|
Jason
|
03-09-2009, 06:33 AM
Post subject: Missed Blind Button
|
#1 (permalink)
|
|
Full House
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: TN
Posts: 883
|
|
At a home game I go to, if players get up to take a break, use the bathroom, smoke, or whatever, if that player is in the small blind or big blind, they take it from their stack and put it in play. Those players are also dealt cards and then folded and their money taken because they are away.
I noticed that there is a "missed blind" button that casinos use. I'd like to run my home game as closely to the casino just as a matter of good practice and getting used to playing right. So, what is the standard way to deal with that? I'm guessing they don't take the player's money when they walk away. Last time I was @ the casino, I don't remember them doing that. Do they put that button there when the blinds pass them and make them post upon their return? If so, is it the post price of the big blind or the big blind PLUS the small blind? Can they play as soon as they sit down or do they have to wait until the button passes or what?
|
- Jason
 
|
Play for FREE and practice your game at...
Join the FTR Poker Forum to disable these banners and start posting!
|
|
2ndline.4thstreet
|
|
Straight
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 120
|
|
I believe they just post upon their return.
|
|
|
|
Jason
|
|
Full House
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: TN
Posts: 883
|
|
Post just the big blind? Isn't that exploitable?
|
- Jason
|
|
LawDude
|
|
Full House
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 940
|
|
Here's how "missed blind" works.
If a player misses a hand where he would not be required to post a blind, that's fine, he can come back and play the next hand and doesn't have to post unless he is now in the blind.
If a player is not at the table when he is required to post a blind, the dealer will throw the button out to his spot. Then, when he comes back, the player has to post any blinds that he missed or sit out until the big blind.
So let's say the blinds are $4 and $8. If the player misses the small and big blinds, he has to post $12 to play when he comes back (the $4 becomes dead money in the pot), or wait until the big blind comes back around and he can post $8.
|
|
|
|
Fnord
|
|
Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: I'll Do You Like A Truck
Posts: 19,334
|
|
...or you can post a straddle!
|
|
|
|
LawDude
|
|
Full House
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 940
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Fnord
...or you can post a straddle!
|
Only if you enjoy losing your money.
|
|
|
|
St8ofN8
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 60
|
|
But I saw it on TV. It was cooooooool
|
|
|
|
LawDude
|
|
Full House
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 940
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by St8ofN8
But I saw it on TV. It was cooooooool
|
OK, let's amend. If you become as good a poker player as Doyle Brunson or Phil Ivey or Mike Matusow, go ahead and straddle. 
|
|
|
|
Fnord
|
|
Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: I'll Do You Like A Truck
Posts: 19,334
|
|
Straddling UTG > Posting UTG if you feel that waiting a hand is too nitty.
Getting to act last and the possibility of getting other players to straddle more than makes up for the extra cost.
|
|
|
|
LawDude
|
|
Full House
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 940
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Fnord
Straddling UTG > Posting UTG if you feel that waiting a hand is too nitty.
Getting to act last and the possibility of getting other players to straddle more than makes up for the extra cost.
|
Yeah, but waiting 1 hand >>> either of those.
|
|
|
English
Deutsch
Español
Français
Italiano
Nederlands
Pусский
Svenska
05-26-2012, 03:08 PM Australia Legalized Online Poker coming up in next 6 to 12 Months
Linear Mode
