rules in cash games

[ruleshark]

hi all 1st time post here .was in a casino cash game other nite playing a £50 sit down table after about 3 hours a player tried to join asked the table stakes, and how much the sit down was .the dealer told him it was a £1-£2 anti and the table sit down was £300. is that right that the sit down rate goes up from £50 to £300 ? i hope some 1 could answer this plz?

[Muck]

1. Welcome to the forum.

2. Punctuation. It makes it easier for everyone else and increase the likelihood you’ll get a helpful response.

3. Are you saying that the minimum buy-in for the game was £50 and then later it changed to £300 for no reason? This does seem odd. When you say dealer was this an actual member of the casino staff or a player dealing?

[ruleshark]

It was not a house dealer, just a guy who normaly plays in the game, who was earning a few bob in tips.

It was a game that started as a £50 sit down (the minimum)

[Muck]

Well that’s UK cash games for you. The ones I often see are started by people waiting for tourneys. They’re usually dealers choice and all the players know each other, which can be quite intimating.

The other down side is that they’re not run very formally, the casinos seem to ignore them because they’re populated by regulars.

[MrDarling]

I think you are confusing between the minimum buyin to the maximum buyin.

[HalfSugar]

This is a good example of why the UK is still a joke when it comes to live poker. If poker club owners were a bit more intelligent, this country would be a lot better off.

[Muck]

I think tourneys have improved in the last few years. They’re better organised (TV’s displaying blind changes and prize fund) and more accessible (tutorials, beginners events and tolerance). But cash games are still an old boys club.

This is why members need to ask “where are you?â€

[ruleshark]

OK guys thanks for your opinions, but is it a rule of thumb that a cash game minimum changes after x amount of time the game has been running?

[Kemics]

You do realise a buy-in ins't a fixed amount, you can buy in for a range between the min and the max. For example £50-300.

[HalfSugar]

OK guys thanks for your opinions, but is it a rule of thumb that a cash game minimum changes after x amount of time the game has been running?

No, definitely not. The min and max buy-in should never change.

[ruleshark]

I understand that part, u can pull up as much as u like . But i want to know if its right, u have to pull up 300 min after game has been running 2or 3 hours.

wen the game is a 50 sit down?

[Kemics]

did he have to sit down with 300, or did he choose to? sorry im having a little trouble understanding you.. 300 seems an extremely high minimum buy in for £1-2 game.

[MrDarling]

I think you are confusing between the minimum buyin and the maximum buyin.

[Muck]

It sounds like he’s suggesting it was the minimum buy-in that when up arbitrarily, possibly because a few players had reloaded for another £50 so the stacks were bigger and some random player just decided that they new guy should have a similar amount to most others rather than allowing the original minimum.