Hi,
My friend was scheduled to play at a no limit table last night, however, she got sick. She thought of letting her husband play in behalf of her. Is this possible? Any related rules for this kind of situation?
Thanks!
Cheers,
Bhat
Bhat,
If this was a tournament and she registered in her name, this is not allowed. Otherwise, it doesn’t matter. You don’t have to sign up to play in a cash game. You just buy your chips and sit down.
Hi,
Along with some old friends, I played NL holdem cash game. I usually play NL cash games on the internet and so I was quite confident I’d be well. Also, I’m quite familiar with the rules, particularly those at Party Poker.
To start, well, all of us bought in with 25 dollars. We all agreed then that the chips could be filled up many times as we want as long as we don’t go beyond the maximum which was 25 dollars back then.
At some point, a certain player placed a 10 dollar bet on the turn though he only had 5 dollars. There was a possibility of a side pot then as there were players who were willing to call the bet, also considering they were still in. But in the middle of the hand, the player who bet 10 dollars wanted to buy more chips. I believe he can’t buy chips in the middle of a hand and so I tried to tell him. He asked why and I explained to him that there’ll be a good and bad effect if he’d do such. Well, the good effect is that we play side pots, the short stack would have the option of buying more chips if he’d go for the pot or using the side pot if he only had a mediocre hand. The bad effect is that he’ll be giving the short stack an unfair advantage. Am I right?
By the way, at Party Poker, as long as you don’t go beyond the table maximum, you can replenish your chips in between hands, but in the middle of a hand it’s a BIG NO!
Thanks and great site!
Warm regards,
Moore
Moore,
A player may not replenish their chips in the middle of a hand. This changes the natural course of action and can even influence action.
Hello,
Just a couple of months ago, I’ve started playing poker. As of the moment, I really love no limit and limit poker.
Well, I must admit, before I started out playing, I totally don’t have any experience playing the game however maybe my advantage was that I like gambling a lot. Back then, I was also very open to suggestions on how I could improve my playing potential. Also, I even checked on some sites that have lots of tools that could help me understand basic poker concepts, rules, feel and strategies. However, of course, there were still some stuff that were not so clear to me.
I hope you could help me.
In an online event, the randomness is closer to true randomness compared to a brick and mortar game as it takes almost 58 shuffles to randomize a deck of cards entirely. Unfortunately, not all players shuffle the deck as many times as such.
Well, a home game is not a clear picture of poker with completely random settings unlike online poker which is with true settings.
I noticed that players usually play and see more blinds playing online rather than playing in brick and mortar game, therefore probability for all players to have a good hand at an an instance is much better.
Players who believe there’s cheating in brick and mortar games are just bitter losers.
By the way, the stat regarding card shuffling has a basis. I’ve taken up statistics course in a certain university.
Thanks!
Gill
Gill,