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If so, why the rake? Are you using poker tournaments as extra income?
People around here tend to get a little irate when offered raked tourney's. Plenty of forum members have regular tournaments just for the fun of having good games around town. They open up their homes and put quite a bit of work and effort into running professional quality games with quality chips/ tables/ tournament direction, and good groups of people to play poker with.
What exactly are you offering that would make a rake, likely in excess of $200 going to the house, acceptable?
Also, it's advisable to explain the structure of any home game, especially if you're a new poster. People need to know how many chips to start, how the blinds increase, how often the blinds increase, and your payout structure based on X amount of players.
Let us know
sstar
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If so, why the rake? Are you using poker tournaments as extra income?
People around here tend to get a little irate when offered raked tourney's. Plenty of forum members have regular tournaments just for the fun of having good games around town. They open up their homes and put quite a bit of work and effort into running professional quality games with quality chips/ tables/ tournament direction, and good groups of people to play poker with.
What exactly are you offering that would make a rake, likely in excess of $200 going to the house, acceptable?
Also, it's advisable to explain the structure of any home game, especially if you're a new poster. People need to know how many chips to start, how the blinds increase, how often the blinds increase, and your payout structure based on X amount of players.
Let us know
sstar
Hi Sstar,
Thank you for your post. I am a newb around these parts, love poker, and was trying to get a good game going into winter, so we don't have to travel too far in the snow. We agree on the opening of our home, and the opportunity of having good folks to play games with.
We've invested in three new sets of chips, and fresh decks of cards for the game. As well as some bevys (pop) and snacks. We have a core group of friends in the TO area that join us, but wanted to expand - again, to circumvent the drive to the local casino & to have a game locally.
We are going to cap at our costs. We apologize if we've created irate players in the area - it certainly wasn't our goal. Filling our Saturday with fun was definitely the intention.
Things we should let you know, based on the above:
*20 min blinds
*payout 1:5 (25 ppl, 5 ppl get paid)
*2500 starting chips (BB-SB: 25-25 start)
*rebuys 2500
*add on 5000
Again, I apologize if I made anyone upset, as a newb, I am bound to make some mistakes!
Also, if you have any suggestions for me, I am open to criticism. I'm not trying to ruffle the feathers or step on anyone's toes. If this is not the correct forum for this post, please let me know!
Speaking as someone who hosts games, I think it's kinda unfair to make your players pay for the supplies and/or food/snacks you provide. All of us who host RAKE FREE home games have accepted the cost of starting up with the hassle of actually letting people into our home in the name of playing in a safe, (mostly) friendly, rake free environment. Even our cash games are rake free.
Taking any sort of rake makes your house a gaming house which is against the law. Maybe you didn't know what you're doing is illegal? If the OPP show up at your door, they won't believe you if you pleaded ignorance and you'll be in deep shit.
IMO, it's cheaper to pay for the supplies yourself and avoid the hassle of possibly being arrested If all monies go into the prize pool, you'll be safe from the law.
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What you can do and some here do, is have a donation jar (loonie or toonie) which is totally optional to cover costs of supplies. As soon as you make it mandatory it is technically illegal and although the likelyhood of police being involved for such a small game is small, all it takes is one complaint to cause an investigation. Trust me, it has happened before.
One other thing, don't get involved in selling liqour to raise funds, that's a definite no no...
Hopefully you get a good crowd and a great tournament, sometimes folks here are a little paranoid but it happens...
Yes, a game in Kitchener sounds great. Cannot make it this week but would in the future. I agree a donation pot is a better idea and makes it legal. I know cards are not cheap and they can get damaged when idiots bend them.
There is another forum game that I am committed to playing in this Saturday but would be interested in future tournies.
I will echo the above, I will only play a game that has no rake, but I also understand the costs associated with chips, tables, etc.. and would have no problem donating (voluntarily, of course) to help with said expenses.
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If all monies go into the prize pool, you'll be safe from the law.
