Quiet poker night?
 

Does anyone have any experience trying to insulate poker-night noise from the family/roommates/neighbors?

(I mean, aside from moving to the garage, saying "shh!" more, cutting off the beer, or ending the night sooner.)

My particular problem isn't so much with an adjacent wall or shared floor/ceiling, but rather noise traveling down the hallway.

I have my poker game at the kitchen table, and I have a roommate that has a room around the corner, a total of about 25' from the table.

I haven't gotten any real complaints from her, but I would like to take pre-emptive action to head off any future issues.

So I'd like to hear some ideas and experiences.

Thicker doors for the bedrooms? Acoustical tile over the table? Strategically placed bookshelves?

Tell me what you've tried, or would try in this situation.

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Darken the lighting. Generally, people are less noisy when it is darker.

Play meditation music. It is hard to be rowdy when an Indian guru is chanting Sanskrit verses to the sound of waterfalls or Oms in the background. Get the players in a relaxed state of consciousness.

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Get the players in a relaxed state of consciousness.

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This would probably work, but it sounds less fun... and less profitable [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Sound deflecting/dampening?

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Make sure you've got something soft like a thick table cloth or blanket on the table. We found that helped a lot since chips make lots of noise.

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why is your roomate asleep/not with you? are you playing until like 6 in the am or something?

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Buy her some ear plugs.

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For acoustical damping, you can put up a very heavy blanket or drape from ceiling to floor at the entrance to the hall.

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Where's the bathroom that the game uses?

Hang a thick blanket or something in between the bedroom and the game noise (two, if you can do it) to muffle/deflect sound.

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Buy her some ear plugs.

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or make sure she goes out on those nights or something, or that she joins or just watches and is social if she doesn't want to play or whatever...

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pay her to go under the table?

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why is your roomate asleep/not with you? are you playing until like 6 in the am or something?

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Yeah, the game goes pretty late. Last time we did in fact see the sun coming up.

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Let her be the topless dealer.. Everyone wins.. Except maybe her but does that really matter?

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Have her kneel on all fours and use her as a drink holder and/or footrest!

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why is your roomate asleep/not with you? are you playing until like 6 in the am or something?

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Yeah, the game goes pretty late. Last time we did in fact see the sun coming up.

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See, THIS is true home poker dedication, folks! Take note....

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are you saying you didnt like getting kicked out of my house at 3am?

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getting kicked out of my house at 3am?

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This was BARELY adequate, for me not to lose all respect for you.

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Get her to read some good poker literature. Play some hands with her, enlighten her as to how much money she can make off your drunken friends... problem solved. Although you may end up with a ringer on your hands.

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I don't think I can bribe her. She's a waitress at a sports bar and makes really good tip money.

She'll hang out with us for a bit when she comes home, and sometimes plays waitress, but she usually wants to crash soon after.


Anyway, I don't think a few hours of 0.25/0.25 PLHE-PLO would be that enticing to her, from a monetary view point. And I already know she's not into poker, anyway.

(Although she's good for me to have around cuz the guys drink more and play LAGer around her.)


One reason I like to keep the game going so late is that the stacks get deeper later into the game. We also bump up the stakes of any limit games we play, corresponding to the larger stacks.

Maybe I can just increase the starting buyin so we can reach that stage sooner.... Of course, getting to that point is the fun.

Is a blanket really effective? I heard that it's a good sound absorber, but not a good sound insulator.

Anyway, if noise becomes an issue, I may need to look into getting a new door for her. (Medium Density Fiber with a rubber doorsweep.)

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I don't think I can bribe her. She's a waitress at a sports bar and makes really good tip money.

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I think after this disclosure we need some pics of roommate in order to tell you what to do next.