| Posted by: skd1337 at October 20, 2007, 9:37 pm | | Topic: Chip Placement- Live Play Forum: Card Chat |
yeah your supposed to put the big denominations at the front so its not deceptive. more often than not its not really a big deal but it just makes life a little easier for everyone.
I think this is more for tourneys though, im not to sure about cash because people often have wads of cash stashed behind chips etc.
dont quote me on this
| | Static Link |
| Posted by: OzExorcist at October 20, 2007, 9:34 pm | | Topic: Chip Placement- Live Play Forum: Card Chat |
Live casino play (tournaments at the least) actually has a rule that says your highest denomination chips must be clearly isibile - largely to prevent misleading opponents like you're suggesting, I believe.
| | Static Link |
| Posted by: Insomniac_1006 at October 20, 2007, 9:15 pm | | Topic: Chip Placement- Live Play Forum: Card Chat |
On the Poker Strategy the article http://www.cardschat.com/playing-live-poker.php states, “Keep your larger denominations in front so others can see them. You need to allow others to see your larger chips easily otherwise you will get asked for a chip count a lot.”
Could someone elaborate on this?
Playing 25/50 ring games, I have found that it is better to keep my larger denomination chips in the back. Is someone new to the table sees a gob of $25 and $50 chips and some $100 chips; they aren’t quite as threatened by me, which can be to my advantage. New comers to the game see an average stack, missing the couple of $1000 chips in the back of my tray, if they try to target me and I’ve got a good hand they can be in for quite the surprise.
Additionally, they are more difficult to knock out of the trays on accident and harder for pick-pockets to take.
Maybe the players that I play live with aren’t that good, but I only get asked for a chip count if they are trying to p... | | Read Entire Entry |
|