RUSH POKER (FT) anyone try it?

[tonypap]

Just logged on to FT today and noticed something new...RUSH POKER. Instead of being stuck at one table, you're playing vs. a pool of players. The players are constantly changing and the hands go FAST! There's also a quick fold that automatically moves you to the next hand/table. Playing now...kinda fun...but man the money moves fast!

[jdunford]

I just read that in an email from FT. I'm definitely not interested since I don't play with any additional software and rely heavily on "manually" observing players. I can imagine that having a huge database of stats on players would be a tremendous advantage here. It allows a player to inherently know a player's tendencies without any observation in the current "session" (where by session, I mean 0 previous hands).

[JoseRijo]

Originally Posted by jdunford

I'm definitely not interested since I don't play with any additional software and rely heavily on "manually" observing players. I can imagine that having a huge database of stats on players would be a tremendous advantage here.

Actually, it is the exact opposite. Because you play everyone on a single hand, your HUD doesn't show any stats. And you leave the table before showdown.

The worst parts obviously are that you can't find fish and said fish can lose their money that much faster.

Full Tilt also added shallow-stack tables, which are a pretty awesome alternative to the capped games.

[tonypap]

Originally Posted by JoseRijo

Actually, it is the exact opposite. Because you play everyone on a single hand, your HUD doesn't show any stats. And you leave the table before showdown.

The worst parts obviously are that you can't find fish and said fish can lose their money that much faster.

Full Tilt also added shallow-stack tables, which are a pretty awesome alternative to the capped games.

I definitely one of those!

[StevenH72]

My mate just told me about this whilst we were playing squash, it sounds really interesting, will give it a go, but if my HUD doesnt work, I shalln't be adhering to it long term

[StevenH72]

Heres a link for any curious george's

Online Poker at Full Tilt Poker - Game Types: Rush Poker

[jldecarlo]

Played for 15-20 min.

Pros: Quick, entertaining. It keeps you about as busy as playing 2-3 tables, but you never get good hands and more than one table at a time.

Cons: Your position changes constantly. You can't get a read on anybody. Can't tell about HUD's but I bet they don't work (I don't have mine configured for FT). How do they figure FPPs?

Interested in other people's opinions.

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Regular poker

[Big Mike]

I like them! Love the Quick fold that gets you to the next hand immediately. Won't play them much probably because I don't play NL and that's all there is so far. Did double my buy-in pretty quickly at .05/.10 NL though

[RaiderJoe40]

Its a carnival ride, no reads, no chat, only a fast way to get your FPPs for the day

[SoDamnRed]

2-tabled this for about 3 hours, logging about 2000 hands. You can 4-table max within the same player pool. It's by far the most fun I've had playing online poker in awhile... It really is non-stop action, and people aren't nitting it up like I expected them to, making it pretty profitable at the moment. It's probably going to tighten up considerably when people realize the rate at which they're losing money.

FYI, PT/HEM HUDs don't work, and stats can't be tracked via pokertableratings and the like. I'm assuming it's because the tables can't be observed. All hand histories are saved though, and I guess people can load them into their programs and see how you've played in the past if they have time to look it up through that. I'm sure the vast majority are playing the hands as if they are vs. unknowns though. Even writing notes isn't very efficient, since it's so fast-paced and the player pool is huge enough that you may not encounter the same guy more than a couple of times during your session.

According to 2p2, PLO Rush Poker is coming within the next 2 weeks.