[SingleMaltFan]

any one use a single blind structure for thier cash game at home?

or a two/same blind like .25/.25?? and if so are they both bb's or both sb's?

same question goes for tourney starting blinds at 5/5 or 25/25..??

probably dumb questions, eh?

[Big Mike]

I''ve started tourneys at 25/25 - both are "big" blinds.

In the past Hold'em was only played with one blind, which I think was big. If you read Hold'em for Advanced Players by Sklansky it refers to strategy changes that came with the advent of two blinds.

I can see for a tournament starting with two the same, but why would you want to have only one blind? Having two helps get a bit more action going - more money to play for, and two players with something invested in the hand.

BTW, not a dumb question.

Mike

[99%evil]

Having two blinds will incite more action, a single blind could make for a dull night, heck make it three blinds like the Luxor does 1/1/2

[SingleMaltFan]

Originally Posted by Big Mike

but why would you want to have only one blind? Having two helps get a bit more action going - more money to play for, and two players with something invested in the hand.

Mike

just to save the need of having a "dime" chip in our cash game without shooting up a level to 25/50c's..tho you will all say it shouldnt be that big a jump, right?..i am just afraid i am playing with some cheapo's...

do you think there is much of a diff..starting 10/25cash Nl vs 25/50c cash Nl..it would be nice not to need the dimes....(and making change when people cash out..)??

thanks guys

1malt

[Guma]

We do this in our cash games quite often out here. A lot of times our games are last minute so we are only able to pull together 5 or 6 players. We play one BB of $.50 NL. If we do happen to get 7 or more then we go up to two blinds of $.25/$.50 NL. Not really sure why it started that way, but that is how it is and everyone is happy with it!

Hell, they are playing poker, so they are already happy!

[Big Mike]

If your players are typical low stakes NL players (like to see lots of flops with all kinds of hands) then it probably won't matter if you do one blind or two at .25.
Only if everyone is a total rock will you have to up the blinds/number of blinds.

Mike

[Jambine]

That is our regular cash game. 1/5 spread limit with a single $1 blind.

It does help to move things along a bit. I’ve noticed over the last few years that a lot of Colorado casinos are going to a single blind, for the same reason. In fact, only one of my regular “haunts” is still using a SB/BB structure.

[ky70]

In cash games i'll do .25/.25 blinds when we have a cheap $10 buyin because .25 is my lowest denom. In tourney's I start level 1 of my T10,000 game at 100/100 so that can avoid putting the T25 chip in play. Both work fine for me.

[*acesandfaces*]

Not a dumb question at all...That is exactly how we play our cash game. Each blind is $.25. They are still considered sm and bb. Our players are pretty aggressive so the pots get up to $50+ sometimes. We allow a $20 buy in max but you may rebuy as many times as you like. I prefer larger stakes but some in the group just can't handle more than that.

Originally Posted by SingleMaltFan

any one use a single blind structure for thier cash game at home?

or a two/same blind like .25/.25?? and if so are they both bb's or both sb's?

same question goes for tourney starting blinds at 5/5 or 25/25..??

probably dumb questions, eh?

[Jambine]

Originally Posted by *acesandfaces*

........ Our players are pretty aggressive so the pots get up to $50+ sometimes.....

Too true. If you have an aggressive (lets call them “experienced”) group, the blinds don’t have much effect on forcing the action. It’s going to happen anyway.