Re: another hidden motive updatemgrapeAugust 8 2006, 02:59:35 UTC
Sure... besides deception, players also manipulate the clock near the end of levels, to try and get their blinds in before the change, or to make sure they go up before the blinds get to the short stack.
If other players would use the clock like Lisandro did in similar situations (and they would), then he'd be putting himself at a (slight) disadvantage by *not* also using this tactic.
Reasons 642 and 643 why tournament poker is a joke.
With regard to time, I like the way the good online sites handle it: 30 seconds or whatever for each action, and then an extra few minutes in a time bank for the tough decisions, for the whole tournament. Something like this just isn't practical, for now, in live tournaments.
However, at the WSOP "Lifestyles Show," one of the booths was pimping completely electronic poker tables, where the cards and chips are digital, the dealing fully automated, and players act by touching buttons on the table in front of them - basically an online poker game, except in person. Besides solving the Lisandro issue by making it reasonable to time every player action, it would speed up play by eliminating downtime for shuffling/dealing as well as solving countless other problems and shortcomings with live play.
I'd be very interested to see the reaction if a casino actually started using these for real money play.
If other players would use the clock like Lisandro did in similar situations (and they would), then he'd be putting himself at a (slight) disadvantage by *not* also using this tactic.
Reasons 642 and 643 why tournament poker is a joke.
With regard to time, I like the way the good online sites handle it: 30 seconds or whatever for each action, and then an extra few minutes in a time bank for the tough decisions, for the whole tournament. Something like this just isn't practical, for now, in live tournaments.
However, at the WSOP "Lifestyles Show," one of the booths was pimping completely electronic poker tables, where the cards and chips are digital, the dealing fully automated, and players act by touching buttons on the table in front of them - basically an online poker game, except in person. Besides solving the Lisandro issue by making it reasonable to time every player action, it would speed up play by eliminating downtime for shuffling/dealing as well as solving countless other problems and shortcomings with live play.
I'd be very interested to see the reaction if a casino actually started using these for real money play.
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I suggested the following in Jerrod's journal. It's not a perfect solution but better than the status quo.
Those electronic tables they were demoing at the expo did look damn cool.
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