Re: Dumbest home game rule ever?
 

I think I win here....I went to a home game that had this rule
I played a Home Game with no side pots. If you were all-in for your last 100 when the blinds were 1,000-2,000 you could win the full pot of 3,100. You could also win any additional betting the other players made.

BUT they had a rule that at any time you could go all in blind, so what you say? You couldn't make the call if you've looked at your cards [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] so you literally had to call an all in blind, if you had already looked your hand got folded. I was like WTF...this is gay and left because somebody went all in blind everyhand...oh and they claim they saw this on WPT all the time [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

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When I visit my sister, we will occasionally play a small NLHE game (usually buy-in will be like $2 or $3) and we play with 0.05/0.10 blinds. My sister is a OK player but is kind of cautious and is the only weak-tight player of her group; for some comparisons, her husband hates poker and tries to lose his chips as quickly as possible so he can go play his guitar instead of cards, one of her friends still can't keep the hand rankings straight and is the ultimate calling station, and another guy is totally predictable in that big bet=bluff and small bet=monster.
My sister hates it when others go all-in, so she made a rule where the first play to bet on any given round can only bet $0.10. Anyone else who wants to raise on that street can raise up to all-in if they want. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

I've explained to her how this sucks and I've tried to convince her to either play real NL, or play limit or PL if she doesn't like NL. She tells me "It's a house rule and you are in my house."

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This thread makles me angry. I can't beleive such stupidity exists in this world.

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I've played a NL home cash game where, if you have chips in front of you, you have to declare that you're leaving a half-hour in advance.

It's not as dumb as no side pots, but it's still pretty dumb.

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This isn't even dumb if you play with a bunch of asses who win one big pot and then leave. I don't see where this is a bad thing at all.

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No, and in fact, this is a pretty standard rule at a lot of home games, I think, including ones I play in. It's a good defense against the hit and run, and a simple courtesy to everyone else at the game. At a casino or online you can get away with this, but a friendly home game there's just no need.

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I think I speak for all when I express my appreciation for the parenthetical clause. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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I once played in a home-game where if you wanted to check-raise, you had to declare "check-raise" instead of just checking; otherwise it would be considered a string bet.

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I once played in a home-game where if you wanted to check-raise, you had to declare "check-raise" instead of just checking; otherwise it would be considered a string bet.

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Thats friggin' hilarious dude. Kinda adds an entirely new set of psycological mind games to play.

Player 1 announces 'check-raise'
I bet
Player 1 raises - to my surprise
I announce that I'm happy he followed through on his promise, and I re-raise there and on every street

On flop/turn/river when he folds I show my 9 high.

Better yet:

Floppage: A 8 8
Villian: 'check-raise'
Hero: 'uh...check behind ya dude.'

Turn: 2
Villian: 'check-raise again'
Hero: 'uh....checking it again right back to ya'

River: 5
Villian: 'Might as well try again...check-raise'
Hero: 'Can I just muck now?'
Villian's friend:
'No - thats dubm. He hasn't bet anything this
whole hand. We all know you raised with that ace pre-flop, you should bet.'

Hero: 'Yeah.....'

<<Hero throws his cards in the muck pile.>>
<<Villian looks disguested and tables 89s.>>

Villian: 'how did you know I had a good hand?!?!?!?'

Hero: 'I don't know...but pass me an Oreo?'

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I once played in a home-game where if you wanted to check-raise, you had to declare "check-raise" instead of just checking; otherwise it would be considered a string bet.

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Thats friggin' hilarious dude. Kinda adds an entirely new set of psycological mind games to play.

Player 1 announces 'check-raise'
I bet
Player 1 raises - to my surprise
I announce that I'm happy he followed through on his promise, and I re-raise there and on every street

On flop/turn/river when he folds I show my 9 high.

Better yet:

Floppage: A 8 8
Villian: 'check-raise'
Hero: 'uh...check behind ya dude.'

Turn: 2
Villian: 'check-raise again'
Hero: 'uh....checking it again right back to ya'

River: 5
Villian: 'Might as well try again...check-raise'
Hero: 'Can I just muck now?'
Villian's friend:
'No - thats dubm. He hasn't bet anything this
whole hand. We all know you raised with that ace pre-flop, you should bet.'

Hero: 'Yeah.....'

<<Hero throws his cards in the muck pile.>>
<<Villian looks disguested and tables 89s.>>

Villian: 'how did you know I had a good hand?!?!?!?'

Hero: 'I don't know...but pass me an Oreo?'

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Villain in this hand is my favorite thus far.

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Declaring checkraise for a free card ... pokerstrategy evolving !! ... kinda cool :-)

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Aw, come on. Side pots are just too hard to figure out.