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Originally Posted by clivestraddle
I don't think you see the problem
this "legal room" is open 24 hrs per day - so you get there and you are facing 1k+ stacks (5 or more) - so if you lose a big hand..you cant bet them off hands...there are generally 2-4 1/3 games ..all except one will be hyper aggressive -$25-40 preflop on almost every hand - so we are not talking about a "real" 1/3 game here...
80% of the players are game runners / dealers / game room owners and semi pros - the few recreational players are getting killed but now the sharks are feeding off each other because of this new cap RE BUY - i dont mind a $500 cap or up to X% of big stack
I have seen as much as 9k stacks commonly
I was specifically replying to the suggestion of having multiple buy-in levels for the same game at the same location. I have seen this attempted at a real live casino recently and seen it fail. I don't see this being a viable solution for the long term. Also, it doesn't really solve or address the issue you mention above of coming into a table that has a big stack or stacks of $1K or more. If that table started as a $300 max buy in, then it still would be for new players. Unless that's only the max buy in at the start of the table and is different for new players coming in later. Which might even be more confusing and create more arguments.
I live in Austin and don't play down in Houston. However, the scenarios you mention of pre-flop action can be found in Austin as well and is no different from any of the casinos I played at regularly in DC area or elsewhere. And they have the same issues. The casinos are all open 24 hrs and its not uncommon to start your session at a table that has been open for hours (or even days) and have several very large stacks at the table. The big difference is the size of the rooms. At Maryland Live and MGM National Harbor, they have multiple tables of each various games running, almost all the time. Thus you have more options of tables to play at. If you are at a table with a lot of big stacks that you don't want to play against, you can easily get moved to another table.
I haven't played at any casino that has no max buy in for lower stakes games (i.e. 1/2, 1/3, 2/5). But I understand that there are some. Even most 5/10 games have a max. It's not until you usually get to 10/25 that its uncapped. (This is for NL.)
Also, I don't know of any casinos that I have played in that allow you to match the big stack or a % of big stack. It's always just whatever the max buy in posted is. This may be due to each individual states gaming commissions rules. I do know a lot of home games I used to play in around DC that had this rule, but again no casinos.
It seems it would be better if there were less rooms, but bigger rooms. This would allow for better game and table selection.