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Originally Posted by ThomAce
Please excuse my poker ignorance, but what are "double board bomb pots"?
Bomb pots are where all players agree to a set amount before the cards are dealt. There is no preflop action and all players go to the flop before action begins. Typically creates lots of action as there's usually a good pot built up before cards are dealt and all players in the hand.
Double-board is exactly as it sounds, there's two flops, two turns, two rivers. Still make your best 5-card hand, high-only, but with each board worth 50% of the pot.
Example: You are dealt A
K
and all players (8) put in $25 preflop.
Flops are:
A
K
4
6
6
4
You're super excited about the first flop with $200 already in the pot. However, with all players in the hand with anything they were dealt, someone will likely really be after the second board with a J
6
. A third player may be in the hand with Q
5
and be ready to crush both of you when the heart comes. Action to the moon a lot of the times with hands that are far from premium or playable preflop. (Hope that explained the action and gameplay well enough..)
For MDL: The double-board option was pretty quickly shut down by the room as it was not approved/allowed, but there was a good bit of single-board bomb pots at the table I played.
Edit: Here is a link to one of Andrew's vlogs where he talks about and shows a Double-Board Bomb Pot. Have the timestamp right to it here:
https://youtu.be/81rGPlZ4sz0?t=378
Last edited by kataB; 03-12-2019 at 10:53 AM.