Cash Game Question

[Phil]

If you sit down at a table with say $25, and then turn that into $50, you can't then sit back at that same table with less than $50... how long does this last for? How many minutes/hours/days need to pass since leaving I left the table, until I can sit down with $25 again?

BTW this isn't a nasty plan to try and dump chips off of each and every table I play on. But I'm finding I am playing a lot better in short sessions, and then starting to play terrible with any decent amount of chips/money.

Is this a tactic any other cash game players use?

Anyone know?

[ACE2M]

usually 1/2 hour, i think it is an hour on some.

[Scottish Dave]

are you serious?

ive played at crypto's cash games for ages and if i sat with £25 and left with £50, i can sit right back down again with £10 if i please!!!

what sites is this crazy rule on?

[Sheriff Fatman]

Its a pretty standard rule at most sites, usually applies for half an hour.  Its designed to stop people ratholing profit.

Its an extension of the rule that prevents you from taking chips out of play at a table by sticking them in your pocket.

If Crypto don't have this rule then its yet another flaw in their software.

Sheriff

[Scottish Dave]

Its a pretty standard rule at most sites, usually applies for half an hour.  Its designed to stop people ratholing profit.

Its an extension of the rule that prevents you from taking chips out of play at a table by sticking them in your pocket.

If Crypto don't have this rule then its yet another flaw in their software.

Sheriff

ill be honest its a shocking rule, if i win a big pot, the money is mine all mine, and if i want to leave with it after doubling up on the very first hand then i shall, i have no problems in taking the money, therefore if i want to come back i should be able to with however much i please.

put it this way, say i only have £25 in account, and play one hand of cash game and double up, i then notice the 10K Gtd is about to start, so i leave the table with £50 and use £25 to buy into the 10K Gtd MTT, i should then be able to sit back down with £25 i have remaining in account again!

its my money and i should be able to do as i please

[Sheriff Fatman]

Its a pretty standard rule at most sites, usually applies for half an hour.  Its designed to stop people ratholing profit.

Its an extension of the rule that prevents you from taking chips out of play at a table by sticking them in your pocket.

If Crypto don't have this rule then its yet another flaw in their software.

Sheriff

ill be honest its a shocking rule, if i win a big pot, the money is mine all mine, and if i want to leave with it after doubling up on the very first hand then i shall, i have no problems in taking the money, therefore if i want to come back i should be able to with however much i please.

put it this way, say i only have £25 in account, and play one hand of cash game and double up, i then notice the 10K Gtd is about to start, so i leave the table with £50 and use £25 to buy into the 10K Gtd MTT, i should then be able to sit back down with £25 i have remaining in account again!

its my money and i should be able to do as i please

Moving to another table isn't an issue - that's allowed.  The rule is specifically to prevent you ratholing the money from the opponents you've won it from at the table.

Sheriff

[Scottish Dave]

Its a pretty standard rule at most sites, usually applies for half an hour.  Its designed to stop people ratholing profit.

Its an extension of the rule that prevents you from taking chips out of play at a table by sticking them in your pocket.

If Crypto don't have this rule then its yet another flaw in their software.

Sheriff

ill be honest its a shocking rule, if i win a big pot, the money is mine all mine, and if i want to leave with it after doubling up on the very first hand then i shall, i have no problems in taking the money, therefore if i want to come back i should be able to with however much i please.

put it this way, say i only have £25 in account, and play one hand of cash game and double up, i then notice the 10K Gtd is about to start, so i leave the table with £50 and use £25 to buy into the 10K Gtd MTT, i should then be able to sit back down with £25 i have remaining in account again!

its my money and i should be able to do as i please

Moving to another table isn't an issue - that's allowed.  The rule is specifically to prevent you ratholing the money from the opponents you've won it from at the table.

Sheriff

i wouldnt call it ratholing, ive won it fair and squre, they lost it gambling it away, i should be able to leave and come back with what ever.

obviously we have different opinions on this, its just how i feel. if people cant handle it, they should gamble their money away to me

[Sheriff Fatman]

I've not offered an opinion on this thread - I've just been explaining what the standard rule is.  Crypto, as usual, appear to have their own interpretation of the rules.

Sheriff

[Scottish Dave]

I've not offered an opinion on this thread - I've just been explaining what the standard rule is.  Crypto, as usual, appear to have their own interpretation of the rules.

Sheriff

the best interpretation IMO

[Bongo]

They don't seem to have their own interpretation so much as clean ignored it's existance.

The only argument i've heard for allowing ratholing (from a players point of view) is that if someone wants to do it then it's likely they're a losing player and you should let them as it keeps them at your table.

[AndrewT]

I've not offered an opinion on this thread - I've just been explaining what the standard rule is.  Crypto, as usual, appear to have their own interpretation of the rules.

Sheriff

This rule is in force at Crypto (it certainly was a few months ago - the last time I was in a position to rathole ) . If you leave a particular table with above the buy-in and leave it, you can't sit back at the table with less that the amount you had when you left for something like an hour or two.

There's nothing stopping you from sitting at another table at that particular limit with the min buy-in, though.

[Sheriff Fatman]

Does this mean Scottish Dave has been ratholing his losses?   

Sheriff

[Rod Paradise]

I was confused when playing at the Crystal Sands Nassau (place dropping  ) , well up, but I needed to go check out a football score in the internet cafe - left with about $450. 1/2 hour later I came back & was asked to cash in $250 as they wouldn't let me sit down with more than the $200 max buy-in - even though I was back to the same seat at the table I'd left. I was expecting to be made to sit at the other table, or put down what I'd left with. None of the players complained either & the Spring Breakers resumed giving me chips 

[Royal Flush]

If this is true its another fine example of the poor software!

[Sheriff Fatman]

I was confused when playing at the Crystal Sands Nassau (place dropping  ) , well up, but I needed to go check out a football score in the internet cafe - left with about $450. 1/2 hour later I came back & was asked to cash in $250 as they wouldn't let me sit down with more than the $200 max buy-in - even though I was back to the same seat at the table I'd left. I was expecting to be made to sit at the other table, or put down what I'd left with. None of the players complained either & the Spring Breakers resumed giving me chips 

You mean there's somewhere I can play in the Bahamas?  This is potentially very relevant as I'm flying out there a week today.

More info please, Rod.

Sheriff

PS:  Dear Mrs Sheriff to be,

Nothing to see in this thread, nothing to see.   Please move along.