nyc home games
 

I love to play poker, but I cant really get a steady game going. Just wondering if there are any home games in the staten island/brooklyn area who wouldnt mind an extra player.

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i live in Staten Island, PM sent.

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my home game is very friendly, mostly made up of guys I grew up with (i'm 32).

We used to have 6-10 guys, now we are down to 4-6.

We play $5 and $10 sit and go's and .25/.50 PL.

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I'd love to play in in a NYC home game as well. Although Staten Island is a little too far for me, I'd be willing to travel to Manhattan and anywhere in Brooklyn close to a subway stop.

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anyone looking to put together a home game in NYC or brooklyn PM me, I am new to the city. 27

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Me too.

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same here... i'm new to Brooklyn (windsor terrace area)... I the weekly game i used to host. PM if you all need a player. 27 also.

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meant i miss the homegames i used to host. PM if you all have an opening or know where i find a game.

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I'm also looking for a home game anywhere in Manhattan/Brooklyn close to a subway stop. I'm looking for a completely legal rake-free relaxed game.

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okay... so there are a few of so far... anyone willing to host a game... i don't have the space... otherwise i would. Anyone down for a beer to talk about it and further plan it or drink a beer... PM me.

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I'd also be in, but I also can't host myself (studio condo). Please include me in PMs if a host appears, thanks.

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i like where this is going.

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I'm also in a studio and don't know if I'd have room, at best I could squeeze 5 or 6 people around a coffee table. I'm down for a beer to discuss it, I'm not around this week and weekend but after that any time is good for me. Or if you get together sooner you can count me in for a game.

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I'm also looking for a home game anywhere in Manhattan/Brooklyn... I'm looking for a completely legal... game.

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Actually, there is no such thing as a completely legal poker game in New York State. If you read the NYS Penal Law, ARTICLE 225--GAMBLING OFFENSES, you can find the following paragraph:

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4. "Advance gambling activity." A person "advances gambling activity" when, acting other than as a player, he engages in conduct which materially aids any form of gambling activity. Such conduct includes but is not limited to conduct directed toward the creation or establishment of the particular game, contest, scheme, device or activity involved, toward the acquisition or maintenance of premises, paraphernalia, equipment or apparatus therefor, toward the solicitation or inducement of persons to participate therein, toward the actual conduct of the playing phases thereof, toward the arrangement of any of its financial or recording phases, or toward any other phase of its operation. One advances gambling activity when, having substantial proprietary or other authoritative control over premises being used with his knowledge for purposes of gambling activity, he permits such to occur or continue or makes no effort to prevent its occurrence or continuation.

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In plain English, by inviting people to play poker you are "advancing a gambling activity" and therefore you are in violation of the law, as quoted "... toward the solicitation or inducement of persons to participate..."

Furthermore, there is part that says "... One advances gambling activity when, having substantial proprietary or other authoritative control over premises being used with his knowledge for purposes of gambling activity, he permits such to occur or continue or makes no effort to prevent its occurrence or continuation." This means that if people play poker at your home, and you permit such activity or do nothing to stop it, you are advancing a gambling activity".

Don't get me wrong. I do not say weather or not a agree with this law. I am only saying that this is what the law says in the books.

So, it is true that by hosting a home poker game you do not "profit from gambling," which is a violation of the NYS law, but you are still "advancing a gambling activity," which is also a violation of the law, in NY State. The players, however, are not breaking any laws because there is nothing in the law that says you can't play.

Don't shoot me. I didn't write those laws. I am only quoting them.

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LOL... yeah yeah.. I just want to play.

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LOL... yeah yeah.. I just want to play.

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i have a game in si if interested pm me

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Anything come of this? Staten Island is a bit too far for me.

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Staten Island is also too far for me... I guess we'll figure it out at some point. Anyone else out there?

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Central Nassau here, a once a week close game would be appreciated.

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Hey Guys,

I live on LI and work in Brooklyn. I would love to get in on a home game... let me know if anything comes of it.

Also, I have the room to host, but it's a 40 minute LIRR ride from Penn or Flatbush... But still, If people were willing to travel, Long Beach smells nicer than Staten Island ;-)

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There is a group of people I know in Brooklyn who have home games. 20-40 dollar buyin tournaments followed by cash games, all rake free (well maybee a few bucks comes out for the host to buy sodas) and in private apartments. PM me your email and I'll send it to the hosts so you can get the info.

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Oh yeah, send me your name also, forgot to mention that.

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i have room for a game in my kitchen and also a couple friends who like to play, but i live in bed/stuy so i dont know if anyone wants to risk getting jacked to come play here.

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Hey guys, I live in Queens and work in Brooklyn. I'd be willing to play a home game but nothing lower than .5/1 or 1/2 nlhe.

PM me if something comes up.

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i think this thread needs a bump

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I think somebody needs to take initiative and organize a game. But that person needs to have a place to play, which seems to be the main stumbling block.

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try the groups here:

http://poker.meetup.com

I just moevd back to NY after three years in Los Angeles and was ablr to find a couple games in the groups there. Actually, trying the first one this week on this specific group:

http://poker.meetup.com/1315/

Its at a bar in Manhattan. I can report back if its any good if people are still interested.

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I am in Elmont, (Nassau/Queens border), I have chips and a poker "tabletop" but I don't have a place to play. I would be interested in some home games.

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Please do. I'm thinking about going if there's still room tomorrow (when I'll know for sure if I can go).

Is this a rake free game? I'm a little paranoid, and only want to play in legal games.

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Please do. I'm thinking about going if there's still room tomorrow (when I'll know for sure if I can go).

Is this a rake free game? I'm a little paranoid, and only want to play in legal games.

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Like I said - I haven't played in it yet, but I spoke to the host and it seems totally legit to me. Its at a bar, not some seedy place. I think there is a $25 fee to play, which goes to paying the bar to rent the room, and you get two drink tickets. Not a raked game. My movers are now showing up Thursday (was supposed to be Monday - clowns) so I may not actually make this one. In any event, I wouldn't be too paranoid about it given its at a bar. If you make it and I don't, please post a review. Are you Jeremy? Saw a new ergistrant and assume that's you. I'm Josh - registered on 8/24.

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I'm in Staten Island, willing to play there, in Brooklyn, and in NJ if necessary. I would have myself and my fiance, looking to play for some decent stakes, tournaments preferable. I'd like to find a good game, so hit me up, I've sent a couple of PM's.

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iam on the yonkers/bronx city line i could get something goin but need at least 15/20 people for maybe a fri/sat night wat ever suits best pm me

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come on there must be someone from the bronx/yonkers area who wants a game

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I've given up on this thread. I'm looking for a game (and may be moving to an apartment where I could host a game) so if somebody wants a Manhattan/Jersey City/Hoboken/west Brooklyn player please PM me.

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There is a thriving low-stakes home game community in Manhattan. Look on CL and you shall find.

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what is CL?
any games in Queens or LI?

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Craigslist. Also try homepokergames.com if you wish.

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I have been contacting my NYS Senator and Assemblyman to push them to legalize Calif style cardrooms so that we can play anytime that we want without going to AC or CT. I hope you do too!

Our politicians know that there is an active underground poker industry in NYC (LI too!)and in an opionion letter written in 1999 on the legality of Turning Stone Casino's poker room by Barry W. Brandon, General Counsel of the State of New York Racing And Wagering Board said as much and added footnotes to NY Times articles verifying it!

"There is no serious dispute that poker is played within private homes and public locations throughout the State of New York. We concluded, therefore, that the requirement contained in section 2703(7)(A)(ii), for the game to be “played at any location n the state,” is also satisfied. [3]"

Footnote[3] The Oneida Indian Nation submitted evidence to show that poker clubs are operated in the State of New York. According to the submission documents, in New York City, there are dozens of private clubs that offer poker games. See Francis X. Clines, Tell A Lie? No. But Gambling? Count Him In, N.Y. Times, February 20, 1994 at Sec. 1, pg. 39, Column 1. Another recent New York Times article stated, “New Yorkers can play poker . . . in joist around Manhattan that require a membership fee and charge for rent for occupying a chair.” Walter Goodman, My New York; Where Your Destiny Is in Your Hands and the Pot’s the Limit, N.Y. Times, Sept. 26, 1997 at Sec. E, Part 2, Page 45.

I would love to go to a nicely lit card room and not worry about being robbed or have to drive 3 hours to play.