The answer to your first question on why you should play Rush Poker on Full Tilt is simple, the worst players will be playing on Rush Poker. This game caters to players who don't multi-table and are impatient. This is the perfect recipe for an amateur player to spew his chips away to a solid/advanced poker player.

So why would you want to play? This can be answered in a few ways:

1. If you don't like Multi-Tabling, Rush Poker will provide you 3-4 times as many hands played during a session.

2. Weaker Players means increased equity.

3. It is a new game that has arrived on the poker scene with little to no literature about specific strategies, this is perfect to dominate the game if you can develop an edge.

What Strategies work best?

This comes from personal experience but the strategy that has been working really well for me is a LAG (Loose Aggressive) approach. Many players want to click fold so quickly just so they can move onto the next hand, they will take any opportunity to do so. A lot of players will open standard AQs+ in early position, I have no problem three betting with 89suited, small pocket pairs, etc when in position. You are rarely played back against, and even more rarely flatted. If you give them an opportunity to fold, they will usually take it. Very few players are creative enough to four-bet or cold shove in the Rush Poker format. Their mentality is "I can fold and just wait for Aces or Kings." If they do flat, you will have position and can tend to take the hand down with a c-bet if they miss. If they offer resistance with leading out on the flop or four-betting preflop, it's easy to throw your hand away. You really have to open up your range and take advantage on the poor players around you. It is also helpful to have HEM or some type of poker data site so you can get as much info from players you are betting into. Because the mentality on the table in Rush Poker is different that regular tables, take the dynamics into consideration and act accordingly.

If you understand hand ranges really well, you will be extremely successful with Rush Poker. Understanding opening hands, three bet fold percentages, post flop plays, and showdown value are all keys to success.

Any typical behavior get punished constantly?

I have seen a lot of top players take my approach. They are three betting verse a lot of opening hands and players are giving up way too easily. You need to have the guts and intelligence to play back at resistance. If you don't, you are going to get run over after folding hand after hand. And the one time you do play back with your monster, they will give you credit and muck whatever they have.

There are a lot of strategies developing for Rush Poker as more and more players are excited to play the new game. I personally don't play Rush Poker as much as I should, but the results I have had so far are extremely successful across the board. Hopefully over the summer I will spend more time and grind my way to greater profits.

Hope this was some help and good luck on the tables.

One thing I've heard is that you should narrow the range of hands that you will be defending your big blind with as players generally tend to raise with stronger hands than you would find at a normal table. This means throwing away small connectors, even if theyre suited. The key to rush poker is being the player in control of the pot (by raising preflop) , not the player playing out of position with marginal starting hands. This is the more profitable approach because the continuation bet works a higher percentage of the time in rush poker than in a normal game.

Rush Poker was conceptualized by Full Tilt Poker to cater to players for the "need for speed" and was made to attract poker players interest in the game. "At the tables, the action runs very smoothly. Whether you wait until your action to fold or use the “Quick Fold” option, as soon as you make your decision, an entirely different table of players loads up for action. When you move, you can land in any position at the table."

One thing great about this game is you will never have the familiarity of your opponent because you change tables when you fold your hand." The suggested and most practical strategy in this type of game is to go back to the ABC of poker, which means:

"when you first started playing poker, tight is right. The mantra is especially true for Rush Poker. Wait for big pairs, AKs, set mine, make top pair or better and value-bet relentlessly. "

One thing is for sure I like in this game, especially playing in tournaments is that there is no time delay and every player is on equal footing.

With regards to the typical behavior get punished constantly, I think "big blind is the only position where you can’t insta hit quick-fold. That’s because you have the big blind invested already. You have to wait until there is a raise before you can quick-fold."