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Is this strange for a must move game?
At the local riverboat, they run a must move game. There are 2 NL tables with a substantial wait at peak times so keeping your seat during dinner breaks is desirable.
If a main game player gets picked up because he stayed away too long, he is given the first available seat. If that seat is in the must move game, he is first to move. Is it normal to run a must move this way? Is it normal to put picked up players at the top of the list? Is this just a way to keep the regulars happy? (Only regulars know this and take advantage of it.) |
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Re: Is this strange for a must move game?
This is standard for a player who is away during the table change. Its not standard for a player who has been picked up and bagged, usually that player has to start again at the bottom of the list.
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Re: Is this strange for a must move game?
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Is it normal to put picked up players at the top of the list? [/ QUOTE ] I often see this done by floor people who don't like confrontation. I think if you get picked up you shoulg go to the bottom of the list. I like the policy that you go to the bottom in conjunction with a policy where a player can get up from the game cash out to go to dinner and get put at the top of the list when he comes back from dinner (within a reasonable time period) This encourages them to give up there seat and let someone play rather than have a an empty seat while they eat. |
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Re: Is this strange for a must move game?
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[ QUOTE ] Is it normal to put picked up players at the top of the list? [/ QUOTE ] I often see this done by floor people who don't like confrontation. I think if you get picked up you shoulg go to the bottom of the list. I like the policy that you go to the bottom in conjunction with a policy where a player can get up from the game cash out to go to dinner and get put at the top of the list when he comes back from dinner (within a reasonable time period) This encourages them to give up there seat and let someone play rather than have a an empty seat while they eat. [/ QUOTE ] I prefer a policy where they can eat dinner in the poker room to keep the game moving. |
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Re: Is this strange for a must move game?
I like ps's approach. And I use it myself at rooms where they let you phone in to get your name on the list. I'll pick up and cash out and ask 'em to put me back on the list as a phone-in. I come back in 45 minutes and get the next available seat. That way I don't have to worry about overstaying and getting picked up, and I let 'em turn my seat over to someone else who'll hopefully actually be there playing. Win/Win.
I don't like eating a real meal at the poker table. |
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Re: Is this strange for a must move game?
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I prefer a policy where they can eat dinner in the poker room to keep the game moving. [/ QUOTE ] I don't. I don't like eating at the table myself because eww, chip funk all over my fingers. And I don't like others eating at the table because they slow the game down since they're too busy stuffing their pieholes to pay attention to the action and they get chilli on the chips and cards. |
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Re: Is this strange for a must move game?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Is it normal to put picked up players at the top of the list? [/ QUOTE ] I often see this done by floor people who don't like confrontation. I think if you get picked up you shoulg go to the bottom of the list. I like the policy that you go to the bottom in conjunction with a policy where a player can get up from the game cash out to go to dinner and get put at the top of the list when he comes back from dinner (within a reasonable time period) This encourages them to give up there seat and let someone play rather than have a an empty seat while they eat. [/ QUOTE ] I prefer a policy where they can eat dinner in the poker room to keep the game moving. [/ QUOTE ] Thats fine, but some people want to meet spouses or friends and go to the buffet or restaurant. |
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Re: Is this strange for a must move game?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Is it normal to put picked up players at the top of the list? [/ QUOTE ] I often see this done by floor people who don't like confrontation. I think if you get picked up you shoulg go to the bottom of the list. I like the policy that you go to the bottom in conjunction with a policy where a player can get up from the game cash out to go to dinner and get put at the top of the list when he comes back from dinner (within a reasonable time period) This encourages them to give up there seat and let someone play rather than have a an empty seat while they eat. [/ QUOTE ] I prefer a policy where they can eat dinner in the poker room to keep the game moving. [/ QUOTE ] Thats fine, but some people want to meet spouses or friends and go to the buffet or restaurant. [/ QUOTE ] These types are much rarer in places that focus on poker rather than having poker as a side show of some sort. I think a dinner list would be reasonable for these types, but I would prefer they stay in the poker room. |
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Re: Is this strange for a must move game?
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I like the policy that you go to the bottom in conjunction with a policy where a player can get up from the game cash out to go to dinner and get put at the top of the list when he comes back from dinner (within a reasonable time period) This encourages them to give up there seat and let someone play rather than have a an empty seat while they eat. [/ QUOTE ] This is the policy at Foxwoods. |
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Re: Is this strange for a must move game?
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I like the policy that you go to the bottom in conjunction with a policy where a player can get up from the game cash out to go to dinner and get put at the top of the list when he comes back from dinner (within a reasonable time period) This encourages them to give up there seat and let someone play rather than have a an empty seat while they eat. [/ QUOTE ] This is a great policy. Unfortunately, I don't think anyone in Tunica uses it. |
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