Rush Poker at FullTilt

What do you guys think of this new poker game called "Rush Poker" at FullTilt? Basically, the way it works is when you fold your hand, you immediately are switched to a new table where a new hand starts up right away. You can go through several trash hands per minute to get to a hand that you actually want to play. This means more hands per hour without the need to play several tables at once?

So, Wizard, what is your opinion of this game? Does it help or hurt you compared to regular online poker games? I've noticed that when you are at a different table for each hand, you do not have time to read the other players and get a feel for how they play. But, if you can play at a profitable level, then with many more hands per hour you can make much more money.

What do you guys think?

I don't know how to get a read when I'm playing online anyway, so I like it.

However, I do tend to look at a player's bankroll as the only possible indication of what kind of player he is.


I wish they would allow the fold now option even if you're the Big Blind. If everybody else folds, then just pop up ant tell me I got the walk, but don't make me wait! Or if nobody raises, let the hand play out and let me know how my crap did while I'm playing a real hand....

P.S. Unfortunately, I got an email a few days ago saying FullTilt is no longer going to support my PowerPC based Macintosh.

Boo hoo...

I've been playing like a donkey ever since. It's kinda fun to deliverately lose half a million dollars, even if it is just play money.

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I wish they would allow the fold now option even if you're the Big Blind. If everybody else folds, then just pop up ant tell me I got the walk, but don't make me wait! Or if nobody raises, let the hand play out and let me know how my crap did while I'm playing a real hand....

i wish they implemented this but for different reasons. it would make stealing the blinds more effective since your success rate would go up because players are folding their big blind more often thanks to the fold now feature.

I think Rush Poker is a great concept for people who get bored easily. However, when I play poker, even online, I prefer to play a few tables and try to get reads on my opponents.

I applaud that idea. One of the biggest problems with poker is it boring waiting for the next hand when you fold pre-flop, which most of the time I do. I think it might also foil products like Poker Tracker, which may not be able to keep up with the high turnover rate of players. I've pretty much decided I'm not going to play anywhere where my opponents are likely to use products like that against me.

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i wish they implemented this but for different reasons. it would make stealing the blinds more effective since your success rate would go up because players are folding their big blind more often thanks to the fold now feature.

Steal blinds? Not necessary. Sometimes I'm just hoping somebody raises so I can get the hell out of there. For that very reason, I never limp in if I have something.

RUSH POKER is a clever way to move players away from a learning stage. For new players the ability to ask questions, on stratagies. And ask concerning questions on the probabilities of poker. And get some helpfull tips from more experence players......RUSH POKER IS nothing more then a tool for f-tilt. It Keeps players from discussing any ???? hands. Cause more, and more players are getting wise to their so called " bad beats".
Which brings me to these ??. How many players ever heard the term bad beats before online poker?
I've played in alot of casinos, kitchen tables, and bars..And never before 2000s I heard the term bad beat.
It's a term the online poker people invented. To explain their odds. And the term makes new players
seem more able to go along with it.

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I've played in alot of casinos, kitchen tables, and bars..And never before 2000s I heard the term bad beat. It's a term the online poker people invented. To explain their odds. And the term makes new players seem more able to go along with it.

Many land-based casinos offer a "Bad Beat Jackpot" in their poker room, so I disagree that it's a term that was invented by "online poker people". If you have managed to convince yourself that online poker is rigged, why do you keep playing?

Back to the subject at hand, I like the Rush Poker at Full Tilt, and so far I have found it fairly easy to beat, although I have only played it for the smallest stakes they offer. The two things I like about it are the speed with which you can fold the junk hands and move on to something better, plus the increased anonymity (from changing tables so frequently) which helps me get away with bluffing more often than I seem to be able to at a table full of the same people.

the reason I play is to find a true poker online site. And the reason why i know it's rigged. by years of playing
offline. And I do own a deck of cards. And this deck doesn't deal for the stockholders, and the advancement of a company.
And before 2005. I played almost 4 days out of the week in almost every casino in oklahoma for 6 years. I was in a car wreck in 2005 that left me not able to operate a car. So now it's 2 days at a casino, and I can only handle a couple of hours.
So i would like to match my winnings at the online tables to the live tables. And online the start is good on each poker site. Untill u withdraw. And then it's months of slop poker winners. And dead hands.

What does a poker room have to gain by rigging it so that you personally lose? They get the rake regardless of who wins so why would they care. I have seen countless people make noise about how rigged online poker is. Almost to a man they are bad players.

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How many players ever heard the term bad beats before online poker?

You're kidding, right? You're in a very small minority.

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I've played in alot of casinos, kitchen tables, and bars..And never before 2000s I heard the term bad beat.

Maybe you should take your head out of your ass so you can hear the comments.