Kill games benefit good players for a variety of reasons

#1 - You essentially get to play a higher level for lesser blinds. Looking at it from the foxwoods 5/10 kill game: You get to play numerous hands of 10/20 for $2 and $5 blinds! You can practically play as tight as you want if there are numerous kill pots since you are only paying $7 a round instead of the $15 it costs to play 10/20.

#2 - As others have stated, people play differently in kill games. There are 2 styles they adopt, both of which benefit a good player. Style 1, they play retarded because they see big pots and want to win them. Style 2, they play scared because they are now at a level above what they want to play. Either style has advantages for a good player.

#3 - Bad players will win numerous pots in a row and be forced to post kill blinds more often than good players. this seems insignificant but it gets bad players involved in more pots and defending more blinds. The more they play, the more mistakes they will make.

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