Home Games @ Pokerstars

[NineLions]

Yup that is the default currency but change it to Play Money and you are all set for rake free games.

Yup. Although it looked like it was charging a rake on the 1 play money tourney that I created, charging 1.10 play money

I'm doing pretty much what PS hopes people will do; set up play money tournaments and try to get non-poker playing friends and family playing. Then they hope that some of these people will deposit.

 

[Dreams of Tragedy]

well if anyone want to play me at heads up .01/.02 cash game PM me

 

[tpb221]

well if anyone want to play me at heads up .01/.02 cash game PM me

I think the smallest HU is .25/.50. You could just make a .01/.02 fr table I guess and just play that way.

 

[RamdeeBen]

I think the smallest HU is .25/.50. You could just make a .01/.02 fr table I guess and just play that way.

Yeah, exactly! Thats the best way and finally be able to play some headsup, get practice and not be in fear of losing a big roll!

I will play anyway, give me times/dates etc.

 

[Dreams of Tragedy]

Yeah, exactly! Thats the best way and finally be able to play some headsup, get practice and not be in fear of losing a big roll!

I will play anyway, give me times/dates etc.

what time are you good for

 

[Dreams of Tragedy]

PokerTrack 3 does not work with the home games tournament, has anyone else had this problem

 

[RamdeeBen]

what time are you good for

Got the baby sleep now so any time now if you can. Any particular rules or amount of tables you want to do? xamount of hands for example?

 

[RamdeeBen]

If it's on .net, can people from the same household/IP play?

A lot of the people I'd like to play with just for fun are couples and I don't care if they're sharing info, but unless the tourney is over 45 entrants or something on the .com two people from the same IP can't play.

eeek? Is that true? I played my wife heads-up on some cash game on a "home" game...is this not good news for me? I was purely experimenting the new features and well, I can't see why it would be "bad" or illegal? We are playing each other!

Guess time will tell..

 

[buzzmania]

wow this will be cool since ive moved and dont get to play with the buds anymore..time to make some phone calls.

 

[bigjoker66]

eeek? Is that true? I played my wife heads-up on some cash game on a "home" game...is this not good news for me? I was purely experimenting the new features and well, I can't see why it would be "bad" or illegal? We are playing each other!

Guess time will tell..

from: http://www.pokerstars.net/poker/home-games/faq/

Q:CAN I PLAY WITH FRIENDS FROM THE SAME LOCATION IN HOME GAMES?
A:Yes. The members of a Poker Club can sit at the same table, even if they are on the same IP address or at the same location. This allows Club Members to get together at the same place to play an online Home Game.

 

[mrmonkey]

You know what guys, I've just realized this is a potential stroke of absolute brilliance by pokerstars. At the least it's a step in a very right direction.

I think the goal in online poker right now is to get it more "social", and thus bring more casual fishy players in. The image right now that the term "internet poker player" conjures up is of basement dwellers multi-tabling with HUDs, pokerstove, and a 3-liter bottle of Mountain Dew by the table. These are also the types you don't really want to have be at a table with, as generally your edge will be neutralized as compared to some fish just hopping online for poops and giggles.

Think of all the swarms of fish that are playing poker on Facebook / Zynga / other social networking places.

A poker site that would take a marketing and development initiative towards making a place a more social/friendly poker venue would have the potential to bring in just a crap TON of casual-type players offering incredibly soft competition.

Imagine if Zynga suddenly offered a real money client? Or if they partnered up with Full Tilt and did cross-promotion? Or if one of the major poker sites developed a Facebook feed that showed updates of their progress on people's walls and news feeds like Zynga does?

 

[RamdeeBen]

To be honest, I'm thinking it has a lot to do with the USA banned areas and IF it ever came to being banned in the whole of the U.S.A then there would be a very clever way around it by playing these "home" games. You can quite easily set up a cash/tournament game, many of them at that. Escrow money, or paypal x amount of money or whatever and transactions done away from the poker room as opposed to the pokerroom. Either way, there are only postives from this.

Monkey: I agre aswell.

 

[RamdeeBen]

from: http://www.pokerstars.net/poker/home-games/faq/

Q:CAN I PLAY WITH FRIENDS FROM THE SAME LOCATION IN HOME GAMES?
A:Yes. The members of a Poker Club can sit at the same table, even if they are on the same IP address or at the same location. This allows Club Members to get together at the same place to play an online Home Game.

ahhh thankyou! It's just someone mentioned that you wasn't allowed sooo I was a little concerned, I'm glad its been cleared up. Before I even played the 1on1, I thought I should of read through their T&C but couldn't be bothered lol. Might well of shot myself in the foot !!

 

[LizaMayra]

So is CardsChat going to setup an Home Game Club for their members... that way they can host their private ring games and tournaments there...

 

[RamdeeBen]

So is CardsChat going to setup an Home Game Club for their members... that way they can host their private ring games and tournaments there...

One was setup lastnight. Not sure if it is cardchats "offical" home game. I think to many people will want to make one as there are some sort of reward for club manager, for hosting games and getting people to join their club.

I think they get to play in a 100k freeroll for example, if they win it they then get to have 3 pokerstars pros play in a home game with them and a 1k added prize pool which would be cool..

 

[NineLions]

ahhh thankyou! It's just someone mentioned that you wasn't allowed sooo I was a little concerned, I'm glad its been cleared up. Before I even played the 1on1, I thought I should of read through their T&C but couldn't be bothered lol. Might well of shot myself in the foot !!

It's not allowed, except in the new home games.

Those of us that have always been able to set up private tournaments had to abide by the IP rules that are there to avoid collusion, but by setting up a home game you're agreeing that you can't complain to PS about collusion that might happen there.

 

[kmixer]

I hope that at some point Pokerstars will let us customize our own mixed games. Would be cool too if they would allow PL and NL for games like Stud and Razz to be thrown into the mix. A home game is supposed to be just that, house rules.

Would be great if they could figure out a way to have these turn into "Dealer's Choice" games too.

 

[DubPoker12]

Check out http://theworldsbestpokersites.com/TheWBPSblog/ to sign up to pokerstars VIP program for your home games.

 

[kmixer]

bluff magazine stated that clubs can have 50 members. Nice!

Based on the article that Dub linked to you can have more people depending on your Level.....This is gonna get good.

 

[kidkvno1]

I like it, it gets ride of the password beggars..
Now if they can do it, with money added games.

 

[the lab man]

maximum of 50 peeps allowed , played in another one tonight, huds do not work, don't know a way around this yet????

 

[LizaBuv]

PS Home Games (Play Money)

Does anyone know if these home games have the option for play money?

 

[KardKlub]

poker stars couldnt care less about house holder playing each other. Infact they said you could hold a game wholly at someones house with everyone on the same ip.

 

[kmixer]

Does anyone know if these home games have the option for play money?

Yes you can have play money ring games and tourneys too.

 

[kmixer]

poker stars couldnt care less about house holder playing each other. Infact they said you could hold a game wholly at someones house with everyone on the same ip.

It's actually a great concept. Everyone sits around the same table with laptops. Saves on dealing and time with pots and chip stacking and you still have good physical reads on people.

I love it.