Thinking about going from a .10/.25 NLTH cash game to .25/.50 structure, concerns????

bsoder52 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-02-2006, 07:17 PM

OK, so I host a regular .10/.25 NLTH cash game on Friday nights. Its a VERY friendly game starting with $10 buy-ins and rebuys all night long for half the big stack. By the end of the night there might be $300 bucks on the table, if that.

I'm getting a new cash set soon from CurseofThorn (The Mardi Gras Queen Chips) and will not have the .10 denoms anymore. So I'm thinking of moving my blinds to .25/.50, do you guys think this will change my friendly game much??? Do we need to buy in for more $ than $10 with .25/.50 blinds? There are MANY hands which are $1.00 or $2.00 preflop as it is so I don't it will change much, but your thoughts are definately of interest to me.

Thanks in advance fellow Chiptalkers!
Bsoder52

littlebu · #2 (**permalink**) 10-02-2006, 07:21 PM

If you want to keep things the way they are why not just make .25/.25 blinds?

ElitePoker · #3 (**permalink**) 10-02-2006, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by littlebu

If you want to keep things the way they are why not just make .25/.25 blinds?

That's what we did in our game...the small blind always calls the extra .15 anyways so what's the difference?

A-Ro · #4 (**permalink**) 10-02-2006, 07:42 PM

If you do go to .25/.50 you probably would want to increase the minimum buy-in to $20.

jdunford · #5 (**permalink**) 10-02-2006, 08:17 PM

We generally play 0.25/0.25 or 0.25/0.50. I've played 0.10/0.25 but didn't quite understand how it was any different from 0.25/0.25. Anyway, you'll probably find $10 is too small a buy-in for $0.25/0.50, but if your players are used to re-buying for half the big stack and having up to $300 on the table, I doubt anyone will even notice.

bsoder52 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-02-2006, 08:25 PM

Great advise !
I think I'll try the .25/.25 and go from there. I agree that usually the small blind calls anyway for .15.

Ohhhh and GO PACK GO!!!!!!!!