[RTBrandy]

Help me, please? Need a good one

right now, I'm thinking

NLHE
PLO8

the stud and S8 are throwing me off...(do I make it Spread limit with BB - 4xBB)

HELP !!! ASAP

[hachkc]

I'd skip PLO8 in a tourney format personally; LO8 is easier at least live. I've played in one before and it was such a pain, I think we were lucky to make a full orbit every 25mins (round length). The issues were general PL issues such as not knowing how much they could bet and chopping up pots was especially difficult when you throw side pots into the mix which happens quite a bit in the mid and later rounds. Just seems to be a lot of "admin" versus what you'll see in non-split game.

What's wrong with just using a standard limit format for HORSE/HOSE games? As to your question, folks do play PLS/PLS8 so which might be an option. You could post a question specific to that I suppose.

[RTBrandy]

my guys, (and me) have never played any limit games...that might make our heads explode?

we typically play all of those games as NL.....but I'm not sure what that would do in a tourney structure....

[hachkc]

Originally Posted by RTBrandy

my guys, (and me) have never played any limit games...that might make our heads explode?

Like this

Hell, just play everything NL and let us know how its turns out then. With NL stud though, I don't see many hands going to showdown in anything but the tightest of crowds barring the occassional big hand collisions like wired 3s versus AA or such.

[Double Eagle]

In HOSE or HORSE, limit hold'em and O8 is played. Here is the HORSE structure. You can modify it by eliminating the RAZZ rounds.

Prior to this year's WSOP, the HORSE event went to NLHE at the final table. But beginning this year, they stayed with the same rotating structure, which most players preferred.

[RTBrandy]

Originally Posted by hachkc

Like this

Hell, just play everything NL and let us know how its turns out then. With NL stud though, I don't see many hands going to showdown in anything but the tightest of crowds barring the occassional big hand collisions like wired 3s versus AA or such.

Believe me, I'm considering it!!

[jdunford]

I've been thinking about doing a PL version of HORSE that I've temporarily nicknamed "DONKEY" (for no apparent reason):

PLHE
PLO8
PL Mississippi Stud Low (Razz equivalent)
PL Mississippi Stud High
PL Mississippi Stud High/Low (8-or-better)

Mississippi Stud is basically 7-stud with a 2-card flop after 3rd street, and the river dealt up. Basically, it ends up playing more like HE in that you have 2 hole cards, 4 betting rounds per hand, and can use a small blind / big blind structure if you want, but everyone gets their own 5 "board" cards.

For a brief description, see:
Stud poker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I haven't actually tried it yet... If/when I do, I'll let you know how it went.

[RTBrandy]

Originally Posted by Double Eagle

In HOSE or HORSE, limit hold'em and O8 is played. Here is the HORSE structure. You can modify it by eliminating the RAZZ rounds.

Prior to this year's WSOP, the HORSE event went to NLHE at the final table. But beginning this year, they stayed with the same rotating structure, which most players preferred.

This is for the $50k starting stack, right?

[mrticsay]

Originally Posted by RTBrandy

my guys, (and me) have never played any limit games...that might make our heads explode?

we typically play all of those games as NL.....but I'm not sure what that would do in a tourney structure....

This group play limit?! I can't stop laughing at the thought!!! My stomach is starting to hurt!!!!


Yet, the thought of this group playing NL for each game has me wondering if the tourney would last very long...hard to say for sure.

I'm thinking leave the NL structure for the cash games and put a different structure in place for the tourneys. With that being said, I think PL isn't too far from being NL (especially with this group). And while hachkc is right about time betting, counting and busting up the pot, this group has gotten pretty used to it from the cash games. So if you don't want to go PL/NL and limit seems to constraining, then I'd go spread.

That's certainly different than the "normal" game, but it may be the right thing for this group.

[RTBrandy]

What do you think about the below structure, with a T5,000 ?

Michael, how long do you think this game would go? I'd love it to end before 1am, ideally.....otherwise, things get too spread out and the post-tourney cash game gets screwed up....

	Level	Ante	SB	BB	Limit?	length
NLHE	1		25	50		30	6pm
PLO8	2		50	75		30
Stud	3	25	50	75	150	30	7
S8	4	50	75	150	300	30
			BREAK			10	8
NLHE	5		100	200		30
PLO8	6		150	300		30	9:10
Stud	7	50	200	400	800	30
S8	8	75	200	400	800	30	10:10
			BREAK AND COLOR UP			15
NLHE	9		400	800		30
PLO8	10		500	1000		30	11:25
Stud	11	200	600	1200	2400	30
S8	12	300	600	1200	2400	30	12:25am
			BREAK			10
NLHE	13		800	1600		30
PLO8	14		1000	2000		30	1:35
Stud	15	500	1300	2500	5000	30
S8	16	500	1300	2500	5000	30	2:35
			BREAK AND COLOR UP			10
NLHE	17		1500	3000		30
PLO8	18		2000	4000		30	3:45
Stud	19	1000	2500	5000	10000	30
S8	20	1500	2500	5000	10000	30