Tourney Kill Games (1 Viewer)

[Wils]

Who plays tourneys with kills?

Do you like 'em?

How do they affect play?

What's your "kill trigger"?

How much do you increase the blinds?

How long for?

What rule do you use when the kill activator is also SB or BB?

 

[BGinGA]

Never heard of a kill being used in tourney play.

Not something I'd be interested in, either. I generally dislike any mechanism that artificially or randomly raises the stakes, even temporarily -- including any kind of straddle, kill, or 1/2-kill.

None makes any sense. If the stakes are too low for the group, then just raise 'em.... but for ALL of the hands, not for random ones.

 

[Gobbs]

I have never played a tourney with any type of kill. Sounds counter-intuitive to me. I don't think I would ever be in favor of anything that would make the tournament less structured and predictable (from a structure standpoint).

 

[DoubleEagle]

No kills in a tourney.

 

[Payback]

No kills for tournament. Cash game I'm cool with it.

 

[FDLmold]

In a tourney, that sounds like one of the worst poker ideas I've ever heard.

 

[Wils]

What's been said so far kind of supports my own thoughts. A reg asked about possibly introducing kills into our tourney and I must admit I didn't know a whole lot about them.

Never tried it, and based on this, never will

 

[JustinInMN]

In cash it's fine, casinos use them to slightly raise stakes in games where they may have a big gap.

I regularly play 8/16 half kill at Canterbuy Park, the next highest game is 20/40.

In tournament it makes little sense.

 

[moose]

It is possible he meant a bounty?

 

[JustinInMN]

To answer the questions on typical kill rules, I will offer the answers from the game in which I play.

Kill is triggered when a player wins two pots in a row where a flop was dealt on the second hand

A "half kill" raises the stakes by 50%, 8/16 to 12/24. A full kill doubles the stakes.

The player triggering the kill posts a kill blind and acts in turn, the blind is live. The player with a kill posts the kill blind instead of the small or big blind if in one of those positions. The kill remains on until the player with the kill loses.

In the event of a split pot involving a kill poster, the player remains on the kill. A "leg up" player also remains "leg up" if involved in a split pot.

 

[ilovegravy]

In cash it's fine, casinos use them to slightly raise stakes in games where they may have a big gap.

I regularly play 8/16 half kill at Canterbuy Park, the next highest game is 20/40.

In tournament it makes little sense.

How deep does the 8/16 play? I've weighed that against playing 2-100 next time I'm there.

 

[joker80]

It is possible he meant a bounty?

This

 

[Wils]

It is possible he meant a bounty?

No. Definitely kills.

 

[Old State]

Never heard of a kill being used in tourney play.

Not something I'd be interested in, either. I generally dislike any mechanism that artificially or randomly raises the stakes, even temporarily -- including any kind of straddle, kill, or 1/2-kill.

None makes any sense. If the stakes are too low for the group, then just raise 'em.... but for ALL of the hands, not for random ones.

^^^^^^^^^ This. Everything he said.

I HATE Kills and straddles and absolutely never heard of kills in tourney play. I allowed Kills ONE night a very long time ago back when only limit holdem was popular for cash. I banned them right after.

Straddles are also banned form the Old State Club.

It’s mindless and because of the faux macho-ness of it I personally consider it “Poker Shtick.” .... Stupid shit people want to do because they saw it on TV.

 

[Payback]

It’s mindless and because of the faux macho-ness of it I personally consider it “Poker Shtick.” .... Stupid shit people want to do because they saw it on TV.

You don't see limit poker much on TV and kill poker even less. I find that mostly nits hate it, while the lags love it. To each is own, but I love it, so you probably know how I play....

 

[JustinInMN]

You don't see limit poker much on TV and kill poker even less. I find that mostly nits hate it, while the lags love it. To each is own, but I love it, so you probably know how I play....

I will say in a Casino setting, it helps attract a certain type of player that likes games with more gamble which I find favorable. Same reason I put up with BBJ drops. Big jackpots attract favorable players.

But to relate this back to the op, with all the other changes in the structure of a tournament, I don't see a reason to add the complexity of the kill.

 

[Old State]

You don't see limit poker much on TV and kill poker even less. I find that mostly nits hate it, while the lags love it. To each is own, but I love it, so you probably know how I play....

The TV reference was to straddles and general Poker shtick

I don’t think of it as a preference difference between nits and lags but rather gambler types verses just straight Poker’s players. The guys that liked it in my crew were also the types that play carnival games at the casino