Quote Originally Posted by outphase
The only time I feel that this is necessary is when every single chip is on the table in your set.
Yeah, that's basically when it happens. The set we use isn't so big that someone can end up with a 10x buy-in unless they win lots and lots, and after awhile people can buy-in double if they want.

I'd almost say it's more fair for people to be able to buy from the big-stacks - it takes leverage away from the big-stacks and gives the small stacks an opportunity to recuperate. And it's a friendly game at least, so no big stack is going to get up and say "that's it" unless they've been playing a really long time and everyone's about ready to quit anyways.