What's the Longest Ring Game Waiting Line You've Joined?

[lwestatbus]

I am often surprised at the lengths of the waiting lines I see for $3/6, $2/4, and $1/2 FL ring games on Stars. Lines of 5-6 players aren't unusual and I sometimes see lines of 10+!!!

Why would someone become the 10th person in line for a ring game? The character of the game is almost guaranteed to be different by the time you get to the head of the line. Are they chasing a known fish or wacko? But what are the chances they will still be around. There seem to be players that join every wait list available.

Do you have criteria for how long a line you will join? If so, what is your reasoning process?

(My criteria are probably skewed by the fact that I strictly play one table at a time. If I am ready to play I am often unwilling to wait around for who-knows-how-long to get to the head of a line with more than two people in it.)

[MrDarling]

nobody actually sit and wait until a seat is freed on a table. they simply play how many tables they play and are on tons of waiting lists...

People join a waiting list when there is a big fish at the table. If the fish leaves, nobody actually sit in that table. i presume in FR games, people choose juicy tables + many fish. They might have the game open and data mine it so when a seat is available they can quickly see how do the player on the table play and quickly decide if to stay or leave the table.

My self, when I was a member of a site that tracks fish, I joined few of the 6+ waiting list, but I found the constant changing of tables through the game and just focusing on the fish hard way to beat the mid stake games where there is simply not that many big fish and you need to learn to combat the bad regs.

[Phil14312]

When lists get big I look at the 6-10 players ahead of me and decide if thats a good table. The games I play I can usually recognize decent players - so if a list has a bunch of names I don't recognize then there are probably some fish.

[miaowmiaowchowface]

prolly 50 for scout or something lol