Boss Media Poker

[paul1]

This is very strange to me as I write this and I really don't expect anyone to have an answer.

I am observing a 3-6 Fixed Limit holdem game at Boss this morning. The blinds are 3 & 6. Yes, that's right, 3 & 6, not 1.50 and 3. The action goes that you can limp in, for 6, or raise to 9. Is that the weirdest thing or what? And on the Turn and River it is $6, like normal. Weird.

At first I thought maybe it was a kill game or something, like at UB. But it is at Table TH554 and I have looked at several other tables and it appears to me to be the only one like this. This game does not appear to be labeled any differently than any other fixed limit game. I even looked at another 3-6 game and it is the standard 1.50 and 3 blinds.

So is this some kind of a fluke? If so, I would not be surprised given the strange things I've seen with Boss Media software.

Anyway, I'm not complaining. It makes no difference to me, except that I am really curious what the heck that is all about. lol Perhaps it is just a fluke that is happening this morning and tomorrow it will not be. If there are any other frequent Boss players reading this, check it out and tell me I'm not crazy. lol

[paul1]

So I sat down at the table and asked the players. None of them had a clue that it was any different than a normal 3-6. Geez.

I asked them if it mattered. One guy just said it was supposed to be like that. I told him the blinds should be half of that and it should be 3 to limp, not 6. He just said to ask support. lol Nobody cared. Whatever. lol Who cares what the blinds are? Let's gamble!!!

[nafanny29]

Funny you mention that, I was playing on a $1-$2 boss limit table ages ago and am sure the blinds were $1 & $2. Didnt even notice it at the time (as I also play 2/4 on boss due to severe loosness of the players ) but after I had finished something was nagging at me that the blinds were wrong. I thought nothing of it but after reading your posts its got me wondering again.

[paul1]

Didnt even notice it at the time (as I also play 2/4 on boss due to severe loosness of the players

lol You can say THAT again, Nafanny29. "Severe looseness" is an understatement. As I said, I wasn't complaining. I know there are flaws in Boss Media software but somehow we can just learn to "tolerate" it. lol And I don't want to say anything insulting about other nationalities, but it does seem like the players from Turkey, Greece, Italy, etc., really do like to gamble. lol The players over at Playtech are pretty bad too. But it's at least a toss up which has the worst players. Boss is pretty bad, uh, I mean good. lol

I just took a look and that table TTH554 has broken up. Maybe we'll take a look at it later and see if it's still like that.

Hey Nafanny29, I remember once I sat down for about an hour at a 3-6 game at Boss and I got up about $150 and called it quits. Then I noticed my balance had not changed. I was about to complain about the software when I realized I had been sitting at a play money table. Geez! lol

[nafanny29]

Hey Nafanny29, I remember once I sat down for about an hour at a 3-6 game at Boss and I got up about $150 and called it quits. Then I noticed my balance had not changed. I was about to complain about the software when I realized I had been sitting at a play money table. Geez! lol

Thats awful!! I would have been so pissed off

[paul1]

Thats awful!! I would have been so pissed off

I was pissed. lol I can look back at it now and laugh, though. And to think, I was playing so carefully and intent. And the fact that my opponents played so poorly did not cause me to realize it was for play money, because at Boss, they still play like that for real money. lol

[paul1]

Funny you mention that, I was playing on a $1-$2 boss limit table ages ago and am sure the blinds were $1 & $2.

Well, it is two days later now and I just looked at that table again. It is a 3-6 fixed limit game, but the blinds are 3 & 6. Weird. Obviously it is a flaw in their software. Apparently that is the only table like that. The table is TTH554.

[cashmirrors]

If Ultimate Bet (I think) offers mini-blind holdem, maybe Boss is offering Maxi-blind holdem??

[paul1]

If Ultimate Bet (I think) offers mini-blind holdem, maybe Boss is offering Maxi-blind holdem??

I guess so. lol At least at one table anyway.

I was thinking how one might adjust to that game if that were the case. I like to limp in early with KQ-offsuit. In this case, there would obviously be none of that. Raise or fold, I guess. Anyway, as I said, I got to thinking about it. But my head started to hurt and I just gave up.

[cashmirrors]

In general, you want to play looser in games with a high blind / ante structure because it costs you more for each round.

I'll have to re-read sklansky to see if drawing hands or made hands go up in value. I've been playing standard structure for too long.

BTW - you may want to rethink limping with KQo - it's a trouble hand, especially if it raised behind you.

In limit holdem preflop, when everyone in front of you has folded, you can not go far wrong with a strict Raise or Fold strategy.