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05-11-2007, 04:14 PM
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advice for running a good game.
i just moved back to my home town and got hired to deal a small poker game in a bar/restaurant/casino. it was the only table in the area that had any openings for a dealer. however, the game right now is not exactly booming....the guy thats in charge of it seems fairly clueless, and my intentions right now are to get in good with the management/owner of the table in order to take over running the game.
i'd like some suggestions on how to get this game out of the muck. it is a $1-$5 spread limit game with a single blind, with overs available, and it operates Thurs-Sat. I'd like to increase the size of the game a bit, and go to a $1-$2 blind, and also expand the days that the game operates. we are limited to a $300 pot by state law so the game can't get too big, but $2-$10 spread limit, or $1-$2 NL seems to be popular in other areas of the state. for the moment, i need some ideas to get new customers into our game. any buy in promos, freerolls, etc that will actually accomplish this without just lighting the house's money on fire? thanks in advance for any input. 
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05-12-2007, 01:47 AM
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Re: advice for running a good game.
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What state is this? [/ QUOTE ] yeah, and what does PBR mean? Pabst Blue Ribbon? Professional Bull Riding?
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#5
05-12-2007, 01:05 PM
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Re: advice for running a good game.
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[ QUOTE ] What state is this? [/ QUOTE ] yeah, and what does PBR mean? Pabst Blue Ribbon? Professional Bull Riding? [/ QUOTE ] Montana, and Pabst Blue Ribbon, FTW!. The other games in the area are mostly spread limit games, $1-$5 with single blind or $2-$10 with a $1-$2 blind. There is a $4/$8 structured game that just started yesterday at one of the tables. my game is about 20 miles from anything else though, and with a lack of NL games in this area i'm thinking of trying that out. even though there's a gay $300 pot cap, $1/$2 NL is really popular in other areas of the state.
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#6
05-12-2007, 01:36 PM
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Re: advice for running a good game.
I don't see how you play $1/$2 NL with a $300 pot cap.ou could probably go as high as $8/$16 limit without the cap becoming crippling to the game $6/$12 is probably a little safer.
But what do the players want. Are they playing these $1-$5 spread limit games because they like them (if so go with what they like) or because thats all they have, go sit in the other games and listen to what the players want.
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#8
05-12-2007, 02:10 PM
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Re: advice for running a good game.
I am just curious as to how they run any size game with a capped pot rule. They couldn't have someone not be allowed to call because it would go over the cap would they? So are you not allowed to bet any amount that would make the pot go over if every other player called? Seems like that would limit the bets to extremely small amounts, and still wind up creating a game which would barely qualify to be called poker.
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#9
05-13-2007, 09:26 PM
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Re: advice for running a good game.
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So are you not allowed to bet any amount that would make the pot go over if every other player called? [/ QUOTE ] if the pot is at $240 and its heads up, player A bets $80, player B calls $80, making the pot $400, $50 is returned to each player. or...to make it easier...the most player A could bet in this heads up situation would be $30. [ QUOTE ] creating a game which would barely qualify to be called poker. [/ QUOTE ] very much agreed but unfortunately i don't make the rules. however many players still like to play NL games...and some probably prefer having the cap because it limits their losses and allows them to draw to almost anything. and in response to the question asking if there was a rake to make back promos, yes we take a rake. it would probably be counter-productive to give away more than $100-$150 per night.
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#10
05-13-2007, 09:53 PM
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Re: advice for running a good game.
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[ QUOTE ] So are you not allowed to bet any amount that would make the pot go over if every other player called? [/ QUOTE ] if the pot is at $240 and its heads up, player A bets $80, player B calls $80, making the pot $400, $50 is returned to each player. or...to make it easier...the most player A could bet in this heads up situation would be $30. [ QUOTE ] creating a game which would barely qualify to be called poker. [/ QUOTE ] very much agreed but unfortunately i don't make the rules. however many players still like to play NL games...and some probably prefer having the cap because it limits their losses and allows them to draw to almost anything. [/ QUOTE ] Last summer there was talk the state might soon raise the cap. Not sure whatever came of that.
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