Petition to Remove <50bb Buyins From Party Skins (xposted)

fimbulwinter · #1 07-15-2005, 08:02 PM

Do you think such a petition would work?

Would you support it?

fim

soah · #2 07-15-2005, 08:12 PM

Wasn't there a thread about this in the past week? And most everyone agreed that it's good to let people buy in short because they are almost always donks that don't stand a chance.

okayplayer · #3 07-15-2005, 08:38 PM

I would definitely support this... but I have contacted them about this already and they said they have no intention of doing this, but maybe with alot of people saying this it would have more of a chance.

My biggest problem is the people who short buy and leave after a win and sit down again. If they could solve this problem, I wouldn't mind as much about the short buy.

And I do think that the people who use this strategy are not good poker players, but not necessarily donks. There are alot of people who do this and are complete rocks, ie: 10%/5%, and get paid off. They are scared money and by leaving when they win, they limit their loss (and my potential win later [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] ).

Voltron87 · #4 07-15-2005, 09:10 PM

i dont mind it at all, and no, it won't work.

edit i mean i dont mind people buying in short

flawless_victory · #5 07-15-2005, 10:36 PM

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edit i mean i dont mind people buying in short

[/ QUOTE ]i doubt a petition like this stands too much a chance, but id absolutely sign... i hate ppl buying in short. i cant imagine why you wouldnt mind this.

Voltron87 · #6 07-15-2005, 10:46 PM

well people buying in short, in my experience, are always losers.

that said, i konw that good players will win faster if the short stacks are not there. i guess youre right, it just doesnt bug me.

BadVoodooX · #7 07-16-2005, 12:47 AM

I wouldn't support it. The few people that do this and know how to play that stack size correctly pales in comparison to the number of really inexperienced weak players who do this. Not everyone likes to play deep stack poker and if they want to play pair poker for a smaller stack that's their business, I don't see a real argument as to why someone can't buyin for 40 bb other than you don't like it.

bkholdem · #8 07-16-2005, 12:51 AM

Look at it as an opportunity to learn how to play correctly with short stacks at your table. Don't hate the playa...

turnipmonster · #9 07-16-2005, 12:54 AM

probably most people don't care, I love when people buy in to my games short. people buying in short pretty much fall in two categories:
1) fish
2) people who are playing a short stack to play tight and hope nobody notices and gives them action.

since we all know how to deal with both these styles and it's easy to tell them apart I don't think it's really a big deal.

--turnipmonster

fimbulwinter · #10 07-16-2005, 12:56 AM

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Look at it as an opportunity to learn how to play correctly with short stacks at your table. Don't hate the playa...

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If i have 200BB's covered on my right and a 20BB monkey on my left i am forced to sacrifice +EV opportunities to facilitate their desire to play no-thinkum poker. this situation cannot be played "correctly" against the shortstack as the real proper strategy involves maximizing the sum of my EV's against both players, which almost always means sacrificing some optimal gameplay to the damn shortstack.

fim