Half Kill WTF?

[voiceofjoe]

I'm just reading a few reviews of live vegas poker rooms and see a game decribed as '$6/$12 Half Kill' Whats that all about ??

[Nade]

Re: Half Kill WTF? Maybe it's an american variation of Russian Roulette! ;)

[Dodger]

Re: Half Kill WTF? Having read this entry in Wikipedia...I still don't understand what exactly it means:

Kill game Sometimes a fixed-limit game is played as a kill game. Such a game is played with an additional blind, called the kill blind. The kill blind can be posted from any position at the table. The amount posted is typically twice the typical blind for that game. For example, in a $20/$40 game, the large blind is typically $20. If this game were played with a full kill, the kill blind would be $40. It is also common to find a game with a half kill. For example, when the kill is active in $4/$8 game with a half kill, the game is played at a $6/$12 limit. A pot built from this betting structure is known as a kill pot.^[7][3] 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 flop, betting returns to normal. Rules on how the kill is activated vary. Sometimes the kill is activated by the previous pot being over 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). The winner of that pot is required to post the kill blind for the next hand. Another common way a kill is activated is when a single player wins two pots in a row, requiring the winner to post a kill blind on the next hand. The kill will typically remain active if the player with the kill blind continues to win consecutive hands. 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. The term kill, when used in this context, should not be confused with killing a hand, which is a term used for a hand that was made a dead hand by action of a game official.

[Paulie_D]

Re: Half Kill WTF?

I'm just reading a few reviews of live vegas poker rooms and see a game decribed as '$6/$12 Half Kill' Whats that all about ??

Ok...here goes. In 'Kill' LIMIT games in Vegas (usually)..the winner of two consecutive pots is required to post an additional blind regardless of their position relative to the button. In a 'Full Kill' game, this is twice the BB, in a 'Half Kill' game, it is 1.5 the BB. Therefore in a $4/$8 game, the BB is $4. So the 'Half Kill' blind would be $6 and in a 'Full Kill' game it's $8. (Or something like that...you get the idea) I think the post-flop betting is still $4/$8 but options vary from room to room. Also, IIRC, the Kill blind is LIVE. Finally, the 'Kill' option remains effective until the player who 'activated' the 'Kill' by winning 2 pots in a row loses a pot. Whew! :unsure

[voiceofjoe]

Re: Half Kill WTF? Thanks for the info guys, so basically its a tax on the good players ? - I can't see why anyone would want to play it ?

[Paulie_D]

Re: Half Kill WTF?

Thanks for the info guys' date=' so basically its a tax on the good players ? - I can't see why anyone would want to play it ?[/quote'] Agreed...it's easy to see it that way. General strategy is to tighten up after winning a pot so that it's 'harder' for you to activate the kill. However, if it does happen, it's a pot builder and you have the LAST action as the bet is LIVE so that can help as well. Remember, this is LIMIT hold'em and in Vegas that tends to be NO-FOLD'EM at the lower levels (Tourist fish! - Yum Yum). :nana At the higher LIMITS of Limit (if you see what I mean) there might be fewer callers. :hope Primarily though, the KILL games are for the Omaha variants but Hold'Em with a 'Kill' is still available in most Vegas poker rooms.