FLORIDA ALLOWING POKER GAME STAKES TO BE RAISED IN JULY!

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I called them just now. The $2/$4 Action NL will have a $2 ante. They have not decided on the max buy-in yet, as it is not clear how to interpret the new law.

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Also the rake for NL games is the same as limit games -- 10% with a $5 cap.

[rkent44]

It's looking better and better. Hopefully all will dump any idea of a time charge.

[MicroBob]

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I called them just now. The $2/$4 Action NL will have a $2 ante. They have not decided on the max buy-in yet, as it is not clear how to interpret the new law.

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meaning all players have to ante $2 on every hand in a 2/4 NL game?

So the SB has to put in a total of $4 and the BB has to put in a total of $6?

So on a 10-player table the pot is already $26 before ANY action has been taken and it's just $4 for each player to limp-in?

Wow. That could get pretty wacky.
Pretty sure I don't like that very much.

I'm hoping the person you spoke to on the phone was using the term 'ante' in some different kind of way or just didn't know what he was talking about.

Regardless, it's just one place and it doesn't mean that's how it's going to work all over the place.

Interesting though that they haven't decided on a max buy-in yet and are still interpreting the law.
Seems they are also looking at that part that says 'maximum required buy-in of $100' and are hoping that it means that people can be allowed to buy-in for more than that when the actual rules and regs for the games finally come out.

[soulvamp]

That's what it means, Bob. Most of the rooms here in Broward County have it now with the straight-2 THE.

So yes, there is $26 in the pot before the cards are dealt.

The gamboolers here -- and there are many -- love that game. Also, you'll see a lot of straddling at these tables.

[soulvamp]

I just spent a couple of hours at Dania Jai-Alai playing the straight-2 double-flop holdem. First time I've played live in quite awhile here in Florida, as I usually get really bored with it in about 10 minutes.

Anyway, same old stuff. People continually acting out of turn and then pulling back bets, three or four people throwing chips all over the place to where you never know who's in the pot for how much, two or three people at one end of the table showing each other their cards and discussing the board while it's still in play ... and the dealers refuse to do anything to try to stop this nonsense.

Will we lose this kind of crap in the New Florida Poker World, or will we still have to put up with it?

[Robin Foolz]

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I just spent a couple of hours at Dania Jai-Alai playing the straight-2 double-flop holdem. First time I've played live in quite awhile here in Florida, as I usually get really bored with it in about 10 minutes.

Anyway, same old stuff. People continually acting out of turn and then pulling back bets, three or four people throwing chips all over the place to where you never know who's in the pot for how much, two or three people at one end of the table showing each other their cards and discussing the board while it's still in play ... and the dealers refuse to do anything to try to stop this nonsense.

Will we lose this kind of crap in the New Florida Poker World, or will we still have to put up with it?

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welcome to florida poker. bad etiquette on the part of the players and gross unprofessionalism on the part of the card rooms. they feed of each other it seems because the stakes are minuscule, so no one takes the games seriously.

hopefully with the raise in stakes and the adding of nl games, the card rooms and their patrons will take the game more seriously and behave accordingly.

one cardroom that i have been to though that has a bit of order in their games is the tamba bay downs room. been there only 3 times, but each time i liked how everyone behaved for the most part.

[bocablkr]

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That's what it means, Bob. Most of the rooms here in Broward County have it now with the straight-2 THE.

So yes, there is $26 in the pot before the cards are dealt.

The gamboolers here -- and there are many -- love that game. Also, you'll see a lot of straddling at these tables.

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The $2/2 limit games with an $2 ante don't use blinds. The action starts to the left of the button. Is it the same for 2/4 'action' NL?

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no, action hold'em started in the south of florida. its a $2 hold'em game with a $2 ante every hand! my card room started spreading it last year. the funny thing about it is that all the people who requsted it were the worst poker players at jckc.

[Robin Foolz]

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no, action hold'em started in the south of florida. its a $2 hold'em game with a $2 ante every hand! my card room started spreading it last year. the funny thing about it is that all the people who requsted it were the worst poker players at jckc.

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yup. this is why even with the sky-hi rakes, florida poker can be beaten so comfortably.