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Check raise in Lowball games

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fgmyers:
What is the reason for the rule:

"Check-Raising is allowed in all games except certain forms of Lowball."

What would prohibit a player from check-raising or allow it for that matter.  Please excuse my ignorance.  We don't have much interest in that game in South Florida but we are updating our rule book and the question popped up.

Thanks.

Frank

K-Lo:

--- Quote from: fgmyers on June 05, 2012, 12:38:11 PM ---What is the reason for the rule:

"Check-Raising is allowed in all games except certain forms of Lowball."

What would prohibit a player from check-raising or allow it for that matter.  Please excuse my ignorance.  We don't have much interest in that game in South Florida but we are updating our rule book and the question popped up.

Thanks.

Frank

--- End quote ---

Historically, checking and then raising was considered poor etiquette and was frowned upon.  It was prohibited.  Check-raising no longer has the same stigma as it used to have, and for greater certainty, current rulebooks will explicitly clarify that check-raising is now permitted in most games. 

In some games such as California lowball, you must bet if you have a sufficiently strong hand (i.e. 7 low or better), and in places that still spread those games, I expect that they will still enforce the "ban" on check-raising in those games primarily because it is tradition.

K

Brian Vickers:

--- Quote from: fgmyers on June 05, 2012, 12:38:11 PM ---What is the reason for the rule:

"Check-Raising is allowed in all games except certain forms of Lowball."

What would prohibit a player from check-raising or allow it for that matter.  Please excuse my ignorance.  We don't have much interest in that game in South Florida but we are updating our rule book and the question popped up.

Thanks.

Frank

--- End quote ---

I would just take that out, for all the reasons K-Lo stated above.  RRoP is becomming quickly dated.

Nick C:
Brian,

 I think we should stick to the games we are familiar with. Knocking RRoP, or time tested rules for games we don't play is, in my opinion, non-productive. I am not real familiar with the game either but, consider some of the strategy that could be practiced. The lowball rules allow you to bet and re-raise, or even pass and call if someone else opens. You just can't check and raise. It's part of the game and before we start changing rules for a game that most of us never play, I suggest we wait to hear from someone that knows the game better than we do.

K-Lo:
Just to be clear, the no check-raise rule does not apply to all lowball games, just some variants of lowball.

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