You have to offer them 50%, the jelly % is up to you, but with these super high calcuttas you have so much invested in a top player.
Calcutta question
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Affectionately called "the pool"
Kinda crazy that the game came to be named after the gamble instead of the other way around.
Hu
In our weekly 9-ball calcuttas or our occasional bigger tournament calcuttas, the winning bidder generally is aware of and accepts that there are no guarantees of anything. The reality is that player (regardless of whether he buys back half himself or not) has absolutely no moral obligation to play their hardest to win for their buyer, even though ethically most of us would agree that they should.
The player may choose not to purchase half of themselves back and may choose at their own discretion to concede games or matches at any point, etc. Buyer beware - that’s just the chance someone takes when they choose to bid on and potentially purchase them.
For that reason, those players that have a reputation of having previously done that may often be purchased at what might seem to be a bargain price in relation to their skill level. Smart bidders are aware of not only the skill level of all the players they may bid on, but also that player’s integrity.
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Some people seem to think they are buying a player body and soul when they buy them in a calcutta. The player may gamble or party all night, may just fall into the loser's side early and not feel like the long grind, no end of things to happen that you don't get the player's best efforts to win an event after you buy them.
Somehow it surprised me to find that strangers and near strangers were betting on me in competition too. I never bet other players.
Hu
tomatoshooter
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That doesn't seem like a good investment.I've bought myself for $20, and sold myself for $15...in the same tournament.
tomatoshooter
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Buy half for $100? Are you kidding? I've seen me play.
I guess you don't have to worry about it.
Nothing more surprising than somebody bidding me up in a calcutta! Are you kidding? I'm not expecting to cash in the main pot, maybe get my entry back at best, and you are buying me in a calcutta that only pays half as many places?
You might need boring for the simples!
Hu
tomatoshooter
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I'm flattered when someone buys me.
I’ve heard one story (perhaps on here) of a player not being offered half so they unscrewed their cue and walked out then and there.
On the other hand I remember my first time in a Calcutta. I wasn’t comfortable gambling and I didn’t like my odds of cashing. I declined buying myself and nobody made a thing of it. I could see myself being more comfortable with that in the future. Especially if the money was outside my range.
On the other hand I remember my first time in a Calcutta. I wasn’t comfortable gambling and I didn’t like my odds of cashing. I declined buying myself and nobody made a thing of it. I could see myself being more comfortable with that in the future. Especially if the money was outside my range.
Jeanette did that.
Hennesse waited till he saw his draw and then found the person who bought him + said he was looking all over for him and wanted half.