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Is it allowed at your home game to use any charts (hand ranking chart, start hand charts, push/fold charts) ect?
Could be interesting strategy at a casino. How tilting would it be to lose a hand to someone reading a hand ranking chart?Well, lets back up. To be honest its never came up where I have had to not allow it.
But if I if someone needs to use a cheat sheet for hand rankings they should not be in my game. Not fair to others playing having to be held up all the time by said player
Could be interesting strategy at a casino. How tilting would it be to lose a hand to someone reading a hand ranking chart?
who's to say people dont already do this?a noob with a poker hand rank chart? no problem
if one guy brings any other type of chart, can i bring a tablet with poker calculation software?
who's to say people dont already do this?
I dont actively look at other peoples phones or tablets when they are playing
No use of electronic devices at the poker table. If you need to use your cell phone/whatever, step away.
if someone is sitting on the opposite side of a 10 person table in a casino or even a home game and surfing the web or watching a tv show, i dont think i could tell if they were playing with an odds app or push/shove chart. depending on conspicuous they look of courseif you cant tell if someone is plugging away at their cell phone during a game you need to look around more.
what im trying to say is a chart with percentages is the same as having a program calculate for you. i could see the other players not liking that. i might try to beat the robot by reading his bets.
this is a rule for your home games?
4: Electronic Devices and Communication
Players may not talk on a phone while at the poker table. House rules apply to other forms of electronic devices and electronic communication
1.3 IMPROPER ACTIONS
The following actions are improper, and grounds for warning, suspending, or banning a violator:
1.3.11 Using a cell phone, text-messaging device, or other communication device at the table. Players should step away from the table to use cell phones or other communication devices.
RROP identifies using a cell phone at the table as improper action. The TDA rules contain the following:
Our tournament rules comply with both RROP v11 and the TDA rules. This is the excerpt from our tournament rules:
...picking up the phone to tell your wife that you left 20 mins ago...
even in tournaments - which are already nightmares of tyrannical control by hosts/TDAs/floor managers - i can't conceive of a justification for implementing those rules other than to avoid delay, in which case you should also ban watching tv and talking to other players about matters other than the ongoing hand. that sounds like a very, very fun game.
Srsly? There are lots of ways to cheat at the poker table with electronic devices, and Bloody only covered a few of them above.
And if I find a player getting assistance with his play from his TV viewing, I'll consider it an electronic device too.
My home game is low stakes and newbie friendly. I've provided new players with hand ranking sheets. I think it's only fair that they know the basic rules as well as I do if I'm going to be trying to take their money.
Well, lets back up. To be honest its never came up where I have had to not allow it.
But if I if someone needs to use a cheat sheet for hand rankings they should not be in my game. Not fair to others playing having to be held up all the time by said player
i hate playing newbies. you never know what they are doing.
i wonder if anyone would actually not allow beginners to use rank charts. seems kinda dickish and/or greedy. if its because it slows the game down, you shouldnt have invited beginners in the first place. nothing beats getting someone into the game or any other hobby. especially when it beefs up that bankroll