Player really can't afford to play

[Feroc]

Has anyone tried to talk to his wife yet? Doesn't she notice, that he is losing too much?

[Runner Runner]

Play with a $10-$20 CAP so that players cannot lose more then a set amount in 1 hand, or allow ratholing in your game and encourage this player and any others you feel sorry for to do it.

Anykind of limitations on how deep the game is will help this player's chances. Heck, even bumping up the blinds and playing with the same amount of money or adding more blind money to the game through straddles, etc... would help him out.

[JokersAttack]

Just play tournaments, it isn't that hard to change back. Just say some pople voiced complains about having to risk such large, unlimited amounts of their own money.

You guys will still have big edges over the bad players, but won't feel bad in taking their money.

If you just reduce the limits it won't make a difference, especially if they're raising 5 dollars preflop in a game with 20 dollar buyins and .25/50 blinds.

However, if LagP and other losing lagtards refuse to go back to the tournament structure, I'd just accomodate their wishes and continue to take their money until they learn.

[OrrLives]

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Has anyone tried to talk to his wife yet? Doesn't she notice, that he is losing too much?

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She does notice, that is why she was happy that the stakes were lowered.

But it would be too awkward to openly say something like, "You guys can't afford to play at higher stakes with your poor skills, so we are lowering the stakes."

[pfapfap]

Why not just say that you want to play a deeper stack poker but you don't want to price anybody out. This way you can all play for the same money but have more maneuverability.

Or just leave things as they are. If his losing at your games is affecting your relationship with him, then talk to him about it away from the game as diplomatically as you know how. It's not your responsibility to parent everybody, and to change the entire game because of one person is rather absurd.

[OrrLives]

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Why not just say that you want to play a deeper stack poker but you don't want to price anybody out. This way you can all play for the same money but have more maneuverability.

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I think the home game I play in is about the least sophisticated in the world. They don't care about deep stack poker and probably have no idea how to adjust. They are the type of people who watch the WSOP on ESPN and say "Wow, 1 million is a good bet" without any knowledge of effective stack sizes, pot size, etc. 40BB is already deep enough for them (I'm sure they don't think about the game in terms of BB anyways). This justification is meaningless to them.

As I said a few posts ago, GoodP and myself simply said we are lowering the stakes, period (in a nice way, of course).


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It's not your responsibility to parent everybody, and to change the entire game because of one person is rather absurd.

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Of course. But this is a small home game (almost never more than 8 players) and the guilt of 3 of the players (GoodP, my gf and me) is getting in the way of having a good time.

Should a bartender feel guilty about selling expensive liquor to an alcoholic whose financial situation is crumbling because he cannot control his addiction? It depends on the one's own moral values.

In my case, I feel guilty about taking a ton of money from LAGP when he cannot afford it... I can't help this feeling. So I decided to act on my guilt.