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

[<E.Dieter.Martin(deleted the rest)>]

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From: owner-ba-poker(deleted the rest) 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 

> It shouldn't really matter if you're playing limit,
> right?  

> Bill 

It matters less. The limit was spread limit DM 20-100 stud game. I set
myself a limit of having DM 1000.- in my pocket or on the table. Had I
gone below this, I would have left the game and gone home.