aliengenius
Cardschat Elite
Silver Level
If you have four (or less) tables, you can also use a deck of cards, ace through 10 (or nine)-- just designate each table as a different suit.
If you have four (or less) tables, you can also use a deck of cards, ace through 10 (or nine)-- just designate each table as a different suit.
vanquish
Legend
Silver Level
Make sure no one is cheating. IDK if you can trust 30-40 of your peers, but better safe than sorry.
Also who gives a **** if he's 16. Back when I was 16 I used to do all kinds of crazy shit and I turned out pretty solid imo.
Also who gives a **** if he's 16. Back when I was 16 I used to do all kinds of crazy shit and I turned out pretty solid imo.
AlexeiVronsky
Rock Star
Silver Level
Home Game
I'd make sure to write up and pass out the rules and blind/ante structure, otherwise there's bound to be confusion and questions, let alone arguments. And as for being 16, if he's been playing since he's 11 I'm pretty sure his parents don't mind/taught him or they'd have to be pretty oblivious. And I doubt he's playing more than his bankroll allows and he's probably pretty good at poker since he's been playing for 5 years, sounds like a good job to start out with anyhow, much preferable to McDonald's :icon_puke:
I'd make sure to write up and pass out the rules and blind/ante structure, otherwise there's bound to be confusion and questions, let alone arguments. And as for being 16, if he's been playing since he's 11 I'm pretty sure his parents don't mind/taught him or they'd have to be pretty oblivious. And I doubt he's playing more than his bankroll allows and he's probably pretty good at poker since he's been playing for 5 years, sounds like a good job to start out with anyhow, much preferable to McDonald's :icon_puke:
pkrplr4116
Legend
Silver Level
Honestly, I don't care what you do about the game. But if the time comes when they're looking to blame someone, I didn't encourage the kid. Otherwise, Kid, have fun, have a good life and remember this in 10 yrs. Get back to me, then. Sadly, I'll still be playing too much. This IS the voice of addiction speaking.
royalburrito24
Legend
Silver Level
Are you sure about that? lol Just kidding Vanq.
Look, if the kid is 16, so what!? There is plenty of worse crap he can get into other than a non-existant gambling addiction. It is very hard for the kid to play online and 10X harder to play in the casinos. I feel it is best to start at a young age and learn the ways of the game, because by the time you turn 18 or 21, you know what to do and how to avoid gambling addictions.
AlexeiVronsky
Rock Star
Silver Level
If he has a gambling problem he should stop, which is true of everyone. I don't see what a relatively arbitrary age of 18 or 21 has to do with his ability to play poker, if you're going to go with maturity it should be 26 when his prefrontal cortex, which is the source of inhibitions, is fully developed. And I don't think he was asking if he *should* be running a tourney, but *how* to do so, so answer his question and help him out or don't, I doubt he wants or needs a sermon on the dangers of underage gambling. Just because you have/had a problem with addictive behaviour doesn't mean he does. Maybe if you have some evidence that he has abnormal dopamine levels/receptors (or to a lesser extent seratonin/norepinephrine) or were on a dopamine agonist (though I doubt he has parkinsons at 16) or exhibited other addictive behaviour it would be appropriate to warn him not to gamble.
royalburrito24
Legend
Silver Level
Thank you Dr. Scientist!
parkinsons at 16 would be horrid!
As for the home poker tournament, is that being held tomorrow? Let us know how it went and if there were any problems/concerns/arguments that went down regarding rules, and other things that might have come up. And be sure to let us know how you did as well!
Rossta
Enthusiast
Silver Level
On the bright side, I finished 3rd out of 36 people. My starting table, after a random draw, was full of horrendous people. I can't stand playing with bad people, and I never know how to play them. What I do is just play them by the book, not bluffing and sticking to premiere hands.
We paid out 6 places, and I had approx. the starting chip amount from the entire time from 8 remaining to 4 remaining. People were getting mad at me for basically posting, folding and picking up the occasional blinds. While I was stalling somewhat, I was getting fairly marginal hands the entire time. I doubled up when there were 4 remaining, still only leaving myself with $30. Then I finally lucked out when the large stack knocked out the 3rd place stack, leaving myself 3rd in chips with three remaining. The other two had approximately $480 combined in chips, making this a david vs the goliath twins sort of situation. I consider myself to be a better player than both of them, and I was able to get up to around $120 in chips without going all-in once. Then came my move. I had pocket tens in the BB against the chip lead deal. He called, the SB folded and I raised with 10's to $20 total. He called me, and the flop showed a rainbow of undercards. I bet $20, and was raised up to $40. I went all in and was called instantly by his AQ. The turn was blank, but I met my match on the river with an ace. So I almost became the chip lead after stalling for so long.
We started dealing at 1pm and finished at about 8pm, which I feel like is good time. I'm happy with how I played, I kept a decent amount of chips for the majority of the tournament, and every all-in or all-in call I had I was at least a 4 to 1 favorite.
What I would have done differently is to not have gotten drinks for everyone. I cost me a little bit, which I don't mind as long as it makes my guests happier. I unfortunately found out that someone sitting far away from myself had spilled what seemed to be pretty full coca-cola. If the person had just told me when it had happened, it could have easily been cleaned up. So now there is a slight stain in the corner of my basement.
All in all, I'm happy with how everything turned out, and I just finished my 45 minute clean up consisting of putting a ton of chips away, moving tons of chairs into the storage room, moving furniture around, putting tables away and vacuuming.
Thanks to everyone who helped.
-Ross
/endrant
We paid out 6 places, and I had approx. the starting chip amount from the entire time from 8 remaining to 4 remaining. People were getting mad at me for basically posting, folding and picking up the occasional blinds. While I was stalling somewhat, I was getting fairly marginal hands the entire time. I doubled up when there were 4 remaining, still only leaving myself with $30. Then I finally lucked out when the large stack knocked out the 3rd place stack, leaving myself 3rd in chips with three remaining. The other two had approximately $480 combined in chips, making this a david vs the goliath twins sort of situation. I consider myself to be a better player than both of them, and I was able to get up to around $120 in chips without going all-in once. Then came my move. I had pocket tens in the BB against the chip lead deal. He called, the SB folded and I raised with 10's to $20 total. He called me, and the flop showed a rainbow of undercards. I bet $20, and was raised up to $40. I went all in and was called instantly by his AQ. The turn was blank, but I met my match on the river with an ace. So I almost became the chip lead after stalling for so long.
We started dealing at 1pm and finished at about 8pm, which I feel like is good time. I'm happy with how I played, I kept a decent amount of chips for the majority of the tournament, and every all-in or all-in call I had I was at least a 4 to 1 favorite.
What I would have done differently is to not have gotten drinks for everyone. I cost me a little bit, which I don't mind as long as it makes my guests happier. I unfortunately found out that someone sitting far away from myself had spilled what seemed to be pretty full coca-cola. If the person had just told me when it had happened, it could have easily been cleaned up. So now there is a slight stain in the corner of my basement.
All in all, I'm happy with how everything turned out, and I just finished my 45 minute clean up consisting of putting a ton of chips away, moving tons of chairs into the storage room, moving furniture around, putting tables away and vacuuming.
Thanks to everyone who helped.
-Ross
/endrant
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royalburrito24
Legend
Silver Level
I am very glad it turned out well! Any new learning experiences that we may be able to learn from about hosting a home poker game?
Rossta
Enthusiast
Silver Level
QFT