Back in January, Full Tilt Poker released their latest innovation in poker play – “Rush Poker”. This is an exceptionally fast and welcome addition to the variety of poker games generally available and, now it has been around for six weeks, we thought it would be a good time to see if all the hype has been justified.
In case you missed all the press reports and PR associated with the launch, the main selling point of “Rush Poker” is the ability to quickly fold a hand using the “Quick Fold” button and instantly be whisked away to another table where you are immediately dealt another (hopefully better) pair of cards. Even if you stay on your original table and play out the cards you have been given, you will still be on a different table for the next hand – win or lose. The speed of the game is electric and it is actually possible to play up to 360 hands an hour (although that would have meant you would have folded them all), which equates to a new game every ten seconds!
So, having played this for a while, what is the verdict?
First of all the graphics are superb. A huge choice of avatars and backgrounds mean you can be playing as a monkey in the jungle or a spaceman on the moon. The atmosphere is heightened by a countdown before you enter your first game, and even when you have played Rush Poker many times, the speed of the games takes a little while to become accustomed to. Thankfully, there is little time available for players who wish to slow the clock down and, even if you wanted to make notes about your combatants, the game is too fast for analyzing the play of others and – thank goodness! – no time to chat.
Once you have acclimatized to the high speed velocity, it is still possible to play ABC poker amongst the madness, and to take advantage of those who don´t. If you just play your normal game (only quicker) strategies like the rule of position, when to bet and when to slow play all still apply. The advantages for a player who rarely alters their strategy on the table are immense as, if you are playing to a system or pattern; no other player is around long enough to recognize what you are doing!
Overall, “Rush Poker” is a success. The novelty value that drove players to try it out when first launched does not appear to have worn off and now the variety of games on offer has been increased by the introduction of Rush Omaha. Even though “Rush” is an extension of what other sites have been doing for a while (Hyperturbos on Pokerstars spring to mind), this is done better as the full package. Significantly “Rush” joins the spectrum of games which are available to small stakes players on a variety of the larger poker web sites, and so it is not a game that we would expect to see at a major tournament in the near future. However, it is a game which leaves you exhilarated and if you have not tried it yet, get over to Full Tilt Poker and get your rush!
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