[Quads]

What would you consider a "big" home game. Not big as in number of people, but big as in buy in, amount of money at stake, etc.

I got a call from a guy to come show up at his game, which he claimed was big.

So I pose the question to the group, what is "big"?

[D3scride]

1/2 NL and 5/10 Limit.

[ahopen78]

I dunno.

My $0.50-$1.00 Game ends up with over $3K on the table.

I think that is kinda big...

[smoore]

Originally Posted by D3scride

1/2 NL and 5/10 Limit.

yeah man... that's a "big" home game. I might go as low as 3/6 limit for "big" if the games were mixed and people liked to cap.

of course, if 1/2 is normal in the area, a 2/5 NL game might be "big". If 2/5 is passe, then it'd have to be 20/40+ limit ('cause fish don't play NL at these stakes) or the vaunted 5/10 NLHE home game that I dream of.

Call me if that's the case.

[D3scride]

Originally Posted by smoore

yeah man... that's a "big" home game. I might go as low as 3/6 limit for "big" if the games were mixed and people liked to cap.

of course, if 1/2 is normal in the area, a 2/5 NL game might be "big". If 2/5 is passe, then it'd have to be 20/40+ limit ('cause fish don't play NL at these stakes) or the vaunted 5/10 NLHE home game that I dream of.

Call me if that's the case.

5/10 NLHE that's insane.

Normal home games around here are probably 0.25/0.50 NL or 0.50/1 NL. I play 1/2 NL at the bars.

I've also heard there's a 10/20 PL omaha hi/lo game about a 2 hour drive from my place. It's a bunch of fisherman who play. I wish I was rolled for that

[Quads]

That's kinda what I was thinking- My typical home game is a $2/5 NLHE, $2/5 with a $10 bring in NLHE or $5/10 NLHE. With no cap on the buy in. If we play limit, which is rare, but happens, it's in the 10/20 to 15/30 range, often with a half or full kill.

So, what I expected when he said that was- it was something in the range of $5/10 NLHE on the low end and $10/20 or $10/25 NLHE on the higher end as a "big" home game.

[smoore]

Yeah, but you play high quads. Honestly, any 1/2 NLHE game is "big" for it's pond.


.... man, I wish I could afford to play in a 5/10 NLHE home game, that would be GREAT unless they all actually know how to play I'm not even rolled for 1/2 right now.

... but I'll play

[KYBill]

5/10 nlhe is insane .... well at least for my bank roll !

[ky70]

It's all relative...big to me ain't necessarily big to you. The guy who said his game was "big" would have to define that for you.

In my world, big would be 1/2 no limit.

[WolfPack]

depends if the guy and his buddies are rich then 25/50 NLHE or 100/200 LHE would be big.