Balanced Games(poker)
The philosophy in some public card room that keeps two games
of the same type at the same limit balanced with respect to
the empty seats. Rather than one full game, and one short game,
two games at the same limit would have the same number of empty
seats. The rules that govern when and how players can move between
such games
vary from card room to card room. For example, if a card room
has two 20-40 hold 'em games, and 14 players, rather than seat
nine players at one game and five at the other, the floor personnel
ensure that the games stay at seven and seven.
If one more player comes in, the games would become eight and
seven. Whatever is considered the main game--sometimes the more
desirable game in terms of action; sometimes the game that started
first--gets the extra player when there
are an odd number of players. The reason to have balanced games
is so the card room doesn't lose players who might not otherwise
hang around to play in a short game. What often results is two
short games full of disgruntled players.
