No all-ins, no high bets, only play good hands, no surprises, no bluff? Must that be restricted also?Īlso, would poker be exciting when everyone has the same play style? I wonder if changing the no-limit games in limit poker games (think 95% or more of the played games is no-limit) would stop the bingo play, not only players who go all-in pre-flop are called bingo players, also players who places big bets pre-flop or after flop. When you are heads-up in a tournament (many all-ins often) and you are over your limit you can not go all-in any more? Is going all-in and calling an all-in (and being all-in) the same? If you like this idea, or have any other ideas about how to discourage bingo play, then we’d love to hear it. The restriction would be in place for, say, 24 hours after which you’d be allowed to play on the regular tables again but again subject to keeping your bing-o-meter below the threshold to get restricted again.

We’d look at what % of hands you’ve gone all-in pre-flop over a recent time period and if you go over a certain %, then we could restrict your play to special ‘bingo’ tables, where bingo players could go all-in pre-flop to their hearts content.

One of the ideas we’ve recently had, is the concept of a BING-O-METER (or bing-ometer?) for every player. The difficulty is to restrict bingo play, but not restrict a player that wants to go occasionally all in pre-flop, as a tactic of play. Promoting competitive play is one of the cornerstones of Replay and it’s for this reason that we’re looking more so, than ever, at the problem of bingo play and what we can do to reduce the frequency at the tables, if not eliminate it altogether. Whilst there’s no rule in poker that prohibits this type of play, I understand the frustration that it causes players who enjoy playing a ‘good’ hand of poker.

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