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Originally Posted by JABSolstice
In the dead button scenario, the button would just sit in front of an empty seat 1, essentially giving seat 9 the button twice in a row.
Actually with the DB rule, the best way to work it is just leafy the button stay on the 9 seat. The idea is that a dead button doesn't move as that is one symptom of dead. This also can allow help avoid the appearance where the button appears to move backward.
Another way to help position the button is to remember the button can only be positioned at a live player position. It can't move to an empty seat.
One other item the would eventually help is if dealers would stop calling a missing SB a dead SB. Just say BB only. Or no SB this hand.
I have seen plenty of confusion with how a dead button should be handled. Even though I first played with the DB rule and still use it in most rooms here, I now see why the moving button rule works slightly better for cash. It was weird seeing three blinds the first time. I was like....but ther can only be two blinds, how will it ever get right again. The I played with a MB a couples of times and was like, wow never an argument where the button goes...it moves to next live seAt. The extra blinds also juice the game slightly by getting more chips in the pot. Once you learn and understand the MB rule it seems simpler.