Big Pot Takedown & Quick Cash Out - How to Address? (3 Viewers)

[jja412]

Actually, ya know what... Maybe I really DO need to lighten up with the slow rolling rule. The more I think about it the more I reckon I should have just laughed it off in that instance. Hmm. Must be losing my sense of humor :S

It certainly depends on the rest of your players...you could start a fight that way in some games.

 

[Chicken Rob]

Just make it clear that slow rolling is douchey, unless you know the person you're slow rolling also thinks it's funny. There are people who really hate it, and that should be respected too.

 

[SixSpeedFury]

$600 pot in .25/.50 game

 

[Chicken Rob]

Yeah, it gets out of hand sometimes.

 

[Jimulacrum]

Yeah, it gets out of hand sometimes.

Understatement of the year. I've seen live straddles in play at Truman's House that were bigger than the average stack at some $0.25/$0.50 games.

 

[Chicken Rob]

I think the record straddle I've seen is $64. Guinness jams as first to act. Claims queens. Doesn't show.

 

[Jimulacrum]

I think the record straddle I've seen is $64. Guinness jams as first to act. Claims queens. Doesn't show.

In a $0.25/$0.50 game, that would put the total blind money in play at $127.75.

I've played in games with the same nominal stakes where that's basically the whole purse.

 

[Meddler2]

I committed the opposite the other night at a local card house. I found myself down $500 relatively early in a 6hour session. Pulled out my last benji and announced to the table that if I was able to get back to even, I planned to leave soon after. Cards turned friendly and my hands held. I was able to battle back to positive $150. I announced my last orbit and left afterwards. Nobody seemed to mind even though I had one of the biggest stacks and it left the table w 7 players. And if they did mind...WTF cares.
I understand a home game is different but nobody in my 16yr game has ever left immediately after a big pot. And if they did, no big deal. The money usually just rotates week-to-week for most part.