I got the email too. My immediate reaction is that these will attract the scared money players. I'm not sure if that will make up for the obvious pitfalls of having the cap though (not being able to stack anyone, not having NEARLY the same amount of ammo you could have in order to push someone off a hand, etc). What I'm more worried about is these games taking the weak players OUT of the normal games, and making those games tougher to beat.
IMO, if they want these to work, the cap should be around the max buy in - 100 BBs. By having it at just 30 BBs, that really changes the way a hand is going to play out on the turn and river.
Question though: Say, in Zy's example, he raised $53 instead of $54 (total of $59). Then he wouldn't be all in, and could lead out at the turn for $59, right? In order for his opponent to "cap" the action, he'd have to make a full raise (another $53 on the flop or $59 on the turn), right? If that's how it works, it's not so bad, but if he's somehow able to raise to $60 straight in either case, then I hate it.
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