Should there be a max buy-in for a "friendly" .10/.20 game? - Page 2

Lottery Larry · #11 08-24-2005, 04:48 PM

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I guess I concede. I just don't see the point of having a small stakes friendly game if the buy-ins are allowed to get so high.

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Concede what? NL and PL games are very dangerous to spread in a home game with limited cash resources BECAUSE of the huge swings.

If you want to do it, definately go with a cap buy-in. I'd say $30-50 should be fine with twenty-cent blinds- they can beat the chip leaders and build up their stacks if they want to buy-in for more.

CrazyN8 · #12 08-24-2005, 04:53 PM

don't casinos have rule about this? Like for the $100 max buy-in NL games you can actually buy in for $200 if you bust. Am I just making this up or is this right? If I'm right about this then there is your answer, once someone bust then they can buy-in for 2X the max.

Lottery Larry · #13 08-24-2005, 05:11 PM

I don't know but it would kind of defeat the purpose of the max buy-in. Why force everyone into a 1/2 buy-in the first time?

#14 08-25-2005, 09:50 AM

I recently went to Vegas and it was different at different casinos. For example, I was playing mostly 1/2 NL and the minimum buy-in was $60-$100 and the max was $200 to No-Max depending on the casino. I bought in for $100 everytime and never had a problem playing comfortably.

#15 08-25-2005, 09:53 AM

Thanks for the input. I will bring up this discussion at our next game.

TN_POKER_MAN · #16 08-25-2005, 09:55 AM

Limit the re-buy to the "average" stack size.

PITTM · #17 08-25-2005, 12:40 PM

we play.10/.20 every sunday night with the buyin capped at 20...ive gotten my stack to like 140 before, but there are lots of rebuys and people dont seem to mind "only" having 100 bbs...

rj