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

[Andy Latto <andy.latto(deleted the rest)>]

   If I remember my tales from H.O. Yardley correctly, if somebody else bet the 
   farm you were given a day to raise enough money to meet it.

I didn't see anything like that in Yardley. In fact, my memory of
Yardley is that there is no evidence that the games are not played
table stakes. All the stories in the book that involve winning
something other than the money on the table involve side
bets voluntarily agreed to by both parties.

Ciaffone wrote at some point that he has researched this question
extensively, and that he has never found a reliable account of
a no-limit game not played for some form of table stakes.
The "24 hours to raise the money" rule comes from the movie
Big Hand for a Little Lady", and the whole idea of forcing someone
to fold by betting more than their net worth comes from the movies,
not from actual poker games.

         Andy Latto
         andy.latto(deleted the rest)