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Cake Poker announces change to minimum buy-in in no-limit hold'em games

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  1. Lee Jones Lee Jones is offline

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    Mar 23rd, 2010 (3/23/2010 9:40pm)

    Official announcement regarding minimum buy-ins in NLHE games


    Hi folks -
    For those of you who have been asking about the short-stacking situation...

    We have decided that we're going to raise the minimum buy-in in our NLHE games to 30 big blinds, effective April 8th. There will be an official press release coming out shortly, but most of you know the context:
    • We weren't eager to do this; to a first approximation, we believe that people who play by the rules of poker should be allowed to do so however they wish. [1]
    • However, 20 BB short-stack shoving is disruptive enough that it removes a lot of the "poker play" (and thus enjoyment) for many players. We have to give that serious consideration.
    • We will be partitioning our tables at $.25-$.50 and below into "regular" (30-100 BB buy-in) and "shallow" (20-50 BB buy-in) tables. We will not partition in larger games until the critical mass of players in those games justifies such a partition.
    • We are not changing the minimum buy-in on PLO or NLO-8 games. PL structures solve the problem simply by limiting raise size. NLO-8, because it's a split pot game, doesn't seem to succumb to this problem. Obviously, we reserve the right to make the same changes elsewhere if we feel it's necessary.
    As I said, this is not a decisions that we made lightly, but we believe it's best for our player community, and thus best for our business.

    As always, we deeply appreciate your playing at Cake Poker.

    Best regards,
    Lee Jones

    Cake Poker Cardroom Manager

    [1] I can remember being looked askance at low-stakes fixed-limit hold'em tables in Las Vegas 20 years ago because I dared to check-raise somebody.
  2. soggyvag2 soggyvag2 is offline

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    Mar 23rd, 2010 (3/23/2010 10:12pm) in reply to Lee Jones

    your the man Lee...
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  3. SmokeyCasinos SmokeyCasinos is online now

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    Mar 23rd, 2010 (3/23/2010 10:28pm) in reply to Lee Jones

    Lee should have his own font color.
  4. JustALurker JustALurker is offline

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    Mar 23rd, 2010 (3/23/2010 11:11pm) in reply to Lee Jones

    LEE JONES EVERYBODY!
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