Re: how to convince potential players of a fundamental rule?
You seem to have forgotten the rule that trumps all others:
Rule Zero - When playing in someone else's game, play by their rules.
Why not get a big flashing neon sign on your forehead that says: "Hello, I take this game more seriously than you do. I will be less fun to play with and more likely to take your money." Well, okay, that might take up too much space, so how about a scrolling LED marquee?
Basically, who cares. Poker is a game of information, and you have this opportunity to find out a whole lot of information for cheaper than you're used to. These people all know each other. They know on some instinctual level at the very least what certain less-than-min raises mean from certain people. Watch how they react to these. Adjust. Profit.
Me, I like to keep people in their comfort zones. If they're jarred out of them, they pay attention more and play better.
Now, if you end up joining this game as a regular, then you can occasionally find a good spot here and there to mention the rules on raising. But again, remember that Robert's is simply that: Robert's. It's not on stone tablets or anything.
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