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

["David S. Heller" <david(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

That would be consistent with what Dieter says - in a lot of cowboy movies,
string bets are common and "all in protection" doesn't exist.

Didn't it ever occur to them that the richest person at the table could win
every hand by betting more than anyone could call?