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Originally Posted by caldor king
+1
Now, another issue I have is the counting of the small blind as $2 pre-flop. Then if the small blind folds the $1, when the pot is counted post-flop, it has $1 less than it theoretically should because of the bump from $1 to $2. Is that really the house rule to count the SB as $2 pre-flop? I know I'm talking about a dollar, but it's just a pet peeve of mine. (I know that the $2/$5 counts the SB as $5 and I'm fine with that because it plays so big). Maybe I've just played online too much, but I'm just used to counting dollar-for-dollar regardless and my opinion is that that should be the standard. Do you think that the people playing $25/$50 PLO are rounding the $25 to $50? (I sure hope not, but maybe they are?)
That's been the standard for the past year at $1/$2. (And I think you're right about the not rounding up at the HL room stakes. Anyone confirm for 5/10; 10/25 for curiosity sake?) I think you'll also *like the seemingly conflicting standard of how a posted SB (miss blinds and come back after the button) is "dead." and does not count for the pre-flop pot calculation. But then the $1 magically appears post-flop. It seems weird to go both ways, but as long as the rules play out the same every time, it's fine.
I don't know how either got started; but I just keep presenting them as hard-fast Borgata rules (and will until officially corrected about dead SB) if there's ever a question and we move on.
re: some other random comment somewhere about pot calculation being easier w/ $5 BI. I agree it's easier for the noobs nad it's is a bit easier not adding up $x8s but between 2 regulars and the sometimes competent dealer, they'll do the pot calculations two or three times while you try to add up $35+$35+$35+105. It ended up not being a noticeable time-saver unless everyone is mathematically disadvantaged.
Oh yeah, see you all tnite.
