Question about playing with a kill button

[AndrewtheBold]

I recently sat down and an O8 game in a casino for the first time and discovered that they were playing with a kill button. I thought about it for a while and decided that this should have basically no effect on my strategy. Am I missing something here? Why do people like to play with a kill?

[slavic]

You'll want to keep enough bets on the table to play killed pots but otherwise I haven't noticed much change in play. Since it kills on a scoop, not much else is going to change strategy wise unless people play significantly different in a Kill pot. In my local experience they don't.

[Nak]

I love kill games. It gets people to chase, chase, chase. There is one point. Having to post the kill blind poses a small disadvantage. So, if you have a 50/50 decsision that is either a scoop or a loss, you should fold. Becuase if you win, you will have the disadvantage of posting the kill blind. This is very minimal, though.

Nak

[slavic]

So, if you have a 50/50 decsision that is either a scoop or a loss

The pot would have to be pretty darn small.

Did you mean if you have a fair odds chance of having the best hand, you should fold.

That's probably true, though I think more along the line of taking some portion of a BB out of the pot and re-evaluating. In the heat of the moment I wouldn't even think about it though, but heck it's definetly is an issue isn't it.

Good point.

[gergery]

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I love kill games. It gets people to chase, chase, chase. There is one point. Having to post the kill blind poses a small disadvantage. So, if you have a 50/50 decsision that is either a scoop or a loss, you should fold. Becuase if you win, you will have the disadvantage of posting the kill blind. This is very minimal, though.

Nak

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Once you have posted the kill however, you will also then have the advantage of getting a free play in a bigger than normal pot, so this entire effect is real but very small.