GaF Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 I'm at a bit of a loss for Fridays focus game - any ideas? We will have a 4 week spell coming up where a lot of the focus games will be $5 to $20 buy in No Limit Hold'em games (linked with an event we're hoping to run ;) ) - so I'm keen to use the "gap" to try a variant or stick with a freeroll ........ but I cannot find much..... The 32Red Friday Freeroll now needs raked hands..... Best I can find is maybe a Stud Freeroll (Fixed limit) on Pokerstars at 23:02 BST ...... There are no prizes though - just 24 entries to another $1000 freeroll...... (which also means noone can finish higher than 24th....) Can anyone see anything better anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted August 17, 2006 Author Share Posted August 17, 2006 Re: Friday Focus Game APC Weekly satelite on Boss at 20:30 BST? ($3.50 + 50c - so over 10% rake :sad) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted August 17, 2006 Author Share Posted August 17, 2006 Re: Friday Focus Game Boss $100,000 Gtd Sat ($13 + $1) at 18:30 BST? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted August 17, 2006 Author Share Posted August 17, 2006 Re: Friday Focus Game Boss Las Palmas satellite at 19:00 BST ($3 + 30c)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted August 17, 2006 Author Share Posted August 17, 2006 Re: Friday Focus Game Safety Net for a laff??? (and mega points :loon) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted August 17, 2006 Author Share Posted August 17, 2006 Re: Friday Focus Game $1 + $0 NL Freezeout at 19:30 BST on Prima (Yes - NO RAKE!!!) Come on people - help me!!!! :loon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Re: Friday Focus Game Come on people - help me!!!! :loon I'm looking! I'm looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted August 17, 2006 Author Share Posted August 17, 2006 Re: Friday Focus Game I'm looking! I'm looking! Cheers m8 :ok If you (and others) chuck your ideas in here, I'll try and log on with a decision around lunch time tomorrow :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Re: Help Choosing Friday Focus Game No added value, but how about ... $3+0.15 Speed Rebuy Omaha at 7.40pm on Paddy Power? :lol ... no, didn't think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted August 17, 2006 Author Share Posted August 17, 2006 Re: Help Choosing Friday Focus Game $3+0.15 Speed Rebuy Omaha at 7.40pm on Paddy Power? :lol Great ...... if it were on another network :sad Trying to stick to they core sites only for buy ins (cos the feedback was too many sites) - so that's just Boss (Virgin, SO, Poker.co.uk), iPoker (Betfred), Prima (Betholdem) or Pokerstars...... unless it's a freeroll....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avongirl Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Re: Friday Focus Game Safety Net for a laff??? (and mega points :loon) There's a daily $1+.10 NL game same time as safety net which gets a couple of hundred fewer runners and isn't quite as much of an all-in Hun fest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Re: Help Choosing Friday Focus Game Well, at 8pm there's a Spit In The Ocean freeroll, pot limit, ... ... no, only kidding. Sorry, can't find anything better than what's been mentioned already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voiceofjoe Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Re: Help Choosing Friday Focus Game Theres a $5+50 - 7 Card Stud on Spin Palace at 2000 is that too much for a variant game ?? - i presume its on other Prima as well ?? Too early for me as i'll be at work - but ..... anyway its a suggestion !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voiceofjoe Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Re: Help Choosing Friday Focus Game You could go for the mansion $500 , i know technically its not a freeroll - but you would assume most have got a 1c to spare in their accounts. Think its 2100 bst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Re: Help Choosing Friday Focus Game Theres a $5+50 - 7 Card Stud on Spin Palace at 2000 is that too much for a variant game ?? - i presume its on other Prima as well ?? Too early for me as i'll be at work - but ..... anyway its a suggestion !! Yes, seems to be on other Prima sites, too. That's an idea. Not that I have the foggiest idea how to play 7 card stud. No added value, but maybe the novelty value makes up for that? It's fixed limit, by the way. Which means it would at least take me a few rounds to lose all my chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rippyuk Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Re: Help Choosing Friday Focus Game Yes, seems to be on other Prima sites, too. That's an idea. Not that I have the foggiest idea how to play 7 card stud. No added value, but maybe the novelty value makes up for that? It's fixed limit, by the way. Which means it would at least take me a few rounds to lose all my chips. The couple of times I've tried stud I've done rather better than I though I would - probably beginners luck though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaded Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Re: Help Choosing Friday Focus Game I'd go for the 7 card stud, although I probably won't be here as a friend's having a poker night round at her house and I want to go and show her up. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant23 Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Re: Help Choosing Friday Focus Game ipoker have a $2000 guaranteed freezeout for $5+50 starting at 8pm. This normally attracts over 400 runners. Pokerstars have a $5 HORSE and a $5 HOSE MTT showing. The HORSE event starts at 18:25 The HOSE event starts at 19:25 Probably too early for us. There is a $3+30 NLHE on Stars at 21:02. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Quiet Man Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Re: Help Choosing Friday Focus Game I know I'll get shot down in flames from GaF again for suggesting the Lucky Dollar ($1 + 0.10) on Pokerroom! :moon :lol 9pm Start with $1000 added - played in it a couple of times recently and less than 1200 entrants so there is added value. Top 130 get paid as well. :ok Anyway, I'll be playing there tonight! (if sober) Good luck to all as usual! :hope TQM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 Re: Help Choosing Friday Focus Game Ok - decided to go for the 19:25 HOSE game on Pokerstars ($5 + 50c) :ok Did consider all of the other options listed here - but for the moment I'm trying to stick pretty strictly to the "core sites" for the buy ins (Yes that includes the Mansion 1c buy in - not an issue with the amount, but it means people have to deposit there - which is what I think people want to avoid.....) May look to expand the list of "core rooms" slightly at some point in the near future if I continue having problems finding games :ok Will set up a new thread with a poll for tonights core game :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staffy Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Re: Help Choosing Friday Focus Game So what is HOSE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 Re: Help Choosing Friday Focus Game So what is HOSE. HORSE without the Razz :P Holdem Omaha Stud Eight or Better (Omaha Hi-Lo??) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Re: Help Choosing Friday Focus Game Ok - decided to go for the 19:25 HOSE game on Pokerstars ($5 + 50c) :ok Sounds good to me! I think I'll have to go and do a little reading on the basics of "E". At least the "O" and the "S" I've played before, even if I had no idea what I was doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Re: Help Choosing Friday Focus Game Eight or Better (Omaha Hi-Lo??) I think it's 7-card stud hi/lo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 Re: Help Choosing Friday Focus Game I think it's 7-card stud hi/lo? Yup :lol :lol - Step 1 will be to know what the variants are called - step 2 will be for me to learn roughly what the rules are :loon H.O.S.E (aka S.H.O.E) is a term used for playing a mixed game of >poker consisting of four different poker games. H stands for Hold'em, O for Omaha Eight or Better, S for 7 Card Stud and E for 7 Card Stud Eight or Better. This form of poker is most common at higher limit >casino tables and is popular since it requires players to be skilled at many different forms of poker to succeed. H.O.R.S.E. is a similar variant that has Razz thrown into the mix. Razz is 7 Card Stud played for low. Until recently, tournaments in H.O.S.E (last held in 2003) and H.O.R.S.E (last held in 2004) was featured at the World Series of Poker but in 2005 no such tournament was hosted, disappointing many players. The H.O.R.S.E tournament was reinstated at the 2006 World Series of Poker event with a record $50,000 buy-in to participate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avongirl Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Re: Friday Focus Game There's a daily $1+.10 NL game same time as safety net which gets a couple of hundred fewer runners and isn't quite as much of an all-in Hun fest. Wish you had picked this one. :( Just limped out in 16th from 407 for a mighty $3.66. Wish I'd got some points too. :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 Re: Friday Focus Game Wish you had picked this one. :( Just limped out in 16th from 407 for a mighty $3.66. Wish I'd got some points too. :lol Well done Avon ....... sorry :$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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