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Originally Posted by AcesFull
Is that $5 per round penalty given back to the players by putting it dead in the (next or current) pot? Or is taken for the house drop? And this applies to only the "hotel side", so we're talking about $600NL uncapped and the $2,000NL uncapped.
Or does this $5 penalty apply to the $400NL and the $500-$1,500NL games as well?
Yes, it's put in the pot.
It's only taken on the button after someone misses their blinds the second time through. Honestly, I think the rule is great. It keeps the game going when multiple people would rather sit one round then get up and smoke and play casino games on the other side of the floor for 30 minutes at a time. There's an easy 15 minute window to do whatever you want, and if you really need to be away from the table for 30 minutes I think $10 into the pot is a tiny token to pay for the inconvenience of tying up a seat someone else would gladly be playing at.