Help! Input needed on $2-$5 NL cash game buy-in

[Zetack]

Have you thought about giving examples?

You raise to 4 BB's PF and get two callers. Pot is 12 BB's. On the flop you don't even make a pot sized bet, just 9 BB's. Now you only have 7 BB's for both the turn and the river play -- Assuming you have the full amount of your original buy-in in front of you. How does that make sense? If both players called you now have 7 BB's to bet at a 39 BB pot.

You're playing a glorified limit game.

Maybe they would be receptive to the argument that poker is most fun when you may have to make interesting decisions on all five streets (if you're playing a 5 street game, of course -- also I wouldn't muddy the argument by pointing out that there are actually only four betting rounds for the five steets) rather than just two.

--Zetack

I suppose it wouldn't make any sense to these guys to point out that it skews the math of the game by vastly increasing the number of times its proper to call with draws.

[bdotgates100]

2/5? buy-in should be 200-500max

[Colima420]

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2/5? buy-in should be 200-500max

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Exactly.

And that rule about reloading when you have $40 left is ridiculous. Anyone can reload at any time (obviously just not while in the hand) up the the Max buy-in.

Colima420