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Originally Posted by answer20
One of the issues with updating cash game rules .. as told to me by Supervisors in two different Rooms .. is that if these particular casinos want to update their cash game rules they have to also push those changes thru their Gaming Board, which opens up the door to Gaming examining any other 'games' attached to the original request to operate poker in those facilities. This apparently is not something that upper management wants to 'risk' at these facilities. So it's much better to ask for enforcement forgiveness, which will probably never happen, than actually update the rule set.
However, for Tournaments they simply referenced TDA in their license applications. This certainly opens up the door for cash to simply reference TDA or potentially another 'alphabet' rule set instead of a list of locked in rules.
This reminds me of how companies handcuffed themselves when they set up their ISO or QS quality policies and caused them to make much higher expenditures over time.
One of the most popular differences for cash v tournament is the raise sizing. Tournaments use the 50% rule, but I play in a couple of cash rooms where the raise must be full sized or it's just a call .. even if it's within $1.
I think cash rooms will always have something they do locally that would deviate from a rule set, but it's still not a bad idea to try and standardize somehow. Another issue is that tournaments have interested parties like WSOP, WPT and all the mini-tours who want their tournaments run the same no matter the venue. However you have thousands of poker rooms that probably don't give a hoot as to whether or not they do it the same in their house as someone else. GL
Never knowingly played in a room not using the same 50% rule in cash games. If you put out over half a raise, you must complete to full rmin raise. I think this is a rule in RROP.
Certainly might be rooms using the rule you say but this is actually, imo, an example of what could be fixed with a widely adopted set of standard rules. But as you note, there isn’t a body or org to push for standardizing. Every room is probably willing to standardize on their existing rules but none have incentive to adopt others rules.
