Idea for new rule on capping

[dansalmo]

Anyone heard of this being proposed before?

One nice thing about a 3 or 4 raise cap is that it protects players in between two or more raises. The bad thing is that it limits action for the players that think they have the best hand.

Why not treat the non raising players as "all in" for each capped round and let the raisers build side pots after the cap is reached?

This may be more difficult to manage in live games, but online would be easy.

[Ianco15]

This would change the fundamental concepts behind poker. It would become a whole new (worse) game.

[bigmac366]

i dont think letting people draw cheap is a good idea at all.

[Kevin K.]

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Anyone heard of this being proposed before?

One nice thing about a 3 or 4 raise cap is that it protects players in between two or more raises. The bad thing is that it limits action for the players that think they have the best hand.

Why not treat the non raising players as "all in" for each capped round and let the raisers build side pots after the cap is reached?

This may be more difficult to manage in live games, but online would be easy.

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That's insane. It's literally no fold 'em hold'em. So once anyone has thrown a bet (or say half a bet if you're the sb) into the pot, they have the option of standing pat and seeing the rest of the hand instead of folding? Not interested.

And no I've never heard this proposed before.

[sirtemple]

I think he was saying that they would have to call the bet and all four rasies each round, but if two other players wanted to go to 12 raises they could. Interesting concept.

Jason

[umdpoker]

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I think he was saying that they would have to call the bet and all four rasies each round, but if two other players wanted to go to 12 raises they could. Interesting concept.


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i also think this is what he meant. i don't really think its a bad idea, as long as everybody else has to pay up to 4 bets each round. i think this would make sense if it was only allowed on the river, as it could cause many sidepots if allowed on each street.

[Kevin K.]

Doh. My bad. Just reread it. Interesting idea.

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[housenuts]

it could get really confusing for example if on the flop player A only wanted to call 4 bets. B and C raise it up to say 8 bets.

then on the turn A hits his flush, but B no longer thinks his bottom set is any good. C still thinks his top set is good though so now A and C pump it up to 8 bets each, but B only calls 4 bets hoping to hit a boat.

now on the river B in fact hits quads. C has the top boat, and A has a flush. A stops betting at 4, and B and C pump it up to 12 bets before C thinks maybe he's against quads.

it's confusing just reading the post, imagine organizing those pots.

also what if the guy puts in the 5th bet and the other guys say "no, i just want to stay at 4" that gives him more information about their hands than he would have been able to get otherwise.

it's an interesting idea but there's just too many problems with it.

[Dov]

I don't understand why you are looking to protect players from raises.

What is the main reason for your wanting a change to the existing structure?

[housenuts]

he wants to change it so the people that want to put more money in the pot can, rather than it being capped at 4 bets for them.