Tournament: Button & Blinds

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The MPC
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Tournament: Button & Blinds

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In tournament play, if a player is knocked out and is set to be either the SB or the BUT on next hand, then there should be a Dead Small Blind or a Dead Button.

Currently the button moves and allows players still in the tournament to skip their responsibility of playing their full share of the blinds.
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Kent Briggs
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Re: Tournament: Button & Blinds

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There are two ways to handle that condition. Poker Mavens (and PokerStars, by the way) uses the "button always moves" method. This occasionally gives someone a small advantage by letting them skip a blind. But the other method (that you mentioned) gives someone the button position two hands in row, which is probably a bigger advantage.
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Re: Tournament: Button & Blinds

Post by The MPC »

Thanks for the reply.
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