In my search for a reasonable, stble and profitable format of poker, I have gone through many different versions of Hold'em. Standard, turbo, hyper turbo, 6max, 9max, Fifty50, HU, Multi Table Tournaments/SNG'es, Satellites, Cash games.
To my surprise the only games where I have maintained a generally positive (and stable) return are the hyper turboes (9-max). This is nuts, considering that they are (in theory) the most variance prone. And indeed, at times the variance hits, and is encountered only by the sheer volume I can play of those. And I never learn. I have again and again tried to try something with less variance. Ideally it should be DoN's, I believe. Howeve, as we all know, Pokerstars (unfortunately the only site with any traffic) changed them to Fifty50'es - which I consider the scam of the millennia... yes, flame away... But has anybody actually managed to win them... on a regular basis? Is there a minimum buyin one should play? I have tried searching for intelligent life at the Fifty50 tables, from $1,50 up to $15, but haven't seen any. Yes, lots of braindead fishes equals easy money, you say. I argue against that. One of the best weapons a general has is the ability to predict the moves and the thinking processes of his/her opponent. Now, this advantage is void if the opponent himself has no clue himself/herself. This makes the Fifty50'es essentially more variance heavy than MTT hyper turboes. You either get good cards and double up early on, and hope not to get[Edited by VorpalF2F], or you blind away, and get [edited by gadget51].
I'd like to think myself as an above average player. Yet one thing I can't crasp is Fifty50 - damn, I feel I should censor the damn name every time I mention it.
Any ideas?
