It appears that the days of the 3-6 or 4-8 game have gone the way of the dodo in the Tri-Cities. The Crazy Moose and Cable Bridge both have Wildhorse Casino Fall Poker Round-Up promotions going that require playing in 2-8, 2-20 or 2-40 spread limit games.
In the beginning I felt that this was a terrible thing. There are many poker players (including myself) who mainly play for fun and do not have a large bank roll. I know of at least one player that I used to see at the Crazy Moose all the time who just doesn't play there any more and the cheapest game he can find now is the 2-8 spread limit game at the Cable Bridge (if they ever get one going at that low limit) or the 2-10 spread limit game at Jokers in Richland. I feel for him.
On the other hand, I personally feel that playing in a 2-20 or 2-40 game makes me a better player. I become more patient. I make better hand selections. I am definitely loath to chase crap. I just barely qualified for the Crazy Moose promotion because I simply do not play cash games any more unless I win enough in tournaments to justify it. While qualifying and playing only 2-20 spread limit, I made a profit of over $200 during those 30 hours. So for me it will truly be a free roll. Wish me luck!
Maybe after these promotions the 3-6 or 4-8 games will return. I hope so simply because I miss seeing a lot of people that used to play those limits.
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Lynne, I too was apprehensive when the big limit tables hit, but I am a convert. My main complaint in the past was not being able to "protect" a big hand like pocket aces from the many callers and rundown specialists on the 3/6 & 4/8 tables. Since they have switched I have not had but one losing session (and that on a flopped set that I did not raise enough preflop to get 5/7 out of there). Yes, it was 4's. The low limit games are crap! This is real poker, not poker bingo!
Lynne,
Assume you are Lynne with an E we have met at the Moose and played a few hands : ) I found your Blog while reading Phil's (met him at the moose too) Hey, Friday Night at the Moose they kept a 3 - 6 game going most of the night. the other two tables were 2 - 20 I don't know if 3 - 6 is back or if the table was just based on player request for the evening.
Good Luck on the Green....
Jim
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