What Stakes do you play at? (1 Viewer)

[The Nuts]

What stakes do you all play usually?

I go:

Home Cash games .25/.50 NL holdem.

Casino games $1/$3 1-300 spread holdem (no NL around me)

 

[DRacula]

Friendly/Social home games: .25/.50

Degen home game: $5/$5

Casino: $5/$5

I mostly play $200-$500 buy in tournament poker

 

[sheikh617]

Homes games mostly .25/.50 sometimes .50/1 and once in a blue moon 1/2.

Casino games mostly 1/2 or 1/3 and when I do well I'll play a little 2/5. All NLH.

 

[JoeBGo]

Home game $1/$2
Casino $8/$16 limit or $1/$2 NL

 

[Pesto628]

I like to play up to 1/2 in all scenarios, but I have played 2/5 when it was the only option

 

[DerberAlter]

Homegames
5/10 cent
25/25 cent
25/50 cent

Casino
1/1
1/2

 

[honkydevil]

The home game is usually only .25/.25 but with unlimited straddles. Depending on the day it’s like playing .50/1 short stacked.

My local casino I usually play 4/8 limit Omaha.

 

[detroitdad]

almost .25/.50 exclusively with a 100 max buy in.

 

[FishHead]

.25/.25 when we occasionally play a cash game. Usually play single table tournament. One day I will convert my friends to cash.

 

[abby99]

Home games:
NL/PL .25/.50, $125 buy-in
Limit up to 5/10

Casinos:
NL/PL 1/2 (haven't played this in a casino in years)
Limit up to 6/12

Tournaments

 

[Mojo1312]

$50 two table home tourney followed by a $1/$2 NLHE/NL Omaha-Hi cash game. I spend most of my time playing $1/$3 NLHE and $2/$5 PLO at the casino.

 

[fieldsy]

We usually play $1-2 for home cash games in NL/PL, and occasionally mix in some $4-8 limit games. A few of us have occasionally escalated the game to $2-5, but we just barely have a critical mass to run a game that size. I have a larger group of maybe 20 guys, from whom we usually get about 12-14, who play $100 tourneys with rebuys about once a month.

No casinos in Utah, closest casino game is about 100 minutes away on the Nevada border, and it's almost exclusively $1-2 NL. I play $1-3 or $2-5 NL in Vegas when I'm there.

 

[Lancew09]

We play every 6 weeks, $80 buy in 30 seat tournament then we play $1/$1 unlimited straddle cash game. The biggest straddle we've seen was $16 I believe - 95% of the time, we play $1/$1/$2 and there is anywhere from $700-$3,000 on the table at the end of the night - friendly but a nice game - usually the same guys play cash - a lot will only play the tournament & leave.

I'm going to host an 9 seat with a rented dealer, initial $300 buy in, $1/$1 straddle game and players can re-load or re-buy up to the largest stack on the table - this game will play more like a $1/$3 game I'm sure.

 

[TonZaga]

Home games are $0.25/0.25 or $0.25/50

Casino games are usually $1/2 NL

 

[Meathooke]

Home: .25/.50 NL and occasionally 1/2 Limit ... Although trying to push for 2/4, especially in hi/lo games.
Casino: 1/2 NL

 

[GenghisKhan]

Friendly home game at my place with all good friends.

-5c/10c, $10 to $20 buy-ins.
or more often now
-25c/25c, $10 to $30 buy-ins.
(This has doubled the money on the table).

 

[PlaidDragon]

Primarily 5¢/10¢ cash.
Every now and then we’ll do 10¢/20¢ or 25¢/50¢.

Tourneys are usually Holdem or PLO8: T10000 with rebuys or deepstack games with no rebuys. Buy in ranges from $5 to $15 with bounty.

 

[Jeevansluck]

I'm a relatively new host. I'm in recruiting mode but I've managed a few small games and we have done :

.10/.20 - not bad...but really... impossible to really get good action. Every pot is the same. Just my experiences. It's a bit too low

.25/.25 - the favorite. All 6 that came to play in this game I had enjoyed it.

.25/.50 - I feel this is the best stake for fun no frills home games. Good for most average players. These are just my experiences.

Some years ago, I ran a .50/1.00 game that was just too crazy. Pots got a bit out of control and there was 1 individual who left upset. So, I won't run a game like that unless I finally get a group that wants it and understands it.

At the present time, for a game I'm trying to grow...it's NLHE Bounty tournaments. It's what most people want and it's easier to budget for these games instead of possibly losing the whole wallet.

 

[2jzMk3]

Home games: 1/2 , occasional 2/5 when short handed
Casino: 1/2 , 1/3

Online: 50nl, 100nl, 200nl, 500nl, and occasionally 1000nl. 200nl is my sweet zone

 

[TheWhiteJZ]

Still trying to get the game regular, but usually a single table tournament. We kinda pick the buy in every night based on what everyone is comfortable with. 1/1 when we venture to cash. As we get more regular I hope to convert to cash more. The rule I’m likely to implement is that if we have <8 players tourney, 8+ cash

 

[gopherblue]

Home games:

.25/.50 (which plays like 2/5) NL/PL circus games and HE
1/2 NL
2/4, 3/6 and 4/8 Limit

Casinos:
1/2, 1/3 & 2/5 NL
1/2 PLO

Tourneys:
$100-400 buy-ins (lower at home games, higher at casinos)

 

[shorticus]

Home games .25/.50 max buy-in $40
Casino is 3/6/12 Limit and $1/$3 No Limit

 

[Riomaa]

House
0.5/0.5
1/2

Casino
1/3 rarely anymore
2/5 usually
5/10 if I'm in top shape

 

[SendThatStack]

Home game: .25/50 or .5/1 nlhe

Casino: 2/3 to 5/10 nlhe.

 

[AcesFull]

Home games we play $1/$2 and for tournaments normally under $100 buy in.

 

[Klobberer]

Tourneys $20 buy in.
Cash .25/.50 $100 max buy in