[Lottery Larry]

"Pot Limit:
Pot $100
Albert bets $100
Barry makes it $150, all in
If Charles calls the $150, Albert can make it $700 ( call to $150, then $550 more) using the 1/2 bet rule.
That $50 gives Albert a pretty big hammer."

I know, but shouldn't that be part of the skill of the game, similar to a check-raise but bigger? Charlie has to think about what calling here means.

Shouldn't Albert be given the ability to make up for bad position by manipulating the bet to accomplish what he needs to? If he wants to bet more than $100, he can do so. But reading Barry and using that against Charlie, in a way that he couldn't do by simply betting, seems to me an important big-bet skill that should be allowed.
Why should Charlie benefit from a "free" half-raise?

If Albert opened for $80, should $10 be allowed to be a non-raise when Barry moves all-in for $150? Does Albert have to make an unusual bet of $75 in order to open the reraise opportunity, but $100 is too much because of the full-bet rule? Does that seem to make "sense"?


"Imagine the above chip figures, but for No Limit. Albert might figure Barry is going all-in and bets only $100 to set up the scenario where the $50 re-opens the betting. "

I think that is good poker, myself- manipulating the pot and the opponents to accomplish what you need to.

Any more disadvantages?