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[QUOTE="OzExorcist, post: 2608981, member: 23910"]
*shrugs*

You'll notice it's the first one they offer that allows even close to a full buyin ($1-$2 is capped at $80 LOL).

They're probably a special case because they're the only legal card room in town and they can basically do whatever they want in terms of implementing clocks or stupid-high rakes (which they also have).  They're also the geniuses that came up with a blackjack variant where blackjack only pays 6/5 and if the dealer gets a 22 it's a standoff, not a bust.  It's starting to get pretty clear why I rarely play there...

I agree that somewhere like Vegas where there's actual competition among rooms a shot clock (especially one that's 30 seconds or less) would have a hard time gaining traction, as people would just move to the next casino down if they didn't like the policy.

FWIW though having played in the cash games that have it, it's not been an issue.  Nobody complained about it, the games using it definitely still run (at higher numbers than, say, the lower buyins that don't have it) and very few people end up timing out on their decisions.  And I think if you're going to have one, you may as well limit it to 30 seconds.  If it's going to be a minute or more then it doesn't really do anything to speed the game up outside of one or two tanks per session.
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