Playing Rush Poker

Recently, Full Tilt Poker introduced a new concept into poker known as Rush Poker. With Rush Poker, when you fold a hand, you are instantly moved to another table and dealt another hand. In addition, when you are dealt a hand, you do not have to wait to fold. You can click the “Quick Fold” button and you will be moved to another table.

As a result, players receive an insane number of hands per hour. Typically, players can expect to see around 275 hands an hour in a typical Rush Poker session. Players have really flocked to these games as well with most of the tables having 750 to 1,000 players or more in the rotation.

There are a few things that you should be made aware of. First, it will be harder to get a significant read on many players since you are constantly cycling through the tables. Next, the posting of blinds can sometimes get hairy. The way that blinds are posted is that when you are moved to a table, the player that has went the longest without posting a blind will be forced to post a blind. Depending on where you are sitting, this may force you into the blind multiple hands in a row. Personally, I have been in the blinds five or six hands in a row at times.

For some of you in the US that have been playing poker since before the passage of the UIGEA, you will remember some of the lose games on PartyPoker.com. You will also remember how that many players just gave away their money. Well, prepare yourself for some of that with Rush Poker. There will be many players that will try and gamble it up and the solid players will be in great shape to make a lot of money.

Rush Poker has been criticized by some to encourage “ABC Poker.” When did playing ABC Poker become a bad thing? Especially at the limits that Rush Poker is being played. Rush Poker is currently only available .05-.10, .10-.25, .25-.50, and .50- $1 NL Holdem and .10-.25 PLO. At these lower limits, you are better suited to play solidly. Also, with the speed that you’re getting the hands, playing solid poker is a much more feasible option than when you are playing a normal speed game. You aren’t going to have to wait for long periods for playable hands. Granted, that is not saying you won’t go 20 or 30 hands without a playable hand, but 20 or 30 hands in Rush Poker goes by in a couple of minutes as opposed to a half hour, or even longer in live play.

Late position and button raises will tend to get more respect in these games due to the fact that you will not be seeing the same players often. In a regular game, you will be played back at some when you regularly raise from late position and the button. However, with the speed of the hands, unless you get someone that wants to gamble or has a hand, you will win hands a little more often with a button raise.

In a nutshell, I view Rush Poker as poker for the ADHD. With hands coming at you at warp speed, you will likely not be bored. For some, this may solve the need to multi-table and for those that have rake back, this will be like Christmas. If you get a chance, check it out. You will be glad you did.

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