>> 2 Thumbs down for FT's Rush Poker

[C8H10N4O2]

Another advantage is someone hasn't already mentioned it:

You can rathole like a mofo on this game. Every time you double up, just leave and come back with 100 BB again. Rinse, lather, repeat.

Perhaps. however, I've also run into a bunch of fish that don't know how to play beyond 100BB's deep. I've actually taken down a $71 pot at $0.05/$0.10 now because of it. Villain couldn't lay down AQ on a AKQ flop when I had JT and we got it all in on the flop. The pot went from $1.20 to $74ish and then rake was taken out.

[frob23]

In 369 hands of full ring, I posted 43 big blinds and 47 small blinds. Pure chance would have me posting 41 of each of these over that amount of hands in a typical session. So I was a little unlucky with the amount of times I ended up in the blinds but not much beyond what you can expect. In an hour, I did pay $6.65 in blinds on this one table (yes, it was 369 hands in an hour).

I still haven't played enough of this to really give it an honest go statistically. I haven't had a lot of time to really play lately. I am finding the blinds appear to run very close to what they should. Sometimes it feels like I am getting hit with the blinds too much but the numbers bear out.

So far, I have only played 1,487 hands. Which means I should have paid 165.2 big blinds and 165.2 small blinds. Which is $24.78333 in blinds that I should have paid. I actually paid 166 big blinds ($16.60) and 146 small blinds ($7.30) which is $23.90 in blinds... slightly below the "mathematically" expected amount but well within the expected variation.

My winrate has sunk to 13.7ptBB/100 for those hands... thanks to some variance but it's still really high. I do not know if that is sustainable. It feels like it is because the cards haven't been running all that well for me but the play is so bad it's not hard to make up for it. I guess I'll know in another 20k hands... lol.

I am going to keep tracking the number of blinds I play but I expect they'll continue to conform to the expectations. There's nothing too out of the ordinary right now. In my last session, I did end up being the small blind 4 times in a row but over the entire time, I have been the small blind less often than I should have. So it only felt like I was being picked on.

[crazee55]

I have played this a few times and I do like the idea of not waiting, but I don't like not seeing what has been played or what I might have missed out on.

I did okay the first couple of times , but not so great after, so stayed away from it for now

[C8H10N4O2]

I like it. Over the course of just under 7,000 hands I ran +23bb/100. This took me less than 8 hour of a mix of 2 tabling and 4 tabling. Unfortunately just after 6,000 hands, I ran pretty bad and lost like 3.5 buy-ins, so my win-rate would have been even higher until that happened, but that's poker. My EV also said I should have run 11.5bb/100, so I'm glad I still ended way above EV. Rakeback earned me an additional 2 buy-ins as well. If I had the desire, I'd probably grind this stuff pretty hard, but I just don't have the desire.

It has definitely helped me multi-table more as well, I'm now regularly playing 12 tables of full table sng's with a solid win-rate, which is what I'm focusing on right now. I still believe there is a lot of money to be made at Rush. A lot of people just play bad at the $10nl level. What makes it really nice is you can put in such a volume by 4-tabling that rakeback starts approaching making minimum wage on an hourly rate, which isn't much, but for playing $10nl, it's not terrible.

[phaul]

It's ridic. soft. Just played a bit of 10NL Rush. 4-tabled it for just over half an hour. Ended down $18, including losing AA v. ATs all-in pre for $30 and getting coolered out of my $20 stack holding AJ on a QJJ board (villain held QJ). People are so bad at 10NL Rush. It's kinda nasty though with the shorter time limits when you have big hands on 3 tables!

[travz21]

when you have big hands on 3 tables!

Rough life.

[phaul]

:- p

[JKatar]

i'm playing rush since almost day 1 in FT and have about 10k hands . Yes still +EV play pays you well, yes there are lots of fish but you dont know that before showdown and then its too late, yes after some time (and if you stick at a specific table ) you get to know the regs (who are amazingly LOTS) and your HUD offers enough info, but still...

its really a gamble..With all that fish and +EV junkies you'll get into a coinflip more often than not, you have to learn RUSH Poker's paterns which are totally different than normal ring games ( referring to preflop limping or 3-betting etc)..

All results in a fairly different poker, with extravagant swings a solid player does not want in his game imo. I'm doing +/- 3-4 byin swings per day and i'm no maniac..

Bottom line: I'll try staying away now i'm winning

[C8H10N4O2]

Bottom line: I'll try staying away now i'm winning

Do this please. Less winning players playing is preferable for me.

[travz21]

I'd kill to only have 3-4 buyin swings. Are you 1 tabling?

[pajala]

I boot up the following

4 tables @ 25NL
2 tables @ 50NL

And now I have turned off AutoBuyins wish I had of thought of that in the first place, whwn I double up I get up and restart if I lose it I close the table off

Once those tables are gone there gone buy playing to this formula 3-4 buyin swings are pretty easy to maintain

Bit of pateince