RE: [ba-poker] Baby No-Limit Hold'em Game at Lucky Chances

["Stephen H. Landrum" <slandrum(deleted the rest)>]

At 12:10 PM 4/10/2004, Bill Chen wrote:
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> From: owner-ba-poker(deleted the rest) [mailto:owner-ba-poker(deleted the 
> rest)] On
> Behalf Of Stephen H. Landrum
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>   For instance with 10 and 20 blinds,
> someone can open for 20 (calling the big blind), or if the open for a
> bigger amount it must be at least 40 because they are raising the big
> blind.
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> Actually the only place I've seen the "must raise" rule is in Northern
> California.   I seem to recall playing in three blind NL games where
> limping was allowed, either in AC or LV.  Can anyone else confirm this?
> I kind of like the limping option, I don't think I take much advantage
> of it but if someone else wants to limp preflop with their aces, I have
> no problem allowing it.

I never said anything about a must raise rule.  I said that if they wanted 
to open for a bigger amount than just calling, they had to raise the bet, 
meaning they would have to raise to 40 or more when the blinds are 10-20 
and they wanted to open for more than 20.


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Stephen H. Landrum <slandrum(deleted the rest)>