Cash game min-max (1 Viewer)

[xdukeluvax]

Do you guys do minimum and maximum buy ins in your cash games? I always have because casinos do but i was thinking after watching high stakes that they are suuuuuper deep and that really allows for higher level play imo. In my .25/.50 game the max buy in is $100 but i wonder if that handcuffs the game at all.

Thoughts?

 

[Beakertwang]

I think max 200 big blinds is a good balance for a friendly game. I suppose later in the night, you could raise the cap if everyone agrees. We do 5¢/10¢, buy-in $5-20. But sometimes later in the evening, the stacks can get big, and if everyone agrees, we remove the nickels, play .25/.25, and raise the max buy-in to $50.

 

[Coyote]

A "normal" buy-in is 100BBs
More than that, it's deep, less than that it's shallow
One could argue that the buy-in, among socially related people, should be standard 100BBs, or half the big stack, eventually.
If you go for variable min/max, I guess the range should be 60 to 120 or 150 BBs.

For games among socially related people which are meant to be "friendly" (a ludicrous term for a violent game like poker) you could also establish a total cap per player per night/session.

So that if an otherwise nice guy comes to a .25/.50 game with $ 1K in his pocket, he won't be allowed to table all that, allowing him to play like a maniac, eventually unpunished (for the sole reason that other players will NOT have the liquidity to see him to his demise)

 

[xdukeluvax]

I think max 200 big blinds is a good balance for a friendly game. I suppose later in the night, you could raise the cap if everyone agrees. We do 5¢/10¢, buy-in $5-20. But sometimes later in the evening, the stacks can get big, and if everyone agrees, we remove the nickels, play .25/.25, and raise the max buy-in to $50.

Yeah the main reason i thought of raising it was standard open is $2.50 then a 3 bet around $8-$10 and so that doesnt really leave room for a 4 bet because anything after that is an all in or fold basically. Idk if anyone would even buy in over $100 but does have me thinking

 

[RocAFella1]

We tend to do 100bb min and 400bb max to start and up to half of the biggest stack as the night goes on.

 

[Coyote]

We tend to do 100bb min and 400bb max to start and up to half of the biggest stack as the night goes on.

So, why TF aren't you playing at double the stakes, with 50 to 200 BB stacks?

 

[RocAFella1]

So, why TF aren't you playing at double the stakes, with 50 to 200 BB stacks?

So 4 bets and 5 bets aren’t just all in.

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

Super casual home game is 5c/10c, buyin $5-20. Im one of the few who buys in at the max, and someone recently complained its unfair that some start with a bigger stack.

But he also complained that later in the night some people have more chips....I think he just doesn't like losing lol.

 

[Perthmike]

A "normal" buy-in is 100BBs
More than that, it's deep, less than that it's shallow
One could argue that the buy-in, among socially related people, should be standard 100BBs, or half the big stack, eventually.
If you go for variable min/max, I guess the range should be 60 to 120 or 150 BBs.

For games among socially related people which are meant to be "friendly" (a ludicrous term for a violent game like poker) you could also establish a total cap per player per night/session.

So that if an otherwise nice guy comes to a .25/.50 game with $ 1K in his pocket, he won't be allowed to table all that, allowing him to play like a maniac, eventually unpunished (for the sole reason that other players will NOT have the liquidity to see him to his demise)

100bb is shallow

 

[xdukeluvax]

So 4 bets and 5 bets aren’t just all in.

Exactly my thought.

 

[arch3r]

We play NLHE/PLO .25/.50 with a min/max buy-in of $25/$100. Basically 50 to 200 BBs. Keeps it friendly enough. But we still manage to get $2k-$3k on the table on an active night. We've had people down over 1000 BBs and others up close to 2000 BBs.

 

[PARADOX]

25c/50c game here.

Min $20 Max $50. May top up to $50 anytime.

 

[allforcharity]

0.50/1 game with initial $150 buy in. Subsequent buy ins/top ups $100-200 at players discretion if their current stack under $100.

 

[lane_robert_s]

I thunk we got thrown off by the stuff on YouTube. Uncapped? 200bb? Atc the stack? I think 100bb is best for a max. 150bb if your game plays big. I don't thunk you need a minimum... but if someone starts short stacked it could mKe for a weird dynamic.

 

[DoubleEagle]

We used to do $100/300. Now you can buy-in for whatever you want. No one cares.

 

[Machine]

Do you guys do minimum and maximum buy ins in your cash games? I always have because casinos do but i was thinking after watching high stakes that they are suuuuuper deep and that really allows for higher level play imo. In my .25/.50 game the max buy in is $100 but i wonder if that handcuffs the game at all.

Thoughts?

Higher level of play doesn’t occur in holdem.

 

[trigs]

Deeper stacks are just so much more fun to play. 200BB starting stacks are my preference.

 

[springbox]

5c/10c game, min $5 no max. But no one's ever started above $20, the largest rebuys are only ever matching whoever max stack is. People don't rebuy enough as it is.

 

[B.C.]

$1/$3 game - Buy-in is $100 - $1000. The average initial buy-in is $300.

 

[TheOffalo]

.25/.50 game as well, min first buy-in $50, we used to not allow add-ons (usually $50) unless someone's was $10 or or less, but now anyone can add on any time. Have an informal match-the-big-stack cap, but almost everyone just sticks with the initial $50 buy-in amount no matter what.

 

[JoeBGo]

$1/$2 for NL, Crazy Pineapple and Omaha…never a min or max….buy in for whatever you’re comfortable with….though most buy in between $300-$600 depending on the game. Usually towards the higher for Omaha.

 

[HoldemDonkey]

Nice to see I’m not the only one that runs a .05/.10 game and we also do $5 min/$20 max buy in. 200bb gives plenty of play for our causal game, but 200bb should give plenty of play for any standard(ish) home game.

 

[Nine_high]

.25/.50 NL HE/PLO, $20-$100 buy ins. Few exercise the cap, most fire $50-$80 bullets even late as we get deep.

When I started the game I didn't use a max, just $20 min. Adding the $100 cap actually caused the buy ins to go up.

 

[JP1984]

100BB min, 200BB max or 50% of the biggest stack.

 

[xdukeluvax]

Thanks for the info guys. If anyone lives in The asheville NC area we do a cash game and a tournament once a month each.

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

In my NL or PL games, there are 2 options for the buyin : 50BB or 100BB.

 

[Bacon Dad]

For games among socially related people which are meant to be "friendly" (a ludicrous term for a violent game like poker) you could also establish a total cap per player per night/session.

So that if an otherwise nice guy comes to a .25/.50 game with $ 1K in his pocket, he won't be allowed to table all that, allowing him to play like a maniac, eventually unpunished (for the sole reason that other players will NOT have the liquidity to see him to his demise)

Interesting thought, but maybe I don’t understand your point. I don’t see how capping a player per night/session is of any value to the other players. If a min/max is in place, then the only way the guy gets his full $1k on the table is thru multiple rebuys and top offs. And if he is doing that much rebuying, then his $1k is basically sitting in front of another player. It only hurts him. Or am I missing something?

 

[Coyote]

Interesting thought, but maybe I don’t understand your point. I don’t see how capping a player per night/session is of any value to the other players. If a min/max is in place, then the only way the guy gets his full $1k on the table is thru multiple rebuys and top offs. And if he is doing that much rebuying, then his $1k is basically sitting in front of another player. It only hurts him. Or am I missing something?

If other players don't have 2,000 BBs in their pockets, they may not be able to get the rich and lucky bastard before his luck abandons him.

 

[trigs]

If other players don't have 2,000 BBs in their pockets, they may not be able to get the rich and lucky bastard before his luck abandons him.

At my last game ($0.50-$0.50 blinds, $100 original buy-in, rebuys up to 50% big stack, pot limit), one of my regulars came with 60 buy-ins (well, allegedly - not sure if he was joking or not) and decided to pot every street blind until all-in for the first 5 hands. Now, who am I to tell him to not do that? It just feels wrong

 

[Coyote]

At my last game ($0.50-$0.50 blinds, $100 original buy-in, rebuys up to 50% big stack, pot limit), one of my regulars came with 60 buy-ins (well, allegedly - not sure if he was joking or not) and decided to pot every street blind until all-in for the first 5 hands. Now, who am I to tell him to not do that? It just feels wrong

That's exactly my point.
If you invite people to a home telling them you 're going to play .5/.5, you have to have a rule forbidding someone from turning it into a 2/5