No Limit Hold 'Em

[Hughes4]

There might be a simple answer. But, I've always wondered why cash tables live & online have maximum buy-ins.

I think it would be cool if they ran some No Limit tables.

This is where someone can explain why this is an idiotic idea

[Journeyman_1]

the cardroom i go to has no cap on buyins. this one time after a guy got stuck like 400 at 1/2, he went to the cage and came back a minute later, told the dealer to deal him in he had chips coming. someone asked how much, he said "plenty". turns out he was getting 1.8k

[Hughes4]

Sounds like a fun 1/2 game.

[StrawAL0]

I agree with usted

[Journeyman_1]

Originally Posted by Hughes4

Sounds like a fun 1/2 game.

Not really, its still live 9 handed nl

[Tyresias]

Well, the reason is that in theory, you could buy into a 1/2 game for a million dollars, shove every hand, and have a near 0 likelihood of losing unless players who double/quadruple/etc up against you leave the table. That said, they WOULD leave once they got too deep for comfort, but casinos don't want players leaving.

[Hughes4]

I guess that's the best reason. So that the average player doesn't get uncomfortable.

0 likelihood of losing? That doesn't make sense at all.

I still think an online site could have opened up NO LIMIT tables.

[stoneawsome]

At the casino i play in a 1-3-5 NL game thats uncapped, most people buyin for like 2k. They used to have uncapped 5-10 and people would buy in for 7500, but most of the guys with a bunch of money have moved to the 1-3-5plo and 5-10 plo when they can get it off.

[Tyresias]

Originally Posted by Hughes4

I guess that's the best reason. So that the average player doesn't get uncomfortable.

0 likelihood of losing? That doesn't make sense at all.

I still think an online site could have opened up NO LIMIT tables.

Someone online could have, but it does make sense. If you have 100 chips, and I have 1 million, we can move all-in every hand preflop, and you can have the best by an 80/20 margin every time, and i'm a HUUUUUUGE favorite to stack you.

[Hughes4]

If you sit at a 1/2 table with a million, Everyone has a reasonable amount and you shove every hand: You are saying you're almost 100% leaving the game with more than a million?

I think this is very wrong.