If you enjoy playing No-Limit and Pot-Limit games, but prefer not to risk all of your chips in a single hand, you're going to love Full Tilt Poker's new Cap Games.
Phil Ivey, Jennifer Harman, Howard Lederer and countless other pros all play Cap because these exciting games let them enter a lot of pots without a lot of risk.
To join the action, look for games with (CAP NL) or (CAP PL) next to them in the game lobby.
Once you sit down at a table, hands are played exactly the same as in regular No-Limit and Pot-Limit games until the cap is reached. Once the betting cap is reached, all players left in the hand will be considered all-in.
For example, in a $60 Cap game, a player with $400 in chips may only wager up to $60 of his stack on a single hand, including pre- and post-flop play. So even if you go all-in against a bigger stack and take a bad beat, you'll still have plenty of chips left to play.
In the following example, you are John and seated at the bottom center position. You have $281 at the table and the stakes are $1/$2 with a $60 cap.
Phil Ivey raises to $6 under the gun. Now it's your turn.
In this case, even though you have $281 in front of you, you can only raise a maximum of $54, since the cap is $60 for this table. If you bet the cap and Phil calls your bet, both of you are considered all-in for this hand and there is no more betting.
Even if you were to lose this hand, you would still have $221 remaining to play.
These exciting Cap Games are only available at Full Tilt Poker, so give them a try today.
