H8red
Enthusiast
Silver Level
This is to explain the "championship belt" I mentioned in my bad beat post earlier. We have a regular weekly game at my mother-in-laws on Weds., $3 buy-in, around 12-13 people. Basically, it's a good excuse to get family and friends together, drink some beer and shoot the shit. It's a winner take all, but, unless the chip leader is a huge chip leader, the last two always split. Then we usually go to playing a change game. Anyway, 4 of us in the family have a birthday in April, and we had a little get together with the family last Sat. for everyone's birthday. My mother-in-law got me a toy wrestling championship belt, because I still am a little of a wrestling fan to this day. Just a little fun gift. I decided last night to bring the belt, and I offered it to whoever wins the tournament. They can take the belt home for the week, and they can make one decorative change to it, but they have to defend it the next week. If they don't defend it in two weeks, they forfeit the belt, and the next winner is champ. Jut something a little stupid, but man did it make a difference. People that are usually calling stations started making good laydowns, button raises were a lot more common.....all for a silly little plastic belt. I designated myself champ by default, so there had to be a winner, no split. If a split took place, the belt goes back with the previous champ. If anybody read my bad beat post from yesterday, you know that I won the tourney - $36 and the belt. If you have a regular little tourney like this, try incorporating something like the belt. Even though it's a little childish, it made a huge difference in the competition, and just made the game more fun.