Kill Games

DennisGDennisG
in Brick & Mortar Casino Talk
What are these games?

I am going to the Edgewater in Vancouver in a few weeks for a couple days, and looking at the poker room I see this..

DAILY GAMES

$1/2 and $2/5 No-Limit
$2/4, $4/8, $4/8 Kill, $9/18, $20/40 Kill


$5/10 No-Limit
$10/25 No-Limit

Comments

  • HobbesHobbes
    I'm lazy today.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_game_(poker)
    wikipedia wrote:
    Triggers

    Rules on what triggers a kill hand (known as "activating the kill") vary. Sometimes the kill is activated when the last pot won exceeds a particular value. One common value is ten times the value of the large bet (in a $20/$40 game, the kill would be active if the previous pot won was greater than $400). Another common way a kill is activated is when a single player wins two pots in a row.
    The kill can be active during multiple consecutive hands. When the kill is triggered by a pot amount, if the kill pot exceeds a certain value (often 10 times the kill hand's large bet), the kill will remain active, though it may change players. When triggered by winning consecutive pots, the kill will typically remain active on the same player if that player continues to win consecutive hands.
    In "split-pot" games such as high-low or when two players tie, if a player has won the previous hand and splits the pot with another player, that may also activate a kill hand. If a pot is split and neither player has won the previous hand, winning the pot of the next hand does not typically activate a kill hand. In high-low games, typically the kill is activated when one person takes the whole pot (known as "scooping"), either by having both the winning high and low hands, or by having the winning high hand when no low qualifies.

    The kill blind

    The player who activates the kill hand must post an additional blind, called the kill blind. The kill blind can thus be posted from any position at the table including "in the blinds" or "on the button". The amount posted is most often twice the normal big blind or small bet for that game, known as a "full kill". For example, in a $20/$40 limit game, the large blind and small bet are $20. The full kill blind for such a game would be $40.
    In some card rooms, the player with the kill blind acts last after the big blind regardless of where they are seated in relation to the dealer button. For example, in a five-handed game where player E has earned the kill button and player A is the dealer, the order of action is player D, player A, player B (the small blind), player C (the big blind), player E (the kill blind). After the first round, betting returns to normal.
    There are three common options for dealing with a player in the blinds who must also pay the kill blind. First, they may pay only the kill blind and their scheduled blind is not posted; second, the player must post both their scheduled blind and the kill blind for that hand, with only the kill blind being "live" for determining that player's bet amount (this method adds an extra element of risk to the player "under the gun"); or the player may be allowed to "delay" paying the other blind until subsequent hands when they no longer have to post the kill blind, similar to the moving button rule of blinds busting out.
  • westside8westside8
    If a player wins 2 hands in a row, the blinds/limit gets doubled until that person loses a pot. Some games are played when a pot reaches a specific value - but the only ones I've seen that has been ran are the 2 pots in a row.

    They are also played so that when the person gets the kill button, they "straddle" for whatever position they're in and gets last action (even if they're not UTG) called the Kill Blind or something. Correct me if I'm wrong on the second part.

    Edit: Or what Hobbes posted - damn guy posting while I'm typing.
  • DennisGDennisG
    thanks to ya both!
  • T8urmoneyT8urmoney
    westside8 wrote: »
    they're in and gets last action (even if they're not UTG) called the Kill Blind or something. Correct me if I'm wrong on the second part.

    Edit: Or what Hobbes posted - damn guy posting while I'm typing.


    Not all casinos will give you last action....when I lived in Calgary, you acted in your position if it was your kill.
  • westside8westside8
    T8urmoney wrote: »
    Not all casinos will give you last action....when I lived in Calgary, you acted in your position if it was your kill.

    I've heard of that also, varies depending on house rules.
  • moosemoose
    AFAIR Greektown in Detroit lets the kill act last. Seneca does not. Seneca runs a 3/6 O8 game will a 1/2 kill triggered by a pot over $60.
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