ATOT Poker Players?

[AccruedExpenditure]

I turned 21 this year so that means I can gamble legally in card rooms and casinos. Doing research online, I found a couple cardrooms in my local area that offer no-limit games with a blind structure of 1-1-2 or 10-10-20...

Having played online/home games, i have no idea how to understand these structures... any clue?

small-big-rake ???

no clue

 

[mpitts]

Maybe they have two small blinds.

 

[KLin]

maybe it's ante-small-big

 

[mrchan]

button, small, big

 

[robothouse77]

2 smalls and a big ante?

 

[Ns1]

i think it's time to find a better cardroom lol

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
i think it's time to find a better cardroom lol

I thought so too, but it seems to be common at no-limit tables in the SF Bay Area

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

Originally posted by: mrchan
button, small, big

How certain are you?

 

[mrchan]

100%

 

[mrchan]

tons of the card rooms in the bay have 3 blinds. its not that big a deal, just builds the pot.

 

[95SS]

Usually called a time payment, some cardrooms do this instead of raking the pot. The button payment isn't a part of the pot, it's the cardrooms profit.

 

[mrchan]

Originally posted by: 95SS
The button payment isn't a part of the pot, it's the cardrooms profit.

Where do you play?

It's pushed into the pot where I play.

 

[95SS]

Originally posted by: mrchan

Originally posted by: 95SS
The button payment isn't a part of the pot, it's the cardrooms profit.

Where do you play?

It's pushed into the pot where I play.

I can't remember where I saw this, but it definitely wasn't part of the pot. This cardroom didn't rake the pot, they took time payments from the button, equal to the SB. Since most raked cardrooms limit the amount that is raked from each pot, if the cardroom has more high limit games, they can make more money. There's a small blurb on this practice in WLLHE by Lee Jones.

 

[mrchan]

i guess it wouldn't surprise me. probably different house rules.

OP - where were you thinking of playing?

 

[richardycc]

Originally posted by: KLin
maybe it's ante-small-big

winner!

 

[mrchan]

Originally posted by: richardycc

Originally posted by: KLin
maybe it's ante-small-big

winner!

maybe...... kinda doubt it tho.

 

[95SS]

Originally posted by: richardycc

Originally posted by: KLin
maybe it's ante-small-big

winner!

Antes are usually 1/5 to 1/10 of the BB. I've never come across an ante that equals the SB.

 

[HonkeyDonk]

Never seen a 3 number system like that before.

10-10-20...interesting.

I just know that in Limit games, like $2/$4...the first 2 rounds of betting go in increments of $2 and the last 2 rounds go in increments of $4.

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

Originally posted by: richardycc

Originally posted by: KLin
maybe it's ante-small-big

winner!

No, its definitely not an ante. Ante is never as much as the small blind

 

[amoeba]

its a straddle.

 

[necine]

I won 300 bucks in about 15 minutes at work today... quickly cashed it out.

 

[SammyBoy]

oops