What Rush Poker is Good For

#1 23rd June 2010, 7:19 PM

I did real well at Rush poker when it first came out. Then the opposite happened, I did terrible. Now I see it as something that eliminates the one edge I might possibly have--being able to outthink my opponents based on their behavior. It's too random.

But Rush is good for one thing: Running up your FTP points real fast to get your bonus. If you play supper nitty and take no chances and play super fast, you can pretty much break even and get your bonus in a relatively short time multi-tabling 2 or 3 tables.

#2 23rd June 2010, 7:34 PM

i do love rush but i only play on occasions, i usaly stick to the 4.40 or the higher one all depends on my mood lol

#3 23rd June 2010, 7:42 PM

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Originally Posted by woody19

i do love rush but i only play on occasions, i usaly stick to the 4.40 or the higher one all depends on my mood lol

I Think GCB is referring to Rush Ring Games. And +1 to OP as well.

#4 23rd June 2010, 7:51 PM

When the DoN games came out on PS I was really good at them. Then all of the sudden I started to just break even and even lose because of the rake. I guess this is the nature of something that is new.

#5 23rd June 2010, 8:11 PM

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Originally Posted by kmixer

When the DoN games came out on PS I was really good at them. Then all of the sudden I started to just break even and even lose because of the rake. I guess this is the nature of something that is new.

Honestly I think HU games are better than DoN's

#6 23rd June 2010, 8:17 PM

The only thing Rush Poker is good for is speeding up the rake intake for FTP.

#7 23rd June 2010, 8:24 PM

never played the ring games cause i like too get a few looks at how people bet so its not for me tried one of those rush tourneys twice made me dizzy sceen popping every 3 seconds maybe im too old school but i will stick with the regular games heck i dont do rebuys tourneys cause its not poker either .

#8 23rd June 2010, 10:38 PM

Have to say, the Rush Poker is fun compared to waiting 3 minutes for one hand of poker to complete at a 9 person table. I mean what is everyone doing out there, sometimes it takes 6 minutes to complete a hand, its like they get frequent player points for how long they are at the table.

#9 24th June 2010, 6:36 AM

i dont really like rush cash games but i have done a few sng's and mtt's (the freeroll)

its great fun but its hardly poker, if i wanted to get my cash bonus up faster i would just multi table more tables in ring games

not a big fan of rush tho

#10 24th June 2010, 7:14 AM

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Originally Posted by kmixer

When the DoN games came out on PS I was really good at them. Then all of the sudden I started to just break even and even lose because of the rake. I guess this is the nature of something that is new.

What level do you play? At $50 and up, all the regs saw their ROI decrease significantly when the Chinese collusion rings started to infest the games. And PS seems absolutely unable to police those properly. There's a huge thread about those at 2+2.

At lower levels it's probably just variance/bad play. Obviously DoN being a game with small edges, you will suffer from those quite easily.

#11 24th June 2010, 9:01 AM

I play fake money Rush to wake up. Or to make sure I'm not in some bad cally mood before I sit down for real money.

#12 24th June 2010, 12:27 PM

i did well last month with rush... my br tripled up just for half a month of playing 2/5c rush. then after blogging about my winnings and how i played well in rush, it all started to went bad. before the month ends i lost half of the winnings i made... two more days and i would have qualified for bronze iron man freeroll. i stopped! the beats are killing me and i cant handle unbelievable calls from almost everybody.

now im just enjoying my remaining winnings from normal tables and sngs... i may take some time again before i rush......... :-(

#13 24th June 2010, 1:58 PM

If Hold-em poker = cocaine
Then Rush poker = crack
Just say no to Rush if you try it you will get hooked !! Just kidding try it its fun

#14 24th June 2010, 2:51 PM

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Originally Posted by bigdog111

If Hold-em poker = cocaine
Then Rush poker = crack
Just say no to Rush if you try it you will get hooked !!

QFMFT !

I'm a recovering rushoholic. Only dropped about $3k trying to beat it, so i guess it could have been worse. Back to real poker now.

#15 24th June 2010, 3:32 PM

I have tried rush poker a few times and while i had fun playing it, it just didn't seem like real poker to me. I feel like poker is a game that takes at least some patience to play.

#16 24th June 2010, 4:03 PM

Rush poker is alright, only played a few times though.

#17 25th June 2010, 7:42 PM

Rush poker is the absolute death of poker. There is absolutely no edge you gain from it that you couldn't from multitabling normal cash. On top of that its impossible to make reads unless you are playing in 1/2 dollar where there might only be a hundred people or so. Absolute garbage imo, but great for Full Tilt who gets to increase their rake 3 fold from the players that wouldn't normally multitable but play rush poker frequently.

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