What are your home game blinds & buyins (4 Viewers)

[GamingWithChips]

One persons mistake (or rather misfortune) or another persons LUCK on the river? Interesting

So if player A goes ALL IN at the turn with the best hand and player B calls and wins by shear luck he should be protected from anyone matching his stack?

For the record, I am ALL IN favor of anyone matching MY big stack at any time during the game (it is truly a disadvantage or foolish to play short-stacked)

That's the game of poker though.

Sometimes you run hot, sometimes you don't. Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don't. Sometimes you have a winning night, and sometimes you have a losing night.

I think most of these thoughts come down to what kind of game you are playing or where you are playing. If it's a casino or an underground game, everyone should want the ability to match the stack to win their money back. But this thread and most of PCF are based around home games, and in a home game, friendly environments should take priority over ones ability to make money.

 

[goeckerd]

...maybe after x amount of hours, when only the degens remain, it can be match the stack…

lol

 

[Booshme]

lol

It gets there eventually… raising $10 first bet pre-flop in our friendly .25 cent blind game

 

[goeckerd]

So if player A goes ALL IN at the turn with the best hand and player B calls and wins by shear luck he should be protected from anyone matching his stack?

If you go all in at the turn that's called gambling. I am not going to feel bad for a gambler. And obviously a gambler does not care about money. So the true cost of gambling would be to not have the big stack.

 

[Booshme]

If you go all in at the turn that's called gambling. I am not going to feel bad for a gambler. And obviously a gambler does not care about money. So the true cost of gambling would be to not have the big stack.

I consider it a well-thought out, risk considerate, appropriately leveraged, financial investment

 

[GoJo_Dingo]

That's the game of poker though.

Sometimes you run hot, sometimes you don't. Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don't. Sometimes you have a winning night, and sometimes you have a losing night.

I think most of these thoughts come down to what kind of game you are playing or where you are playing. If it's a casino or an underground game, everyone should want the ability to match the stack to win their money back. But this thread and most of PCF are based around home games, and in a home game, friendly environments should take priority over ones ability to make money.

It's not about the money! Its about sending a message!

Can you tell we really enjoy our games?

 

[GoJo_Dingo]

It gets there eventually… raising $10 first bet pre-flop in our friendly .25 cent blind game

 

[GoJo_Dingo]

If you go all in at the turn that's called gambling. I am not going to feel bad for a gambler. And obviously a gambler does not care about money. So the true cost of gambling would be to not have the big stack.

Ummmmmmm, is not CALLING the ALL IN gambling?

EDIT
Isn't "CALLING" the "ALL IN" gambling?

 

[Booshme]

It's not about the money! Its about sending a message!

Can you tell we really enjoy our games?

I feel like this often… and then I fold the turn after being double-barreled when I 3-bet 3-4 suited pre-flop

 

[GoJo_Dingo]

I feel like this often… and then I fold the turn after being double-barreled when I 3-bet 3-4 suited pre-flop

How about re-raising for two orbits?

 

[goeckerd]

Ummmmmmm, is not CALLING the ALL IN gambling?

not calling is not gambling.

 

[Booshme]

not calling is not gambling.

I think he meant it Shakespearean-like,
“Is not the uncalled bluff
Better than a set, or other such stuff?”

 

[Mojo1312]

How about re-raising for two orbits?

Hero was playing NLHE at Foxwoods pre-pandemic -- 2018 iirc. At that point in time, Hero was still growing accustomed to $2/$5. Hero added his name to the $2/$5 list after becoming somewhat bored playing $1/$2. Hero takes his seat and sees the player UTG toss a $25 chip over the line before the cards are dealt around the table.

Several thoughts crossed Hero's mind about the player's action. As he was processing the villain, the player UTG in the next hand straddles for $25. Hero's first thought was the two players knew one another and were there to mix things up. Third hand, $25 straddle. Now Hero is thinking that he is at the wrong table.

A couple of hands later, Hero is UTG,. The other players look at him, waiting briefly before telling him that everyone at the table had agreed to straddle for $25.
Hero looked over at the dealer and got nothing. No read, zip, as to what was going on. Hero obliged. Sure enough, every hand players were straddling $25.

Apparently, Foxwoods had refused to open up a $5/$10 table and this was their way of expressing their displeasure. Hero lasted about an orbit and a half before racking up his chips and returning to the $1/$2 table.

Funny looking back on it now. Last week Hero bet $17 UTG with pocket Jacks playing $1/$2. Two players called, then action reached the cut-off who bumped it to $76. Hero thought that was an odd-size bet. $76? Why not $77 or $80?

Hero decided to re-raise instead of spending time problem solving villain's bet sizing. $243 felt about right. (Hero had around $800, Villain around five.) Folds around to villain who tanks. Hero thinks he is up against two overs, obviously not aces.

Hard to even put villain on Kings by the way he was tanking. 45 to 50 seconds pass. Hero is expecting a flat or a fold. Villain folds queens face up. Hero tossed his hand face up in the muck pile. lol!

How Hero's inhibitions have change!

 

[DeeVee8]

Tourneys: $40 buy-in for 20k stack, $120 for 30k stack and $200 for 60k stack.

All use these blinds, but the $200 game has 30 min blinds.

 

[dannyssteez]

.25/25 blinds with a 50 dollar max we would run weekly and was the most popular by far. Sprinkled in some .50/1 and 1/2 but it would normally end with some tension.