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Originally Posted by psandman
I have seen a few places around here run a limit $2-$4 or $4-$8 game with overs to No Limit. It strike me as completely bizarre but some people seem to like it.
I've heard of it, never seen it, and it does sound like an abomination. But hey, to each his own.
My room started using Overs for the first time within the past year. Many dealers who had never dealt elsewhere didn't have a clue what they were. With the floor's permission*, I wrote a memo and taped it to the podium outlining what it was and explaining the procedure very clearly.
Reading is fundamental, but yeah... I still had the following conversation every day for about 2 weeks.
Noob: Hey I had a question about that.
Quad: It must start the betting round with only overs players left in the hand for overs to be in effect. Overs cannot take effect in the middle of a betting round.
Noob: How did you know that was going to be the question?
Quad: That's always the question.
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Why wasn't the staff properly trained prior to their use? I guess it just sort of organically happened one day when a couple players asked if we had any overs buttons, and a well-versed floor person dug them out from the back somewhere for them without giving it a second thought. There were dealers that had little/no experience outside our house that were pushing into the game that day and had never seen an overs button before, let alone know what they did.
Every time we mention them on this forum, someone asks what they are as well.
Last edited by Quadstriker; 11-21-2012 at 05:24 AM.