FLORIDA ALLOWING POKER GAME STAKES TO BE RAISED IN JULY!

[DonButtons]

can't wait till they have big games

[xxThe_Lebowskixx]

house insurance in florida is absurd. hurricanes or not, people are getting raped down there.

[VOX]

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politic...427gamble.html

The interesting part of the article:
The Florida House is less likely to approve the measures, however, and Gov. Charlie Crist was non-committal about a so-called expansion of gambling, which his predecessor, Gov. Jeb Bush, opposed.

"It's all in the eye of the beholder, I suppose. It depends on whether or not they're things that already exist. I think my approach to it is to see what passes and then have a chance to evaluate it," Crist said.

[NY60]

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Here's a thought. This is the plain text from the Senate version that has passed.

"However, a cardroom operator may conduct games of Texas Hold-em without a betting limit if the required player buy-in is no more than $100."

It seems to me that technically this could open the door for buy-ins greater than $100. Say for instance a cardroom lets you buy-in for anywhere from $100-$300. In that case no player is required to buy-in for more than $100. I don't think that is the spirit of the law but I wouldn't be surprised to see someone try it.

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Huh? You lost me here???

[NY60]

It looks like the Senate Bill that passed on Friday raised the maximum bet to only $5 instead of $10 which means the maximum buy in for tournaments will be $800. The language about re-buys remained in the bill.

Also, the bill preserved the language about NL cash games with a maximum buy in of $100 but limited the language to only Texas Hold'em games.

Also, (more disappointing) the hours of operations remain at 12 hours daily and the language about allowing the local municipalities to extend the hours by majority vote was stricken...so 12 hours is all. However, the language about only allowing poker operations on days when wagering is allowed at that facility's daily event was stricken so it appears that Dania can have poker on Mondays.

The language about jackpots was preserved.

[NY60]

The hours of operation (max 12) is disappointing because unless they begin at 2:00 PM and end at 2:00 AM, the tournaments will continue to have their "Turbo" blind structures in order to get the game completed before the place must close.

I don't know about anyone else, I am not going to plop down several hundred dollars let alone $800 to play in a tournament with $2500 in starting chips with blinds starting at $50 and $100 with 15 minute levels. That may be OK for the current $45 but not for $800.

[mmbt0ne]

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Here's a thought. This is the plain text from the Senate version that has passed.

"However, a cardroom operator may conduct games of Texas Hold-em without a betting limit if the required player buy-in is no more than $100."

It seems to me that technically this could open the door for buy-ins greater than $100. Say for instance a cardroom lets you buy-in for anywhere from $100-$300. In that case no player is required to buy-in for more than $100. I don't think that is the spirit of the law but I wouldn't be surprised to see someone try it.

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Huh? You lost me here???

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For example, max required buyin on a Stars $1k table is $200 I believe.

[flafishy]

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Here's a thought. This is the plain text from the Senate version that has passed.

"However, a cardroom operator may conduct games of Texas Hold-em without a betting limit if the required player buy-in is no more than $100."

It seems to me that technically this could open the door for buy-ins greater than $100. Say for instance a cardroom lets you buy-in for anywhere from $100-$300. In that case no player is required to buy-in for more than $100. I don't think that is the spirit of the law but I wouldn't be surprised to see someone try it.

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Huh? You lost me here???

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For example, max required buyin on a Stars $1k table is $200 I believe.

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It might be interpreted that a minimum buyin can be set, not a maximum. If required buyin is, say, $80, that would mean that you would need at least $80 to buyin with no mention of maximum you can buy in for.

[maromb78]

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Here's a thought. This is the plain text from the Senate version that has passed.

"However, a cardroom operator may conduct games of Texas Hold-em without a betting limit if the required player buy-in is no more than $100."

It seems to me that technically this could open the door for buy-ins greater than $100. Say for instance a cardroom lets you buy-in for anywhere from $100-$300. In that case no player is required to buy-in for more than $100. I don't think that is the spirit of the law but I wouldn't be surprised to see someone try it.

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This is exactly how this reads to me. The reguired players buy in should be the minimum. The house should be able to set the maximum where they want since the player is not required to buy in for that amount.

[sapol]

Question: When will I be able to sit at a 100 max game at the Hollywood Hard Rock for the first time?
Is this official or am I too excited to read correctly?