U wouldnt beleive this!!

drewjax · #1 12-10-04, 02:26 AM

I am seated at a .5/.10 limit holdem table (long life milk) at Royal Vegas. This guy just bought into the game for $12,000. Yes, 12K. WTF. Why would you do that. Are we supposed to be impressed (ok maybe a little, lol). His username is Betmax (again very impressive and scary), and it says he's from Oulu, wherever the hell that is.

Aequitas58 · #2 12-10-04, 02:39 AM

You would think there would be a max buy-in limit. They have them at B/M casinos ... wonder why not online. Maybe promote as much action as possible. Bigger pots = bigger rakes?

drewjax · #3 12-10-04, 03:06 AM

I could possible see doing this ina NL game, maybe. But a limit game @ .5/.10! The absolute most anyone could wager on one hand would be $1.20! Guess he would like to have 10,000 max hands available for those inevitable downswings, lol.

Slayre · #4 12-10-04, 09:29 AM

I would have left and hoped everyone else did too.

jillaj · #5 12-10-04, 11:19 AM

Most places online don't have a max buy in for limit because you can only bet a fixed amount.

BlibbityBlabbity · #6 12-10-04, 11:28 AM

and in limit it doesn't matter anyway. Many people just sit down with their whole bankroll at a site every session. This should not have any impact on the way you play (as it would in NL).

Just hope he also plays badly and will be spreading it around the table. My guess would be that there are not many bad players with 12K in a site though, so they might just be getting used to the interface before moving up to the higher limit games.