Need Help Setting Up A Small Stakes NL Ring Game

[jtnt1096]

A friend of mind suggested we setup a small stakes NL ring game in addition to our weekly $20 NL tourney.

We are thinking of having the blinds be .10 and .20 with a maximum buy-in of $20.

My question is this. When can players rebuy? Do they have to wait until they have nothing or can they rebuy at any time up to the max? For example: If a player is at $10, can he rebuy back up to the $20 maximum or does he need to wait until he has $0 to do it?

Also, beings the maximum buyin is $20, I am assuming the only time a player can be above $20 in chips is if he has winnings that put him above the $20, is that correct?

I apologize if these are basic questions, but we usually don't play ring games and just want to be sure things go smoothly and correctly.

Thanks.

[Duck]

I play in a regular home game that has a $20 buy in... we use blinds of .25-.50 and the action is great. I know typically online sites that offer NL cash games have maximum buy ins of $25 w/ blinds at .10-.25. So you wouldn't be too far off having blinds at 0.10-0.20... I would just rather work off quarters versus dimes.

Also, to answer your question(s).... for NL ring games you should set a min-max buy in... if you ever fall below the max buy in you should be able to "refill" up to the maximum. and the only way you can have more than the maximum buy in is by winning.

In my regular game the min is $10, and the max is $20. Refilling is a judgement call because if someone loses a big pot and has $4 left of his stack and only has a $20 bill in his wallet, we have no problem allowing him to buy $20 more in chips leaving him w/ $24. But obviously if he only had a $50 bill, then he'd have to make change....

Another thing that is important is that it should always be Table Stakes...

[Fins]

Some use a min buy at 20-50BB (i.e. 50 x Big Blind) & a max of 100BB so you could do 10¢/20¢ $5 min/$20 max...Reload at any time up to the max and above the min.

Some use a min buy-in only.

Some info from: Vegas Casinos (http://www.pokerupdate.com/lasvegas.htm)
Aladdin offers a $1/$2 no-limit hold'em with a $40 minimum/$100 maximum buy-in and $2-$5 no-limit hold'em with a $100 minimum/$300 maximum buy-in.

Bally's offers a $1/$2 blinds no-limit game with a $100 minimum/$200 maximum buy-in.

Excalibur has a $1/$2 blinds no-limit game ($100 minimum/maximum buyin).

Golden Nugget has a $2/$5 ($200 minimum buy-in) no-limit hold'em game

- Fins

[warewulf]

One of the games I play in weekly has a $20 buy in. Similar to Duck, you can only rebuy to fill up to $20. If you're down to $4 the rebuy will put you up to $20, but not beyond. The rebuy is $10 for $20 in chips. This goes on for the first hour. At the end of the first hour, there is an add on. The add on is $10 for $20 in chips. After the add on, there is no more buys of any kind. Everything is on a clock and the blinds go up about every 30 minutes. This way, if you rebuy once and take the add on, you're only down $40 for the night. If you don't have to rebuy, you're down $30.

Other than that, my game is somewhat complicated -- the tourney is 10 weeks. 10% is raked each week for the final tourney. That way the top people play for free for a nice pool of cash on the last week. We even have a trophy. The winner gets to keep it for a week to show off and gets their name on it.

warewulf

[fireman664]

thats a tourney...he's talking a cash game.

you are awar there is a difference, correct?

[warewulf]

Ahh, didn't see that. I just assume if rebuy is mentioned then it's a tourney. I have played with the same group as a cash no limit game -- unlimited rebuys. $20 at a time. I would say .25/.50 for the blinds. You could also do .50/$1 if you want more action. It's no limit, who's gonna care about a dime! Plus then you have to have a dime chip.

warewulf

[phixxx]

Hm, you were refering to the first thread. N/M

[River2Pair]

I know people like no-limit because that's what they see on the TV, but in my experience pot-limit cash games usually get better action than no-limit. With pot-limit, you don't have to worry about min/max buy ins either.