[Rick Nebiolo]

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Man, if you could rathole chips everytime you asked for a table change, that game would be exploitable to the max.

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Not sure what you are trying to say. As others said if you request a table change you are treated as a new player and therefor allowed to buyin for the max at most. Is this different where you play? I was only taking about players moved from a broken game.

Regards,
RegBarclay

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In most rooms a table changing player is not considered "new" and are required to bring the same amount to the new table as they had on their old table. Some (read the better ones) will actually carry the players racked chips for them to the new table.

A douche bag (DB) can exploit this by.....

DB is a weak player, or at the least not the best player at the table. DB wins a couple of big pots and doubles or tripples their max buy-in. They see that their newly won stack is very much in danger, so they ask for and get a table change and only bring the max buy-in (or even minimum buy-in) to the new table. They have effectively ratholed two full buy-ins. They can then repeat this move, ratholing winnings on each move. It is bad for the game, assuming any of the players see what is happening.

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It might be bad for the game that night, but its good for the game in the long run if you allow weak players to do a few things to protect themselves.

In other words, policies that allow the weak player to escape the sharks (by chipping down on table changes) are good for the game in the long run because they protect the weak player (or the type of weak player that realizes he is weak) and keep him in action. If he can't chip down he can always leave the casino. In any event, plenty of weak players won't bother, meanwhile if you are in the game with the weak player playing a big stack (while yours is only medium), a top player in an adjoining game with a big stack can't table change and get the guys money in one hand before you have a chance to nibble away at it.

As mentioned elsewhere, this topic is probably worth a thread of its own.

~ Rick