[eguie921]

Reading another thread on setting min/max buy in has brought me to a question(s).

My home cash game is PL with Min buy-in $25/Max $100. My blinds start at .50/$1 blinds that change at 2 hour intervals through out the night until a cap.

Thanks to chiptalk, I recently bought a set of Chipcos. So, now I plan to have the blinds start at $1/$2 because my lowest denom is now a $1. Also, I will now keep it at $1/$2 for the night because my “raising the blinds” was a carry over house rule from when we use to play limit to entice more action.

I like to keep my games as close as the casinos as possible. (Minus the rake of course because it's illegal where I'm at.)Although I've played a lot in casinos, I never really paid much attention to the min/max relative to the stakes.

1. So, Is there a rule of thumb or a calculation for casinos to set the min/max buy-in relative to the stakes of the table? I.E. Max Buy in should be100xBB for a $1/$2 table.

2. I love PL but have not played PL in casinos. For a $1/$2 PL table what would be the typical min/max for PL? Or, is the answer to my first question the answer because it doesn’t matter between Limit, PL, and NL follow the formula.

THX

[R Deckard]

I've never played/seen PL at any of the casinos I've been at. But I think following a NL guideline (if there is one) is good enough for PL. Here are the NL games I've played in CA, Las Vegas and Atlantic City:

Hollywood Park (fixed buy-in)-- $1-$2 NL buy $100; $3-$5 NL buy $200
Excalibur (fixed buy-in)-- $1-$2 NL buy $100
Borgata (ranged buy-in)-- $1-$2 NL buy $60-$300; $2-$5 NL $100-$500

So you can see the multiples can vary pretty widely at different casinos.

I would say that you want to buy-in with at least enough to be in the HOH2 "green zone", i.e. 20x the starting blinds, and probably 30x - 60x would be a good place to start, which for a $1-$2 game would be between $90 and $180.

The other question to ask is when to allow re-buys and how much. With a fixed buy-in game, say $100, some allow a re-buy when below $100 but only enough to make your stack $100, others when at $50 for up to $100 more. I think the ranged buy-ins at the Borgata allow a rebuy at any time to bring your stack up to the max (but I don't remember).

[eguie921]

Originally Posted by R Deckard

...Here are the NL games I've played in CA, Las Vegas and Atlantic City:

Hollywood Park ...Excalibur...Borgata...

So you can see the multiples can vary pretty widely at different casinos.

...HOH2 "green zone"...

I've only played at the Bay 101 in Cali but played at both the Excalibur and Borgata. Love the Borgata. I see your point. I agree that when it comes to the min/max, PL and NL are probably set the same way. Also, it will varys by casino. Like I said, I never really paid much attention before. LOL

My curioustiy really comes from a business perspective, I would think that the casinos have calculated this out somehow to say, yeah the max should be x amount for this type of game based on hours played by experienced and non-experienced players or rake per pot. Or something of that sort.

Thanks for the info. Using your examples, maybe I'm ok with $100 max on a $1/$2.

BTW: What does "HOH2" stands for?