Why 6/12 but no 5/10?

[bobbyi]

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Seems like it would be a pain in the ass i.e. 8/16 or something god awful like 12/24?

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I don't get it. Why is that a pain in the ass or god awful? 8/16 and 12/24 are pretty common limits. At the least, they are more common than 5/10. Why is it a pain in the ass? 8/16 is usually played with $2 chips, so it's a 4 chip/8 chip game just like 4/8, 20/40, 40/80, etc. usually are. Are all of those games a pain in the ass too?

[Evan]

They don't have it at Turning Stone, forgot about FW.

[sthief09]

where is there 12-24 and 16-32?

[bobbyi]

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where is there 12-24 and 16-32?

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We have 12/24 in Washington State. In addition to the Indian casinos which can spread decent sized games (e.g., I was playing 30/60 at an Indian casino last night), there are legal cardrooms a la California. However, the non-Indian cardrooms aren't allowed to have games with bets of more than $100 and for the purpose of the law, a single betting round is counted as one bet. So, $25 is the largest single bet that is allowed assuming a three-raise cap (which all the cadrooms have; these regulations are why we have a cap even heads up, similar to online cardrooms). This means that 12/24 is the largest game that can be spread without doing something stupid like 12.50/25 (never attempted afaik) or 15/25 (which has been spread). So, there are a few cardrooms out here that have 12/24 games, like Parker's in Shoreline and Diamond Lil's in Renton.