Cash game/Balancing/reg.-rec. needs
yo ... i'm currently advising a bigger room on how to handle certain areas around this topic, here's a short list, love to get some feedback:
1. in the room it's standard practice to allow regs to "block" a seat for a whale that's supposed to come in and make the game good.
- should this be allowed at all?
- if so, for how long?
- how do i balance who is allowed to do that? like, everybody, or only certain people, based on approval by the floor (aka, who tips enough probably)?
2. we experimented with this rule: you have to play for at least 2 more hours if you are in profit, can't leave the game before that.
- of course people who don't wanna continue and leave can find ways to circumvent that (extended bathroom breaks, walking around, whatever)
- players in general don't like the "hit and run approach", which is why this is done, i personally think that i rather have a guy who won and nits it up afterwards just leave to make room for a new player ... instead of either forcing him to sit or not play at all anymore anyways
3. small clocks that get placed in front of a player as soon as he leaves his seat, after 15 min the chips are being racked up and the seat is open (if you didn't announce a break for food, then it's longer)
- or better: third man walking rule, after that you can leave the game, but your blinds are being taken as if you were there
4. there used to be a super VIP status, if one of those guys shows up, the last person who entered the game has to make room (doesn't matter if you were winning or loosing). of course the whole table loves it, beside for that one guy who just got screwed.
- in a discussion around this topic a player suggested a "reverse auction" idea which i really liked: you start with a certain small amount (lets say 10 Euro) that everyone pays to the guy who is willing to leave the game. if nobody takes it, you go to 20 etc.: since it's times 8 or 9, it's 80, 160, 240 etc. ... depending on the stakes you play you can of course start with a bigger amount or raise in bigger steps. fun and fair idea imo
thoughts, feedback, other ideas?
thx
