they have another option at this casino called "action poker" where everyone antes two dollars. is this a profitable situation or is it whack?
and if it is more profitable than the regular 1/2 available what kind of bankroll should i be playing with?
thanks.

[Infotainment]

Your bankroll should probably be something like whatever you'd need to play a normal $1-$2 limit (but see a flop in a raised pot in every hand!). I would sit w/ 100ish and wait to see what all sorts of hilarious [censored] happens.

I'd like to see someone else's opinion on this but I believe it is less profitable (probably unbeatable even) because it highly rewards (actually even requires) people to see every flop...

The pre-flop is loaded w/ like $20 to start and the maxiumum bet never exceeds $2 obviously everyone is chasing every draw (and every draw to a draw(s); I have 2-3 -5 offsuit now, comeon runner-runner A-4!!1 [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img])... all the way to the river, more or less correctly.

So you are seeing poker turned into a lottery... I went to seminole hard rock and played some tourneys and (lol) cash games... I think the 1-2 structure w/ a large rake makes the games pretty hard to beat for a significant expected winrate...

I'd assume the rake makes "lotto" ante poker unbeatable because you'll see (i'm presuming) 4-8 seeing the river each hand.

Basically whoever is destined to win every hand and will go all the way everytime so everyone is pretty much equal and skill is futile. I don't know how you could badly missplay getting 11-1 or more on every flop decision.

I'm sure these games are really interesting though and it'd be hilarious to get like 37-1 on your river over-over-over-call w/ some sorta random hand you flopped 2-pair with.

In summary this game sounds like pure gambling as in "flipping" in an NL game (lets all put in $30 before we're dealt our hole cards and see who wins at the showdown without further betting!). But once you add in the element of the casino raking ($5? or $4?) the pot it makes every player a longterm loser regardless of skill.

[Infotainment]

From what I saw of florida cardroom poker I came to the conclusion you have to play tourneys to make any significant money...

But playing 1-2 limit once every few years... its definately entertaining to watch the other players donk it up. I'll probably do it again next time I'm down there I'll probably play that $2 ante game now that I've thought about how hilarious it must be.