3/6 with a kill button

[bweller` 0]

i have a quick question about 3/6 limit with a kill buttonshould the kill button affect my play in the game. I mean, if i win a pot should i be more agressive and try for the kill. ive seen people put on mad rushes doing this.should i be taking that into consideration or should i stick to normal play?

[Pug_Fugly 0]

Stick to normal play for the most part. If you have the kill then it's like you are in the big blind as far as your decision to call a raise to see a flop. In a related note- why don't online sites use kill potts in O8? Every live game I play in uses them.

[KappaKid83 0]

Play the same, I know the rushes are nice but be consistent. As for no Kill online, I dont think anyone has the programming to do it quite yet, I mean I think it would be pretty difficult to try and program. JEFF

[bweller` 0]

thanks for the replyi do pretty decent playing my normal game. but last time i was at the casino this guy would win 6 or 7 hands in a row. he would win one pot go for the second pot and when it became a kill he would just keep firing away raising and reraising forcing everyone to fold untill someone could catch a hand against him. i was just wondering if this was a stradigy i overlooked.

[looshle 6]

UB has kill games

[Vade 0]

I'd bring more money to a game with a kill, the pots can get big suddenlyI made that mistake in a game at my casino, I started with 100 at 2/4 kill and wound up allin on a hand where I would have won a lot more (granted I started the hand with only about 40 left)

[stonecrow 0]

What the hell is a kill / kill button?pardon my ignorance??

[Vade 0]

What the hell is a kill / kill button?pardon my ignorance??

A player who wins two pots in a row then has to pay a double blind regardless of position (4 dollars at a 2/4 game) and the stakes become 4/8

[Pug_Fugly 0]

Kill rules vary by Casino.For examlple, At the 4/8 Omaha8 game at Hollywood Park. A player earn the kill button if they scoop a pot greater than $80.Since kill pot hand is 8/16 it's very likely that the pot will be over $80 in that hand also so as long as people keep scooping the kill button stays out. It's a very loose game, pots get over $300 frequently.

[kilgoretrout 0]

I'd like to note that technically, posting a kill is a bad thing (-EV), the same way posting a blind is -EV. so you should actually try to avoid posting the kill. This is a really small effect though, and should not affect many decisions. the correct way to account for having to post a kill would be to reduce your pot odds by about 1/2 a small bets in pots where winning would result in you posting the kill on the next hand (this is assuming you will on average lose 1/4 of your post). This effect also depends on position since having to post the kill when you have the button, is way better than posting the kill utg.About the only decision this should effect is deciding whether or not to play preflop when you will be in early position on the next hand. and you should tighten up just slightly.

[shinzilla 0]

Is posting a kill necessarily a bad thing? Sure, you have to post 2x the bb, but it means that you've just won two pots in a row. Why would you want to avoid winning two pots in a row because it means you're going to have to post in a kill pot? Maybe I'm missing something.

[kilgoretrout 0]

My point is that if you do win two pots in a row, then you would wish it the game didn't have a kill, since the kill makes you give back a bit of your win on average. for example if you are in early position with AK and winning the pot would make you post a kill next hand, of course you still play because AK is a solid hand. But if you change AK to AJ i would side towards folding because AJ really is barely playable anyway, and the possiblity of killing the next hand in early position is a strike against the hand.

[shinzilla 0]

Yeah, I agree with you there. It's sure nice being on a rush during kill pots, though.

[troutsmart 0]

In a 2-5 spread limit game at a casino I frequent, a $50 pot would result in a kill pot on the next hand. The winner would be required to post $5 and the game would change to $5/10 limit on the successive hand. As for strategy, I enjoy these games for one reason: the ability to choke short money. If I'm sitting with $300 or $400 and there are a few stacks with $50-$100, I can put maximum pressure on them with the higher limits. You can walk away with very decent wins in such a game if you're fortunate to pick up hands during the kill pots. However, I'd say that the kill pot is disavantageous to most players in the low limit games as they aren't adequetely bankrolled.

[WestcoastCanuck 0]

It is insane how the kill button can change a game. You can go from having a loose game where 7 people see every flop to having it heads up everytime you there is a kill. If you are a good heads up player (and get decent cards) this can be profitable.

[tylerc 0]

i have more of a tendency to come in with a raise if im playing with a kill, but it usually is somewhat table dependant. some get super tight and some are full of gambooolers who will play any kill cause of the bigger pots. im more likely to raise it up with a med pp on one of these tighter tables.yep tyler