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I\'ve stopped stacking neatly
Ok I've stopped stacking my chips in the standard 20's in geometric patters. I simply can count what I have way too easy, Now I just have large towers with no general order to them. It looks disheveled but I'm not concerend with were I am at any given time. It should not matter but I noticed it did to me.
Thoughts? |
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Re: I\'ve stopped stacking neatly
You are talking limit poker, correct? A good dealer/floor will enforce the rule that they should be properly stacked in a no limit game...
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Re: I\'ve stopped stacking neatly
One problem with disheveled chips is that if a tower gets knocked down into someone elses stack it's difficult to establish how many chips are yours.
The advantage might be that you don't look like a nit. ~ Rick |
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Re: I\'ve stopped stacking neatly
I've been doing the same thing for the past year or so, and for the exact same reason. And, I play limit almost exclusively. I like it, it keeps me from thinking about my bankroll when I should be thinking about the right move.
matt |
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Re: I\'ve stopped stacking neatly
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Ok I've stopped stacking my chips in the standard 20's in geometric patters. I simply can count what I have way too easy, Now I just have large towers with no general order to them. It looks disheveled but I'm not concerend with were I am at any given time. It should not matter but I noticed it did to me. Thoughts? [/ QUOTE ] My card protector is a tiny (2") pewter tree. I also play 4/8 in AC, so we use reds and whites, even though I buy in for three racks of whites (usually to guffaws). Because of the sheer number of chips, it's hard for me to make many piles, but I try to do so anyway. Inevitably, the number of chips I have goes down -- either I run a bit poorly and lose money, or I win pots with a lot of red chips in them. Within an hour or so, I have about 6-10 stacks of random heights. I put the tree on top of a mid-sized one in the middle, and when someone asks, I say I'm making an island. |
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Re: I\'ve stopped stacking neatly
...but stacking the chips is the best part of playing live poker!!
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Re: I\'ve stopped stacking neatly
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One problem with disheveled chips is that if a tower gets knocked down into someone elses stack it's difficult to establish how many chips are yours. The advantage might be that you don't look like a nit. ~ Rick [/ QUOTE ] I rarley go much above 30 high, and the grouping is still pretty tight. I just don't want to be able to glance and see how much I have. |
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Re: I\'ve stopped stacking neatly
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You are talking limit poker, correct? A good dealer/floor will enforce the rule that they should be properly stacked in a no limit game... [/ QUOTE ] In a no-limit,pot-limit game I agree, I also keep my largest denomination chips to the front. I am also constantly aware of how much I have and how much others have, plus I count the pot a little closer. (at certain points in limit it just no longer matters) NL/PL stacks are important. In limit as long as I have around 20BB on the table it just doesn't matter. |
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Re: I\'ve stopped stacking neatly
Believe it or not I've played no limit poker with all of my chips (white red and green) in one big heap, with no stacks. I was waiting for someone to say something to me but no one ever did. It was a very interesting experience.
-Yarney |
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Re: I\'ve stopped stacking neatly
"I put the tree on top of a mid-sized one in the middle, and when someone asks, I say I'm making an island."
And then quietly retreat to that happy place... |
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