Also, if you think the cost of a straddle should be larger or smaller, I'd like to hear it. If you have strategy recommendations regarding this, I'd love to hear it. There were a ton of straddles, especially in big pots. We were playing 3-handed and wanted to create more action, so we tweaked the rules a little more.įirst, we allowed straddles and re-straddles, the size and increment of the ante. Part 2: Straddles, 'Buying out', and other more We only used a ghost when pots had antes less than 2x#Players If the ghost beats the lone caller then the player wins 2/3 pot, with the remainder carrying over to the next hand. But if it folds to one caller, then the caller must beat the ghost for the full pot. If the ghost won a multiway pot, then both losing players re-anted, with the dead money staying in. To create more action we created a 'ghost hand' with the following rules (since I didn't know the established rules):Ī ghost player was dealt a hand along with everyone else. Tonight our normal game broke early and we ended up playing guts. Does anyone know the rules with regards to this? I never bothered to look up what that meant.
I browsed a thread and saw the phrase 'ghost hand' in the context of guts.
