Re: \"What do you mean I can\'t raise? This is no limit holdem!\"
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The cap is necessary to keep two guys from whipsawing a third for all his money.
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you don't need a rule to make obvious collusion illegal. invoke IWTSTH (or better yet, call floor first, explain the situation, and invoke IWTSTH then).
it might not even be collusion. if some guy gets whipsawed for all his money, he should fold, or move allin.
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I hate to depend on IWTSTH since the hand can easily fold before the river. I'm guessing but capping was left out of NL because multi-way pots were rare and the players were usually experienced and knew what was going on. A capping rule (as long as its a well done cap e.g., i.e., the Ciaffone style) might be reasonable in modern NL, along with a raising requirement that makes the minimum raise twice the amount bet (i.e. minimum raising goes bet 2- make it 4- make it 8 - make it 16 rather than bet 2- make it 4- make it 6 - make it 8). This raising style is used at Hawaiian Gardens in the LA area.
~ Rick
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