My post-COVID home game has been doing really well as a .50/$1 FIXED limit Hold'em game:
- Some friends who are newish to poker and didn't play in my pre-Covid games have become regulars.
- Aside from one COVID cancellation my table's always full.
- The last time we played I got Crazy Pineapple and Omaha into the rotation. This was great as I personally want it to be dealer's choice.
One of my long time friends doesn't like fixed limit and also likes PLO. I want to give him something to like, but I don't want to compromise the "win or lose about $20 in a night" expectation that has been set. Also, I really don't want to manage additional complexity. The idea of calculating the pot, or calculating how much more a player can shove all in for pots/cap limit makes me cringe. Last game when we switched between 5c/10c no limit and 50c/$1 fixed limit, we moved $10 in front of our nickle blind chips, and left about $30 behind them. This worked OK but I found myself unintentionally betting with chips from behind my nickles.
Spread limit seems easier to manage, and it would give my friend the opportunity to bet bigger. What should the spread be for a $40 buy in that should last all night? 10c/25c with a 25c-$5 spread?
I know @Lil Tuna ran a successful 2-10 spread limit game with a $100 buy in, but that spread doesn't seem like enough.
Thanks!
- Some friends who are newish to poker and didn't play in my pre-Covid games have become regulars.
- Aside from one COVID cancellation my table's always full.
- The last time we played I got Crazy Pineapple and Omaha into the rotation. This was great as I personally want it to be dealer's choice.
One of my long time friends doesn't like fixed limit and also likes PLO. I want to give him something to like, but I don't want to compromise the "win or lose about $20 in a night" expectation that has been set. Also, I really don't want to manage additional complexity. The idea of calculating the pot, or calculating how much more a player can shove all in for pots/cap limit makes me cringe. Last game when we switched between 5c/10c no limit and 50c/$1 fixed limit, we moved $10 in front of our nickle blind chips, and left about $30 behind them. This worked OK but I found myself unintentionally betting with chips from behind my nickles.
Spread limit seems easier to manage, and it would give my friend the opportunity to bet bigger. What should the spread be for a $40 buy in that should last all night? 10c/25c with a 25c-$5 spread?
I know @Lil Tuna ran a successful 2-10 spread limit game with a $100 buy in, but that spread doesn't seem like enough.
Thanks!