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I know there are a bunch of guys here on PCF who have set up online poker rooms through Poker Mavens, or other software. I think I have joined at least three of them. But what I found is that the majority of players on these sites either prefer to play $0.25/0.50 blinds and up, or prefer to play PLO, PLO5 Hi/Lo or other PLO variants, or mixed games. I like a little PLO every once in a while, but not every night. Call me what you want, but I just prefer Hold'em. And I also prefer micro stakes, just because I'm really not into playing for significant money all the time. I mostly play to relax and have fun. I can have just as much fun and excitement with $20 in front of me as I can with $200.
So with that in mind, I hit up a few of my friends and relatives that I know like to play poker, and I set up my own Poker Mavens site. Then I also invited a few PCF members that I know fairly well. We have 14 members right now. But many of them only play once or twice a month, and a couple seem to have gone completely AWOL after the first month or so. Thus, the purpose for this post. We have about 4-6 of us who want to play semi-regular. A couple of them, and me, will play just about any time there's a game. A couple more want to play once or twice a week. We typically play between about 8-11PM Central time. Honestly, I think if we had more players, and more regular games, some of the others would play more often too. And we could expand the time of playing. It's just a catch-22. Nobody wants to play when there are only 2-3 players, And there are rarely more than 2-3 players because, well, there just aren't, so players will log in, see that nobody else, or maybe one player is logged in, then log back out, instead of sticking around or contacting the group to see if anyone else wants to join in.
When I first started the group, I said let's play at least two nights a week, and have a tournament on Saturday night. We settled on Tuesday and Thursday for a nickel / dime cash game. Max buy-in $30. Min $5. Then at 9 PM Central on Saturday night we have a Tournament scheduled with a $16 buy-in. I also created a private group page on the Band app for communication within the group. On any other night anyone is welcome to post a notice if they are looking to play. But it's ended up with mostly me doing all the posting, because I'm a degen, and I want to play almost every night...
Now I don't want you to think the site is dead and dying. We've definitely had some good nights where we get 6-7 in a cash game, and I believe we once had 8 for the Saturday tournament. But I'd like to have that kind of turnout 3-4 nights a week, or even 6-7! And I would LOVE to see enough players for a multi table tournament! Another 3-4 regular players would probably push us over the top. So if regular micro stakes Texas Hold'em sounds like something you've been looking for too, you have come to the right place. Feel free to ask questions here, or PM me and lets see if we're a fit.
TL;DR I created my own Poker Mavens site because I couldn't find regular micro stakes Texas Hold'em games. But I need a few more players to help keep it going. Post here or PM me if you'd be interested in joining our group.
I know there are a bunch of guys here on PCF who have set up online poker rooms through Poker Mavens, or other software. I think I have joined at least three of them. But what I found is that the majority of players on these sites either prefer to play $0.25/0.50 blinds and up, or prefer to play PLO, PLO5 Hi/Lo or other PLO variants, or mixed games. I like a little PLO every once in a while, but not every night. Call me what you want, but I just prefer Hold'em. And I also prefer micro stakes, just because I'm really not into playing for significant money all the time. I mostly play to relax and have fun. I can have just as much fun and excitement with $20 in front of me as I can with $200.
So with that in mind, I hit up a few of my friends and relatives that I know like to play poker, and I set up my own Poker Mavens site. Then I also invited a few PCF members that I know fairly well. We have 14 members right now. But many of them only play once or twice a month, and a couple seem to have gone completely AWOL after the first month or so. Thus, the purpose for this post. We have about 4-6 of us who want to play semi-regular. A couple of them, and me, will play just about any time there's a game. A couple more want to play once or twice a week. We typically play between about 8-11PM Central time. Honestly, I think if we had more players, and more regular games, some of the others would play more often too. And we could expand the time of playing. It's just a catch-22. Nobody wants to play when there are only 2-3 players, And there are rarely more than 2-3 players because, well, there just aren't, so players will log in, see that nobody else, or maybe one player is logged in, then log back out, instead of sticking around or contacting the group to see if anyone else wants to join in.
When I first started the group, I said let's play at least two nights a week, and have a tournament on Saturday night. We settled on Tuesday and Thursday for a nickel / dime cash game. Max buy-in $30. Min $5. Then at 9 PM Central on Saturday night we have a Tournament scheduled with a $16 buy-in. I also created a private group page on the Band app for communication within the group. On any other night anyone is welcome to post a notice if they are looking to play. But it's ended up with mostly me doing all the posting, because I'm a degen, and I want to play almost every night...
Now I don't want you to think the site is dead and dying. We've definitely had some good nights where we get 6-7 in a cash game, and I believe we once had 8 for the Saturday tournament. But I'd like to have that kind of turnout 3-4 nights a week, or even 6-7! And I would LOVE to see enough players for a multi table tournament! Another 3-4 regular players would probably push us over the top. So if regular micro stakes Texas Hold'em sounds like something you've been looking for too, you have come to the right place. Feel free to ask questions here, or PM me and lets see if we're a fit.
TL;DR I created my own Poker Mavens site because I couldn't find regular micro stakes Texas Hold'em games. But I need a few more players to help keep it going. Post here or PM me if you'd be interested in joining our group.