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Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Crazy things can happen while you sleep off a long night/morning of poker, today was a big one. I am in Atlantic City getting ready for the Borgata Winter Open and worked my way around Harrah’s poker room until well after sunrise. When I finally decided to open my eyes I fired up the trusty iPhone to find the twitter/blogger/poker world in a frenzy about something called “Rush Poker” here on Full Tilt. My FTP overlords (or Uncle Tilty to Mr. Craig) keep me in the loop about upcoming changes but this one they dropped on the world all at once. It was time to fire up the old laptop and see what was going on.
Before I even loaded up the Full Tilt client, I hit the “Rush Poker” information page to see what the fuss was about and started reading the twitter messages. This variation puts all the players in a pool depending on the limit and format you choose. Once you join the pool you will be seated a table and the fun begins. When you fold (or better yet win the hand) you are immediately shipped to a new table and get dealt another hand. Wash, rinse, repeat, etcetera. No more waiting for slow players to get to the next hand if you find the fold button, there is even the option of a “quick fold” which just moves you along to the next hand and folds that hand when action get to you. It seemed a fantastic idea.
Then the twitter comments:
@howardhlederer: Had fun giving Rush poker a try on FTP. 300 hands per hour at one table. Cool.
@Andy_Bloch: Playing new Rush Poker on Full Tilt Poker. Online poker may never be the same!
@BJNemeth: I hadn’t heard of “Rush Poker”. Another cool idea from Full Tilt Poker!
@parablepanik: Rush Poker on Full Tilt is dope! I played about 130 hands in less than an hr at one table. Really helps my focus to be constantly in a hand.
@LloydLindley: “Rush Poker” on FTP….I’m going insane!!!!!!
@dkchunky: RUSH POKER on FTP is orgasmic
It seemed the vast majority of the reactions were very positive and I was now ready to load up the new software and see about all the fuss. I took my time poking around the lobby to get a feel and then I jumped right in. Sweet mother of all action junkie insanity. You can read my review and opinions after the jump.
- Don’t confuse the term “Rush Poker” with speed poker. You still have the same amount of time to make your decisions if you are involved in a hand. Once you fold or the hand is complete is when you are moved to the next table/next hand.
- Don’t blink. There is no downtime especially if you use the “quick fold” button. From your perspective, your seat at the table stays the same and it slides in a whole new group of players and another hand is dealt. For a TAG-nit like myself, the tables were flying by. It took a few hands before I became accustomed to that movement.
- Don’t worry about your FTP Points. The rake/point ratio stays the same and is calculated once the hand is complete even after you’ve moved to the next hand. I imagine this format is going to be very attractive to the grinders shooting for their monthly Ironman status. Players are allowed to have up to 4 tables at once but don’t worry about a possible paradox, you will not come to a table and find yourself battling another version of yourself.
- Hand histories are no different than a regular cash ring game. This was a big concern for me since I track every hand/every session as part of my Chris Ferguson Challenge. The programmers at Full Tilt did a great job of ensuring the hand history is recorded no matter if you are still in the hand or have moved along. When going through the file, it is exactly the same and loads without a problem into my database.
- “Rush Poker” is currently only running for No Limit Hold’em ranging from 5c/10c to 50c/$1 in full ring and 6-max formats. No word yet on when it will be expanded to other limit and variances. Just the thought of playing this format in a 6-max PLO game makes my little degenerate heart go pitter patter.
- Players are literally able to see around 300 hand per hour at the current pace. That rate is unheard of and nearly impossible to wrap your head around. My first little foray to test the waters found me running through 14 hands in just 3 minutes with a nice little double up along the way to please the Ferguson Challenge gods. It really was shocking.
- Action action action action. If you are an action junkie then this is certainly the game for you.
- The main concern I am seeing from around the internet world is new opponents each hand. It does eliminate the chance to study and learn your opponents tendencies for long term success. But how many players are actually paying attention when they have 12 tables grinding away? If this is an issue for you I would suggest sticking with the standard ring games which aren’t going anywhere.
There you have it. I suggest you load up the new Full Tilt Poker software and at least give it a shot. It may not be built for some but I can see this becoming very big. The link above also has a video tutorial with Phil Gordon to start you on your way. Good luck in the games and I would be very interested to hear your thoughts and reactions. You can drop me an email or leave it in the comments.
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Tags: AlCantHang, Bloggers on the Rail, Rush Poker
One Response to “Rush Poker – Non-stop Action”
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John Says:
January 21st, 2010 at 4:43 pmLOL…talk about a case of hack writing.
“@howardhlederer: Had fun giving Rush poker a try on FTP. 300 hands per hour at one table. Cool.”
You’d think from reading this that Lederer doesn’t have a clue about whats going on at the company he’s owns…which I seriously doubt….this is the same thing as reading opinions about someone that are actually “written” by the person that the opinion is about…what a joke.
Edit by AlCantHang: Thank you for the comment John, it seemed heartfelt. The great thing about the internet is giving voice to the mentally infirmed.
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