Posted by Dr Fro 8:09 AM
It took me a week and a 1/2, but I played poker in DFW for the first time last night.  We played 20c-40c blinds, NL dealers choice.  Nothing was called other than HE and Omaha High.  This is very close to the limits we would play at my house of 25c-50c with the same buy in of $20 increments.  However, the two games were worlds apart in terms of stakes.  Nobody bought in for more than $40, and 1/2 the people played with their original $20 all night.  There were very few raises on any street and when there were raises, they would typically be $1 or less.  Not an aggressive lot.  The times that I made even a pot sized raise, everyone would fold.  I won $21 and was either the biggest winner or close to it.  Compare this to games in my garage for nearly identical stakes, where people would win/lose $100-$200.
 
My point is that when determining how big a game is, the blinds and buyins help in making that determination, but they are not the only factor.  The aggessiveness of the players is key.  Take the other extreme - Junells house.  People are so aggressive that a $1-$2 game gets pots up to $1,000.  So his game is 4x=5x bigger in blinds and buyings, but the pots are 20x bigger (we saw one $50 pot, but the rest were almost all < $10).
 
 

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