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Mike_25
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If I could change just one rule in poker, I'd say drop the ante and bring the blinds in a bit. Raise the small and big blinds by a chip or two each hand.
It seems like these days the pots are getting bigger faster, and too many folks are willing to go all-in with marginal hands just to keep the action going. Raising the blinds slower would make plays more strategic and actually winning a couple of pots more meaningful.
Players would have to be choosier about which pots they contest, leading to less chaos and more thoughtful gameplay. It might reduce the number of wild, flip-a-coin type decisions too.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the excitement as much as any player. But poker is at its best when savvy betting and calculated risks lead to the championship pots, not when luck bears the day due to no one wanting to fold.
A slightly faster blinds schedule would reward smarts over recklessness without making the game too bland. At least in my view. But there are of course a hundred other opinions in the game! What do you think about speeding up the clocks on blinds? Too radical or not radical enough?
It seems like these days the pots are getting bigger faster, and too many folks are willing to go all-in with marginal hands just to keep the action going. Raising the blinds slower would make plays more strategic and actually winning a couple of pots more meaningful.
Players would have to be choosier about which pots they contest, leading to less chaos and more thoughtful gameplay. It might reduce the number of wild, flip-a-coin type decisions too.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the excitement as much as any player. But poker is at its best when savvy betting and calculated risks lead to the championship pots, not when luck bears the day due to no one wanting to fold.
A slightly faster blinds schedule would reward smarts over recklessness without making the game too bland. At least in my view. But there are of course a hundred other opinions in the game! What do you think about speeding up the clocks on blinds? Too radical or not radical enough?
