Re: Does this structure promote absurdly tight play?
Sounds like the 1/5 stud dealt at the Meskwaki poker
room in the mid 90's. They would throw a "dealer" button
from flop games onto the table to start a new game, then
subsequent pot winners would inherit the dealer button and
use it as a bring-in. They later switched to the more traditional low card bring-in for real money.
A better no-ante structure that I have seen at two reservation casinos
is 2/5 spreadlimit stud/8, 2/10 on the
river, with a $1 bring-in. After the bring-in, you can
limp for $2 or raise, and when action returns to the
bring-in, he can fold, call, or raise.
The $2 limp gets more dead money in the pot when the
low draws fold on 4th after pulling a brick, and the
double river bet gives better implied odds for chasing
with mediocre scoop draws.
It's still a tight game, but a step in the right direction.
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