Know When To Over-Vulture

Know When to Over-Vulture

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Know When to Over-Vulture (Submitted by Some-1)

As you may know 'to vulture' is to bet 50 more than a banker's total.
'To over-vulture' is to bet past this amount and is not advised since
the banker does not have to meet the entire bet. However, if a
NON-banker type (with lots of monies) happens to be in the hand,
over-vulturing can be useful...
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Pbot> Game #25744 is starting. Everyone pay ante of 10.
Pbot> $: Zep:5927 Wus:4960 Spa:20509 ^oo:36808 Lee:896 Som:21422
Pbot> Zephros, you're first to place a bet.
Pbot> Zephros checks.
Pbot> WussDot, you're next.
Pbot> WussDot has set the bet to 1000. Pot is 1060.
Pbot> Spartus, you're next.
Pbot> Spartus folds. 5 players remaining.
Pbot> ^oo^, you're next.
Pbot> ^oo^ pays 1000 to see the bet. Pot is 2060.
Pbot> Leezza, you're next.
Pbot> Bet limit of 50 imposed for Leezza.
Pbot> Leezza pays 946 to see the bet. Pot is 3006.
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At this point Leezza is a 'free rider'
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Pbot> Some-1, you're next.
Pbot> Some-1 pays 1000 to see the bet. Pot is 4006.
Pbot> Zephros, you're next.
Pbot> Zephros folds. 4 players remaining.
Pbot> Everyone has bet. Now indicate which cards to discard.
Pbot> WussDot will be discarding 2 cards.
Pbot> Some-1 will be discarding 1 card.
Pbot> ^oo^ will be discarding 1 card.
Pbot> Leezza will be discarding 2 cards.
Pbot> Discarded cards replaced. It's time to place final bets!
Pbot> WussDot, you're first to place a bet.
Pbot> WussDot has set the bet to 3900. Pot is 7906.
Pbot> ^oo^, you're next.
Pbot> ^oo^ folds. 3 players remaining.
Pbot> Leezza, you're next.
Pbot> Bet limit of 50 imposed for Leezza.
Pbot> Leezza pays 0 to see the bet. Pot is 7906.
Pbot> Some-1, you're next.
Some-1> hmmm
Pbot> Some-1 pays 3900 to see the bet. Pot is 11806.
Pbot> Revealing the players' cards:
Pbot> WussDot: 2-H 4-C 4-S 4-H 4-D Leezza: 5-S Q-S 2-D Q-D Q-H
Pbot> Some-1: J-D 6-S J-S 6-D J-H
Pbot> WussDot's hand value: Four-of-a-Kind, 4s.
Pbot> WussDot wins the game with 11806 in the pot!!
Pbot> Leezza bankrupted.

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