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

[Michael Wiesenberg <queueing(deleted the rest)>]

At 02:33 PM, Friday, 12/10/2004 -0800, William Chen wrote:

> --- Uncle Roger <rogerc22(deleted the rest)> wrote:
>
> > 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

What if there's no cap and you're being whipsawed by two maniacs?  And even 
with a cap, it might not occur to you to reload when you have 15 big bets 
in front of you (assuming you're not allowed to go into your wallet in the 
middle of a hand; if you are, this is not relevant).