TDA Stud and BBA changes coming (1 Viewer)

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First, the rule allowing big bets on fourth street in stud high when a player pairs his or her door card will be nixed. According to Savage, the idea was brought to him by Barry Greenstein, who Savage noted has likely played more hands of stud than almost anyone. The point of the rule was apparently for cash players to end the hand more quickly and get on to the next.

Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein suggested nixing the fourth-street double bet in stud.
Second, seventh street will always be dealt face down now. Previously, if a player was heads up and his or her river card was dealt face up, the opponent's card was dealt face up also. Now, random card theory will apply and the deck will be reshuffled.

Finally, exposed cards on the initial deal that were supposed to be down cards will simply become up cards. According to Savage, the rule stemmed from people chafing at bringing in when they weren't "supposed to."

Savage said he expected more pushback on the stud changes since many of the players who play stud most frequently are veterans of the game who likely don't want to change after so many years of doing things a certain way. However, he said it was actually old-school grinders like Greenstein who badgered him about getting things changed, and there was no opposition to speak of outside of a bit of squabbling about random card theory and when it should be applied.

Big Blind Ante Nearly Resolved
The most pressing issue coming into the summit, which led off the board's discussions on Friday, was big blind ante best practices. Nearly everyone agreed to go with ante first and keeping the size of the ante the same regardless of table size, but there were still some holdovers.

One such holdover admitted he had been swayed.

"I've given it a lot of thought over the last 12 hours or so," said Kenny Hallaert, who was one of the lone voices for big blind first. "And I might go towards ante first."

The room broke out in applause but there continued to be a bit of dissent. Finally, Linda Johnson stressed that while big blind first was friendly to a short-stacked player, it was unfriendly to the rest of the players. Another TD concurred.

"EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT SOMEONE GETS EQUITY IN THE BIG BLIND THAT THEY SHOULDN'T, THEY'RE TAKING IT FROM EVERYBODY ELSE"
"If you're going to let them get out of posting the ante, it's no longer equal to everybody," he said.

Justin Hammer echoed that as well.

"Every single time that someone gets equity in the big blind that they shouldn't, they're taking it from everybody else," he said.
 
So you get rid of the double bet on fourth street for what? Unless you're a certifiable nut, who the hell wants to go to war against a player with a pair showing on 4th street?
 

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