There's a better argument to be made about whether bomb pot poker variants are a bad thing to mix into an NLHE game. I've seen the complaint that it causes games to break, because in the double board NLHE variant you could get two action boards and multiple action hands and half the table can go broke. I've never seen it happen, but I've maybe only played 100-300 hands tops.
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Originally Posted by Mason Malmuth
So everyone agrees to put in $25 (and no more) before the flop no matter what their hand is. What happens if someone then doesn't follow what's been agreed to?
If you don't post your blind bet, you don't get dealt in. When it's a game being spread by a casino, the floor knows what the rules are.
My only other notes on this whole discussion is that collusion is fruitless when:
1) Ranges are very wide. Two boards means squeezing is hard because it's usually hard for someone to "have" both boards and if they do they usually need to bet for protection, two pairs and sets on a dry board are much more nutted... etc. etc. thus: more hands go to showdown. And showing up with complete air is likely to cost you both boards.
2) Blockers in in two hole card games aren't strong enough to give card sharing a big edge, and that's even
worse when ranges are wide. And in the opposite case, if you have 5c2d on two 554r / Ac2sTs boards, you make way more playing that hand yourself than folding and signaling your partner that there is only one 5 left in the deck, and hoping
maybe that's relevant information on the turn and river. Having 2 boards for a total of 6 immediate community cards means (percentage-wise) having a lower percentage of an information edge than if you were sharing in NLHE, and for less streets (because there's no zeroth street). So if you and your partners had some cyber-implants with which to pull off such a scheme, you'd never bother with bomb pots.
3) Hi Opal!
My advice to would-be thieves is that bombs have a way of exploding in your face,
n’est-ce pas?