Bally\'s AC Floor: Live Straddles prohibited by NJ Gaming Commission???
 

I was playing 2/4 yesterday at Ballys Atlantic City. I had only planned on playing there for a little bit just to check out the room, but the game was amazing and I was running over the table. (9 to the flop capped preflop)

I was getting bored sometimes and I had a huge stack and would straddle every few rounds. The fist 2 dealers I did it with had no problem with it, but on another down the action got back to me and I tried to raise, and was told I couldn't. The dealer said there are no straddles and when I told him I straddles all that ment to him was a blind raise.

I pulled my raise back to keep the action going because the floor was slow as [censored] at responding to floor calls, but I asked a floorman if this was Bally's policy and he told me "No, live Straddles are not allowed in Atlantic City, it's New Jersey law". Is this accurate?

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Just wait till you get your cards and announce "blind raise."

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That does not solve the problem, read my post again.

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I have heard many times that live straddles are prohibited by ACGC. However, I am not an expert.

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Also, I have no idea where I pulled "ACGC" from.

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Atlantic City Gaming Commission? Who knows.

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I have heard many times that live straddles are prohibited by ACGC. However, I am not an expert.

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That sucks. I just couldn't undserstand why 2 dealers had no problem with it then.

(Well I do understand, it's because they are retarded)

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I don't know exactly who prohibits it, but you can't live straddle in AC, you can blind raise, which means you can't make it 3 bets when it gets back to you.

AC has lots of wierd rules, that's one of them

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AC has lots of wierd rules, that's one of them

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True. Another strange AC rule regulates the color of chip denominations. $5 chips MUST be red. $10 have to be blue, and so on. In Vegas, OTOH, casinos seem to have the freedom to do whatever they want with their chip colors. Yes, blackis usually $100 and green $25, etc, but MGM has blue $1's, Aladdin has white $1s...

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AC has lots of wierd rules, that's one of them

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True. Another strange AC rule regulates the color of chip denominations. $5 chips MUST be red. $10 have to be blue, and so on. In Vegas, OTOH, casinos seem to have the freedom to do whatever they want with their chip colors. Yes, blackis usually $100 and green $25, etc, but MGM has blue $1's, Aladdin has white $1s...

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I like the chip denomination rule. It's good to be consistant. I do wisht the $1 would be blue instead of white. It's so much cooler (and gets less dirty)