[BigKyle]

What about this limit hold 'em game

blinds .25/.50

raise in increments of .50 before the flop ($1, $1.50, $2, and it's capped)
raise in increments of $1 after flop/turn ($1, raise to $2, $3, $4 capped)
raise in increments of $2 after river ($2, raise to $4, $6, $8 capped)

In my experiences, the kind of guys you played with will not do a whole bunch of extra raising but rather a bunch of calling. Nothing slows down wild-arse no limit players like a good game of limit poker.

[dad604]

If you want to protect the players from themselves, switch to limit. If you want to win more money raise the NL stakes.
Forget PL as it will be just like NL except that it will slow down the game to count what is amount in pot.

[Brewster]

At our game tonight, I was the only person (out of 9) to avoid having to rebuy during the game. To say our group in volitile is a gross understatement. Playing a 25¢/50¢ NL game ($20 buy in) we ended up with over $500 in the bank when I had to leave. One guy lost his buy in within 5 minutes, rebought, lost that on the next hand, rebought, lost it two hands later, rebought, etc (he was down $140 when I left). What kills me are the hands they will play with a strong (8x the BB) raise preflop. I think they don't really care about poker but they sure like action.

[mirageII]

Strange,

Are you enforcing a "bust out" before rebuy policy???

I found this works better than allowing players just to keep topping up between hands.

Good luck... I take it you are using 25p here so I would do 25/25 for the first hour and then up it to 25/50 thereafter (dig out the kitchen timer lol)


mirageII

[Strange]

hi miragell,

I decided on a 2 to 1 conversion factor for dollars to pounds, so for a £10 buy-in you get $20.

So in reality, I was playing 5p/12.5p NL.

Next time, I'll probably play 25c/50c limit.

[MeridianFC]

In NL the swings can be out of control. People can bust out in the first half hour. Have a min/max buy in scenario is key. My preference for a NL set up is .25/.50 blinds, $25 max/min buy in and you can only rebuy when down to $5.

My main cash game is $50 buy in (unlimited rebuys), with $5 max bet on any street. This seems to work pretty well. You can get big pots and make decent bets but it does control the chaos some. This might be a bit high for what you were talking about (biggest winner and loser around $200, usual up and downs around a buy in).

[dad604]

Originally Posted by Strange

hi miragell,

I decided on a 2 to 1 conversion factor for dollars to pounds, so for a £10 buy-in you get $20.

So in reality, I was playing 5p/12.5p NL.

Next time, I'll probably play 25c/50c limit.

If you say losing $40 is affordable, I would suggest $.50/$1.00 limit game. Maybe even $1/$2 game if you guys find .50/1.00 too small. Buyin for .50/1.00 limit should be about $25 and about $50 for a 1/2 limit game. I find most of the time I don't lose more than my buyin.

Or 25p/50p would work well with your denom of 25's.