Ridiculous Rule - how do you respond to a casino like this?

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If it was some sort of 1/2 muck, or the guy mucked but then realized he should have chopped, i probably wouldn't want to give him 1/2.

If both of us throw our cards face up on the table, and the dealer pushed me the pot, there's no way I wouldn't chop it.

I'd want somebody to do the same if it was the opposite.

[jasonj]

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5-10 is common in areas where they have never had someone to teach them which limits are best to spread. 5-10 games can be really good, but a 5-10 game being spread means the management of the room lacks experience. Note: it is possible to work a long time in this business without gaining any real experience.

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From reading the stories on here I feel like I could run a room better than some of these people and I have never worked in a casino before.

Also, given the lack of experience shown by some people who have worked in the industry for years I would accept "Read the 2+2 B&M forum occasionally for the past six months" on a resume as valid experience for those applying for poker room management positions. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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5-10 is common in areas where they have never had someone to teach them which limits are best to spread. 5-10 games can be really good, but a 5-10 game being spread means the management of the room lacks experience. Note: it is possible to work a long time in this business without gaining any real experience.

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From reading the stories on here I feel like I could run a room better than some of these people and I have never worked in a casino before.

Also, given the lack of experience shown by some people who have worked in the industry for years I would accept "Read the 2+2 B&M forum occasionally for the past six months" on a resume as valid experience for those applying for poker room management positions. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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In many cases it seems like having worked in poker excludes people from being considered. The actual problem is that the people hiring poker room managers know nothing about poker, so they have no idea what they are looking for, so they usually go witih someone that h as managed a poker room before. The problem with that (particuarly now that poker is booming) is people who have managed a poker room but are looking for a job screwed up the last poker room they managed. I have never managed a poker room (unless you count a poker club that closed in 1999) and of the 5 or 6 people I would think would make the best managers only one of them has ever managed a poker room.

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5/10 limit (as opposed to the more action inducing 4/8 or 6/12)

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could you explain this? im not a limit player and don't go to the casino very often

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5/10 limit (as opposed to the more action inducing 4/8 or 6/12)

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could you explain this? im not a limit player and don't go to the casino very often

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A $100 pot in a 5-10 game has only 20 chips in it.
In a 4-8 game there would be 100 chips in the pot.
Bigger pile of chips looks like a bigger pot = more action.

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5/10 limit (as opposed to the more action inducing 4/8 or 6/12)

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could you explain this? im not a limit player and don't go to the casino very often

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5/10 is a 1/2 chip structure so the pots don't look nearly as big as in a 4/8 game that uses a 4/8 chip structure or 6/12 which is similar.

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5/10 limit (as opposed to the more action inducing 4/8 or 6/12)

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could you explain this? im not a limit player and don't go to the casino very often

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It's all about chips. People like having huge chip stacks in front of them and they like it when they win a pot with lots of chips. 4/8 games usually play with $1 chips which means that you could be pushing 32+ chips into the pot on the turn or river. 5/10 would most likely play with $5 chips so that $100 pot doesn't look so big.

6/12 & 8/16 induce the same kind of action if the cardroom has $2 chips.

Now if that 5/10 played with $1's the game would be full of awesome but I bet it doesn't.