The post blinds every hand rule

[Ironside]

tough - if you need the lavvy, then go during the breaks/before it starts.

In case it had escaped anyone's notice, you are there to play poker, not swan around the place taking breaks whenever you feel like it.

you can just image a forumla 1 driver taking a break when he feels like it - should all the other drivers slow down and wait for him ?

i thought poker wanted to be taken seriously as well...

not all of us are lucky enough to be able to do that

when i need to pee i need to pee and its going to happen within 5 minutes of me working that i need to pee whether i am at the toliet or not

not everyone can wait 3 hours till the next break

[Ironside]

oh and whats the difference between being away from the table and passing blind every hand

NONE

[I KNOW IT]

tough - if you need the lavvy, then go during the breaks/before it starts.

In case it had escaped anyone's notice, you are there to play poker, not swan around the place taking breaks whenever you feel like it.

you can just image a forumla 1 driver taking a break when he feels like it - should all the other drivers slow down and wait for him ?

i thought poker wanted to be taken seriously as well...

What advantage do you think a player gets by missing hands in a tournament?

[kinboshi]

From what I can understand from playing two previous APAT events, the ruling is you must be seated at your table at the start of the tournament or face disqualification. Therefore, you wouldn't be in the situation of having to post the big blind in every hand if you were stuck in a traffic jam, as you simply wouldn't be allowed to play when you finally made it to the casino.

Doesn't apply when you return for day 2 of a tournament though.

Correct, that "must be in your Seat" rule applies, in every Casino, (though some say "in the building", but "in your seat" is easier to manage) on Day One ONLY. Weird, but true!

There is a bit of difference between being there for the start of Day 1 and the start of Day 2.  Effectively the start of Day 2 is the end of the break at the end of Day 1.  Same as the break for dinner, just a lot longer.

If the rule in the UK is that a player must be seated at the start of the tournament - will that be in place for the WSOP event taking place in the UK?  No reason why it shouldn't

[lazaroonie]

tough - if you need the lavvy, then go during the breaks/before it starts.

In case it had escaped anyone's notice, you are there to play poker, not swan around the place taking breaks whenever you feel like it.

you can just image a forumla 1 driver taking a break when he feels like it - should all the other drivers slow down and wait for him ?

i thought poker wanted to be taken seriously as well...

What advantage do you think a player gets by missing hands in a tournament?

well, poker is a test of endurance as well as skill. by removing yourself from the table whenever you feel like it, you are gaining an advantage, preventing boredom etc.


just play the game !!

[Ironside]

tough - if you need the lavvy, then go during the breaks/before it starts.

In case it had escaped anyone's notice, you are there to play poker, not swan around the place taking breaks whenever you feel like it.

you can just image a forumla 1 driver taking a break when he feels like it - should all the other drivers slow down and wait for him ?

i thought poker wanted to be taken seriously as well...

What advantage do you think a player gets by missing hands in a tournament?

well, poker is a test of endurance as well as skill. by removing yourself from the table whenever you feel like it, you are gaining an advantage, preventing boredom etc.


just play the game !!

another tool in the armoury of the player knowing when to take that extra break for a quick 40 winks

[TightEnd]

None of the Grosvenor tournaments have ever applied that rule in the time that i've been working for them. It's just the usual small blind, then big blind of every round.

At The Vic, in PL Hold'em cash games, you get a "missed blind" button, that amounts to the small and big blind whenever you miss the blinds, and you have to post that before you can contonue playing (Unless you come in on the big blind of course).

It WAS applied at Grosvenor Luton last year, in the UK Open Fessie which Jen won, & I have seen it applied at several other Grosvenors, too. But not recently.

Luton dropped the rule last year. tikay is right.

[phatomch]

this rule was made when small buy in comps came to the Grosvenors around 2 years ago was used for six months and then dumped because common sense preveiled it only lasted as long as 6 months because that is the duration beeetween grosvenor casino cardroom rules meetings.

[Royal Flush]

Gone from the Rendezvous now

[Raindogs]

1 BB per hand ?  That's nothing !!

At the Broadway they increase it BY 1BB per hand !!  So (at 50/100) first round it's 50, then 100, 150 etc..

Got to be the most stupid rule ever.

[doubleup]

I'm pretty sure if someone approached the Gambling Commission and put forward the case that this rule is forcing ppl to gamble when they do not wish to, they would ban the practice as it clearly violates their principles.