Re: Dealers Are Incompetant !
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I may be getting confused over the wording above. The standard rule is you must raise or reraise at least the amount of the last bet or raise. The HG rule is you must raise at least the total amount of bets you are facing. Are you saying the HG rule is preferable according to "some experienced players"?
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Sorry Rick, I was playing poker when I posted yesterday and was less than clear. I was saying the HG rule is not the standard rule but is preferred by some experienced players I have talked to about it.
If you are using the standard rule I mentioned that each raise after the third raise must be at least half the pot. This rule is confusing, fortunately it doesn't come up. The rule exists for the player's protection. Say A and C are colluding and they have B in the middle. A and C could make minumum raises in turn so the most B would ever face was a 2 BB bet (which is very hard to fold to if there is already a large pot in the center) and get a large portion if not all of B's money into the center. If you want to make nicer player's give A and C the nut straight on the turn against a set (so nobody is colluding in this case). In poker at some point you are entitled to call a bet to get to the next card. There is no reason to have a limit on raises in NL, but it is not in the best interest of the game to allow a series of small raises rather than substantial raises.
Randy
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