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How to Host
a home poker party
Hosting a home poker party is one
of the best ways to learn how to play poker and you'll have a great time too. It's not that difficult
and it's a fun way to spend time with your friends and family. You never know you might even win some money.
Here's 9
rules for a successful home poker night.
- Find out who wants to play
The
first thing is find out who and how many people want to play. You might
find yourself with too many friends. this is great ofr your ego but not
so great for the poker night. too many people reduce the speed of the
game and the enjoyment level, plus they all have to fit into your
house.We would suggest no more than 8 people for our first poker night.
Remember it's not like playing online, you are the one who has to
shuffle, deal and keep the game flowing. Some people may not
have played before and be unclear on the rules
of playing poker or unclear about which
card hands rank the best
- Organise a time and place
Give all your players plenty of time and notice of when and where the
home poker match is going to be and then a couple of days before
hand,
give them a call / email / text to make sure everyone can come. This
will give you time to find replacements if need be.
You don't need much, just a table , cards and poker chips.
Any old table at home will do as long as it's big enough to fit
everyone round. You will need more than one pack of cards though as it
saves on shuffling time. One person can shuffle one pack while another
deals the second pack. An automatic shuffler is great but
they tend to be a bit noisy . Make sure you have enough poker
chips to go round. You'll need more if you are going to allow
rebuys (a good idea so that players who luck out early on can get back
in the game). If you need supplies for your home poker party
visit www.pokerroomsupplies.com
- Establish your poker rules.
One of the most important things about hosting your own poker night is
setting the rules. Set the values of the chips, the blinds, how much
the buy ins are and how many buy ins each player can have.
Other rules can be setting pot limit or no limit and how quickly the
blinds will go up. Once your poker rules have been set, stick to them.
Print out a rules sheet that everyone can see and no one can accuse you
of making it up as you go along.
The best nights have a time frame; most people won't want to play all
night. It looks glamorous on TV but all night poker games
aren't a great deal of fun. Setting a time limit also means
you can fit your poker nightin during hte week arather than weekends
and it limits the amount you can lose in one night. If the
game stretches on and people are happy then go with the flow.
Home poker games are as much about the food and drink as the poker game
itself. Make sure that there's enough to go around
but don't overdo it. If you are playing for a couple of hours
with friends during the week then get them to bring round
their own drinks and snacks. That way its an easy night for the host
and is more likely to be repeated.
Put some music on but keep it low, you don't want it to interfere with
players chat.
Don't take the game too seriously. No one will want to play with you
again if you are being over competitive. The evenings about having fun
not screwing over your friends.
- You don't have to play for money
In these recession hit times it might be a good idea to play for
something other than money. You could play for babysitting,
gardening or a small prize like wine or chocolates.
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