[ba-poker] RE: poker in German-speaking countries (was: learning by doing)

["Uncle Roger" <rogerc22(deleted the rest)>]

> I haven't played in german casinos or casinos run by Casino Austria for
> quiet some time now, but I wouldn't expect standard american procedures
> there at all times. Casino Baden-Baden in Germany didn't have table
> stakes when I played there. Meaning, you could go into your pocket and
> pull out more money (and take it off as well). You could declare all-in.
> Doing that more than once after losing the all-in would have raised
> eyebrows and people would have looked for some gentleman's agreement
> there.
>
> Poker in Europe was indeed formed over what people have seen in the
> movies. This will be most obvious in the procedures for draw games.
> There you shouldn't expect american procedures at all, neither in the
> state owned casinos, nor in Austrian cardclubs.
>
> Dieter

The game I played in  the casino in Salzburg in 1990 was limit, the 
equivalent to about 15-30.  The casino had posted a sign,  in German and 
English, saying "If you do not have enough money to complete the hand, you 
will forfeit your share of the pot."  A pretty scary rule.  Not a good idea 
to continue playing if you're close to the cloth.



Roger