I've done a variety of rebuy structures for my home games. These have evolved, as my stakes and game evolves.
Currently, I'm playing mostly $.25/.50 blinds. I vary the stakes depending on the group, but mostly I'm starting out with $40 max to start, then I've implemented a rule where after the average stack = $60, I up the max to $60. I typically don't allow more than $60 max (similar to Jeff's structure from the last WCB).
It's easy to figure the avg stack based on the number of people and number of buy ins. Let's say 10 people, once 5 rebuys have occurred, the average stack should be $60. My players have seemed to like this structure.
However, that's in a controlled home environment, where the players tend to remain static, come/leave similar times.
A few local bar tourneys I've played in have a group of decent regulars that play $.25/.50 or $1/2 afterwards. The tables are padded, and I've started bringing a traveling set of chips to handle the cash games (have I mentioned I hate dice chips). So it seems to have fallen to me to run the cash games (well, I bring the chips and bank). Being in a public place (bar), I don't want big money attracting robbers or authorities, so lets use the smaller $.25/50 game as an example...
The last such game I helped run, I had a few extra (newer) guys who were used to using their large bankrolls to push people around, and gin up the stakes. Most of the field was buying in for $50, and this one vocal guy wanted to buy in for $200... I objected (along with the rest of the table). This particular game is fairly friendly. This player acquiesced to the table's wishes, but when it came to rebuys, he wanted to buy in for equal to the big stack (a guy who had fairly quickly tripled up to $150). The rest of the field was still at around $50. Since I never really dealt with this (other than in my home game where it's established), this guy insisted it's standard to allow rebuy = to the big stack. I've heard of this, but I've also heard of equal to 1/2 the big stack.
I am trying to limit the money on the table somewhat, for reasons already stated.
I am wondering what is standard? equal to full big stack? half? what?
I'd personally like to do something like this:
Buy-in is $40 to start. Subsequent buy ins can be at $60 or half the big stack (*rounded up to the nearest $20), whichever is greater.
* Stack rule example: If the big stack is $150, half that = $75, rounded up = $80 max buyin. The rounded to the nearest $20 is purely for selfish reasons as a banker (and all my chips are arranged in barrels - easy to dispense).
Is this 1/2 big stack rule whacked? What's the norm?
Currently, I'm playing mostly $.25/.50 blinds. I vary the stakes depending on the group, but mostly I'm starting out with $40 max to start, then I've implemented a rule where after the average stack = $60, I up the max to $60. I typically don't allow more than $60 max (similar to Jeff's structure from the last WCB).
It's easy to figure the avg stack based on the number of people and number of buy ins. Let's say 10 people, once 5 rebuys have occurred, the average stack should be $60. My players have seemed to like this structure.
However, that's in a controlled home environment, where the players tend to remain static, come/leave similar times.
A few local bar tourneys I've played in have a group of decent regulars that play $.25/.50 or $1/2 afterwards. The tables are padded, and I've started bringing a traveling set of chips to handle the cash games (have I mentioned I hate dice chips). So it seems to have fallen to me to run the cash games (well, I bring the chips and bank). Being in a public place (bar), I don't want big money attracting robbers or authorities, so lets use the smaller $.25/50 game as an example...
The last such game I helped run, I had a few extra (newer) guys who were used to using their large bankrolls to push people around, and gin up the stakes. Most of the field was buying in for $50, and this one vocal guy wanted to buy in for $200... I objected (along with the rest of the table). This particular game is fairly friendly. This player acquiesced to the table's wishes, but when it came to rebuys, he wanted to buy in for equal to the big stack (a guy who had fairly quickly tripled up to $150). The rest of the field was still at around $50. Since I never really dealt with this (other than in my home game where it's established), this guy insisted it's standard to allow rebuy = to the big stack. I've heard of this, but I've also heard of equal to 1/2 the big stack.
I am trying to limit the money on the table somewhat, for reasons already stated.
I am wondering what is standard? equal to full big stack? half? what?
I'd personally like to do something like this:
Buy-in is $40 to start. Subsequent buy ins can be at $60 or half the big stack (*rounded up to the nearest $20), whichever is greater.
* Stack rule example: If the big stack is $150, half that = $75, rounded up = $80 max buyin. The rounded to the nearest $20 is purely for selfish reasons as a banker (and all my chips are arranged in barrels - easy to dispense).
Is this 1/2 big stack rule whacked? What's the norm?