Where are tournaments beside casinos?

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I have all kind of these little places around my house that has like a bar on one side and gambling room on the other. Do these places have tournements as well?
 
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As I'm in the UK, I have no idea.

Maybe you should call at a few of them and ask.
 
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I have all kind of these little places around my house that has like a bar on one side and gambling room on the other. Do these places have tournements as well?


occasionally I have played private sit n gos behind closed doors in a club and also a snooker hall,, biggest is a £50 rebuy tournament 30 ish players. a bit sketchy but its epic!! absoloutely awful play lots of rebuys

I also know a guy who has played high stakes games on like gum tree or something/craigs list organised from home,
buy in was $1,000
 
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Idk where you live, but there is about 2-3 clubs around the area here. One which has tourneys 6 days a week.

Bars will probably have the free leagues, which really isn't poker.
 
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I will call and ask I'm sure they have like sit n gos but I wasn't for sure about tournements
 
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best advice is AVOID these types of places, only play poker in casinos, online or with your friends and people you know. cheating and collusion increases a lot in these places and of course its not legal to gamble outside a casino, not in my country at least.
 
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best advice is AVOID these types of places, only play poker in casinos, online or with your friends and people you know. cheating and collusion increases a lot in these places and of course its not legal to gamble outside a casino, not in my country at least.

Idk what country you live in but (assuming it isn't the US since you have Stars and FT updated) but in the US some bars have small gaming licenses where you can play poker Cash games,

for Iowa law I think tournaments are restricted from anything outside the Casino's I don't know about the other states...

@ OP ask around, look it up online if you do find some where I would suggest picking legitimate business's and not the shady building down the alley.

I would start by trying to play with friends for 5 to 10 bucks once a week post something on Facebook or twitter or what ever else there is out there... I would just keep from mentioning playing for real money.

Keep it brief like "anyone up for some poker?"
 
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Organizing a high stakes games with complete strangers... Now that's sketchy.
 
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I know people who run cash games, and some that run tournaments but your more likely to find cash games. These people all run them at their houses though. Where I live you just have to find the group of people who are in the poker community and be friendly with them, and you will get invited no problem.
 
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you can check your local bars.. ive had good experiences playing there and then you find people that have home games. ive been in 4 states that do this:

north carolina
oregon
missouri
california
 
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Organizations

Some organizations have charity events with prizes.
 
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Idk what country you live in but (assuming it isn't the US since you have Stars and FT updated) but in the US some bars have small gaming licenses where you can play poker Cash games,

for Iowa law I think tournaments are restricted from anything outside the Casino's I don't know about the other states...

@ OP ask around, look it up online if you do find some where I would suggest picking legitimate business's and not the shady building down the alley.

I would start by trying to play with friends for 5 to 10 bucks once a week post something on Facebook or twitter or what ever else there is out there... I would just keep from mentioning playing for real money.

Keep it brief like "anyone up for some poker?"



Im from argentina and here is not legal to gamble outside a casino, and i think it should be illegal in every country as well. playing with some friends for money is one thing, with strangers without any regulation is completely different.
 
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Im from Argentina and here is not legal to gamble outside a casino, and i think it should be illegal in every country as well. playing with some friends for money is one thing, with strangers without any regulation is completely different.

I disagree I think it should be legal in more places.. I don't think it should be up to any government to tell the people where and where they can or can not gamble. (As long as the gambling doesn't involve animal abuse) or isn't life threatning such as boxing or MMA fights (Not saying I don't like them I love MMA) but without regulations those could be a health hazard.

Besides these bars aren't some underground places they are licensed with small gaming permits. Bars have a lot to lose if things go wrong they could get fined, lose their gaming permits, and suspensions.

Here is a little link I found

http://iowaabd.com/alcohol/features/alcohol_laws/legally_speaking/license_gamble
 
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best advice is AVOID these types of places, only play poker in casinos, online or with your friends and people you know. cheating and collusion increases a lot in these places and of course its not legal to gamble outside a casino, not in my country at least.

Generally it's allowed as long as there is no rake taken.
 
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In virginia we had charity events like at bowling alleys and bingo halls that would have the best tournaments I've ever been to and they cheated in those. The players would shuffle themselves so was really easy to cheat if you were good enough. Eventually they were caught because well cheaters get greedy and theres always that one guy with an eagle eye that will catch any cheat regardless of how good he is. I've even played poker in a mason lodge and yes they cheated there too lol.. So if you're trying to find a place that isn't sketchy gl. I mean it's poker people live to cheat and trick and scam. Unfortunately for now it's just part of the game until poker is organized on a federal level.
 
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In virginia we had charity events like at bowling alleys and bingo halls that would have the best tournaments I've ever been to and they cheated in those. The players would shuffle themselves so was really easy to cheat if you were good enough. Eventually they were caught because well cheaters get greedy and theres always that one guy with an eagle eye that will catch any cheat regardless of how good he is. I've even played poker in a mason lodge and yes they cheated there too lol.. So if you're trying to find a place that isn't sketchy gl. I mean it's poker people live to cheat and trick and scam. Unfortunately for now it's just part of the game until poker is organized on a federal level.

What part of VA did you play in? I also used to play in those league games in Virginia. I am in the Hampton Roads area.
 
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I'm in hampton roads as well. Use to live in portsmouth now I live in Hampton. You still play any live poker out here?
 
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I live in Mo. There are bar games in some of the bars but they are just for fun. There are also house games but these are very questionable.
 
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I'm in hampton roads as well. Use to live in portsmouth now I live in Hampton. You still play any live poker out here?
I was playing live a couple months ago, and still know where some cash games are, but lost my job recently... so haven't really had a chance to play lately. The bar league I used to play in was The East Coat Poker League, and I go to Colonial downs once or twice a summer when they have that free tournament; I think that league is called Royal Flush Poker League. I used to go to Richmond on occasion when they had a Charity event at the Holiday Inn, that was Big Dogs Playing Poker league. I am in Williamsburg and used to play a lot of cash games in Newport News and Hampton, but found some closer to me eventually.
 
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Missouri has charity games. If you can find out who runs the games you can sometimes get on an e-mail list whenever they are going to host another game. It helps them get the job of organizing a tournament when they can promise more players.
 
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Search "Poker Rooms" and your state on the internet. Around my area there is organized poker with cash games and several tournaments at Rockingham Park in Salem NH and also at the former Seabrook NH dog track. They used to race trotters at Rockingham, now there is OTB and Poker. These venues are not technically casinos-there are no slots, but there is poker and blackjack and probably some other card games....
 
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I disagree I think it should be legal in more places.. I don't think it should be up to any government to tell the people where and where they can or can not gamble. (As long as the gambling doesn't involve animal abuse) or isn't life threatning such as boxing or MMA fights (Not saying I don't like them I love MMA) but without regulations those could be a health hazard.

Besides these bars aren't some underground places they are licensed with small gaming permits. Bars have a lot to lose if things go wrong they could get fined, lose their gaming permits, and suspensions.

Here is a little link I found

http://iowaabd.com/alcohol/features/alcohol_laws/legally_speaking/license_gamble

full ack on this one. as if gambling is such a bad thing it has to be illegal...
 
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