Comments on: Basic Rush Poker Strategy: A First Look

By: incendiary

incendiary — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:45:09 +0000

The blinds are a bit tricky to distribute in Rushpoker as there are always new players at each table every hand. Fulltilt claims that the blinds are random with it going to the player who has gone the longest without being in the blind. Now I would guess that sometimes I would be in the blinds quite often and sometimes I would be in the blind not so often. I would also guess that it would even be possible to go more than 9 hands without being in the blinds as it would be possible to go 9 hands being in the blind every hand. My problem began when I started to notice that I was in the blinds way to often and began to count using the hand history option available on fulltilt. In fact I was in the blinds over 10,000 hands every 4th hand. I play primarily 0.5/0.10 stakes. Very simple math can show you the tax I was playing to play Rushpoker. This was even greater when I played rushpoker for higher stakes. Thus I was paying double (or more) the amount of blinds I would pay at a regular ring game of 9 players.

I wrote to Fulltilt on a number of occasions to inquire and I furnished them with my hand histories. After a few back and forths they said the matter was closed and they would no longer answer questions ion the matter. My guess is that in order for the rushpoker to function properly the software chooses a few unlucky saps to suck up the blinds (everytime they play). I am unfortunately one of them. Over the course of probably 100,000 hands I am in the blind at least every 4th hand. The fulltilt rep even had the nerve to write saying that one could be in the blinds every hand over 20,000 hands. In the language of the internet LOL. Please beware of the blinds in Rushpoker. I am curious if anyone else has experienced the same. PLease post if you have.

Thanks

By: desperad0oo7

desperad0oo7 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:35:05 +0000

is it worth waiting to steal the blinds when you can just keep folding to drag down a big pot with good holdings? I don’t think so. never mind the reverse implied odds when you’re called and hit top pair with your medium hand and lose to overpairs or better kickers. I think the idea of playing opposite of your opponents goes out of the window here. you can literally play only JJ+ AQ+ and set mine only and still get action.

If your opponents’ range is something like AJ+ 88+ then you can make your money playing with AQ+ and JJ+ facing raises. it’s a waste of time, and so money, to try and steal blinds with marginal holdings when you can find these situations by folding early. the reason stealing is important in normal NL is that you’re not giving up the chance to be dealt a better hand when you attempt to steal. here you are.

By: dofus kamas

dofus kamas — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:30:41 +0000

I fully expect the game to change over time as people figure out how best to play Rush Poker, but for now, what I laid out here should give you a base from which to start……

By: oats

oats — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:47:19 +0000

Great, so you’ll win the blinds more often and you will know that when people stay in your weak hands are likely beat. Sounds like a great way to win a little money while losing even more. Please keep it up.