Mano

For anyone interested, the "lost" blog entry is still up on Cardplayer.

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This is often the rule for a kill in Holdem. In O8 it is usually a scoop above a certain amount (I have never seen the 2 hands in a row kill at O8, but have seen the win a pot bigger than $X triggering a kill in holdem).

If one player scoops a pot which is bigger than some threshold (say $50 in a 4/8 game) the next pot is a kill pot and played at double the stakes (4/8 game -> 8/16), and the player who won the kill pot puts in a forced bet of double the big blind (would post $8 in the 4/8 game) - if it is a live kill then that player acts last preflop. The blinds remain the same, but must complete to the new higher stake to play. A half kill works the same way, only game goes to %50 higher instead of double (4/8 game goes to 6/12).