Poll: Cash Game Seating (2 Viewers)

[grebe]

Has anybody ever drawn for a cash game seat at a PCF meetup? I have not, you just sit wherever you like, at whatever table you want. And this is like an all star game for home game hosts.

I think this is pretty normal. I go to lots of different games, and it's probably about that....20% draw for seats, 80% wherever you want.

 

[Schmendr1ck]

I chose "pick your seat" as that is definitely most common for the home cash games I've hosted and played in.

But drawing for seats in a cash game isn't the unicorn that some people think. I play in a game now that just started doing that (at player request), and it's not the first game I've played in where we drew.

20% draw for seats, 80% wherever you want

Yeah, that's probably about right IME.

 

[RocAFella1]

The games I run and the games I play in draw for seats and allow any player to request a redraw within reason.

 

[MeridianFC]

@Marius L and @Statesvegas both hit nail on head. It's not about cheating it's about attempting to level the playing field or at least have it be random.
FWIW I find the seat draw a fun pregame activity.

 

[zabel]

We draw a couple times each home game, I am relatively new into the poker but enjoy the change of order. We don't set a hard time for a redraw but when we come up on a break (a couple hours in) we redraw seats.

 

[bernielomax]

I always try to sit to the left of the most aggressive player.

 

[Old State]

We draw a couple times each home game, I am relatively new into the poker but enjoy the change of order. We don't set a hard time for a redraw but when we come up on a break (a couple hours in) we redraw seats.

You are relatively new to poker and already on a chip forum? Excellent! Remember what the Navy SEALs (supposedly) say “anything worth doing is worth overdoing”

 

[Frogzilla]

I always try to sit to the left of the most aggressive player.

if the aggressive player is also really good and seeing lots of flips, yes that’s a good seat. But there are common situations where you might want to rethink…

1) fishy maniac with lots of postflop aggression, 95% freq flop bets, calling everything
2) almost always multi-way pots

the last place you want to be is that maniac’s left.

-You can’t isolate pre wide because everyone knows what’s happening and run you over with 4! or flat the 3!

-Postflop you have to respond to maniac first.

-All the good players most capable of exercising position advantage have position advantage on you

 

[Marijo]

What I do is that at the beginning everyone selects their seat and after a few hours of play we draw for seats again. It's funny and interesting at the same time.

 

[merkong]

I host and at my game it’s show up and sit down. I’d like to consider drawing so I can act against players in different positions relative to myself but we have a few gals (no sexism) that like to chat throughout the session (my daughter being one of them) and without slowing the action in any way, they’re sometimes in their own little world.

And for other aforementioned reasons, we just sit.

 

[Papa_T]

We usually draw for seats in the cash game I play in. We've always done it - if nothing else the dynamics are a little bit different each time. We've been playing together for ages so the variety is appreciated.

 

[Dugthefish]

Allow me to move the goalpost a bit.

How do you determine tables at a two table cash game?

 

[4SUMERZ]

We do not draw for seats, but most if not all seldom sit at the same chair from the previous session. The 4 end chairs are the choice placings as there is just a tad more elbow room there. The downside is dealing requires a better toss to get the cards to the other end.
We flip cards to see who starts the deal for the first game, 1st ace, if it's red, we start with a red deck, if it's a black Ace, we start with a dark deck.
We change decks on the hour, every hour. Whoever is dealing at the time, gets to select the next deck. We have 6 decks to choose from.

 

[Dodger]

Allow me to move the goalpost a bit.

How do you determine tables at a two table cash game?

Have seating chips for 2 tables.

We run two table tourneys and cash games. Red table and blue table.

Do you really need more reasons for MOAR chips!?

 

[Dugthefish]

Had an emergency 2 table cash game last week, 18 expected players. I made a deck with 6 red and 6 black cards. First 12 players drew for table (choice of seat) and the rest of the players alternated tables as they arrived. Worked ok, just wondering how others did it.

 

[Taghkanic]

Well, we found Brad and Don.

Brad, the better player, sits to Don’s right.

Please pay closer attention ;^))

 

[ekricket]

Brad, the better player, sits to Don’s right.

Please pay closer attention ;^))

 

[Taghkanic]

We play that every half hour you redraw and you play the stack at your new seat








… Of course not, but that could be interesting. The hand before the redraw it would make sense to try to donk off 90% of your stack

 

[Taghkanic]

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Someone isn’t familiar with winking emojis

 

[ekricket]

Someone isn’t familiar with winking emojis

Looks to me like you want to trash another thread.

I’m up

 

[Poker Zombie]

We flip cards to see who starts the deal for the first game, 1st ace

I will never understand those that do "first ace". I've seen it many times before, so it's not just you. First ace is a "sort-of" randomizer, but it's not truly random. The first player to get a card is more likely to get the first ace.

Either those players don't understand the basics of mathematics (please send me an invite), or they are looking to waste time with the pseudo-random first dealer (cancel my invite).

 

[4SUMERZ]

I will never understand those that do "first ace". I've seen it many times before, so it's not just you. First ace is a "sort-of" randomizer, but it's not truly random. The first player to get a card is more likely to get the first ace.

Either those players don't understand the basics of mathematics (please send me an invite), or they are looking to waste time with the pseudo-random first dealer (cancel my invite)

I will never understand those that do "first ace". I've seen it many times before, so it's not just you. First ace is a "sort-of" randomizer, but it's not truly random. The first player to get a card is more likely to get the first ace.

Either those players don't understand the basics of mathematics (please send me an invite), or they are looking to waste time with the pseudo-random first dealer (cancel my invite).

lol...OK, we will now do 1st Jack. That has to be more random than 1st ace

 

[upNdown]

or they are looking to waste time with the pseudo-random first dealer (cancel my invite).

You’re joking about this last but right?
Like yeah, it’s pseudo-random, but nobody actually cares who deals first, right?

 

[Sparkynutz]

Two places I've played at draw for seats and seat 1 gets to pick the location of seat 1 for that table. I do a similar spin. Drawing for seats but the first person to party is the first person to pick where his seat is no matter what seat # they draw.

 

[Poker Zombie]

You’re joking about this last but right?
Like yeah, it’s pseudo-random, but nobody actually cares who deals first, right?

Which leans to the second half of my sentence. If you don't care who deals first, the guy that sits with the deck deals. Handing out up to 48 cards just to do something that nobody cares about is what I call "wasting time".

 

[Taghkanic]

Looks to me like you want to trash another thread.

I’m up

Guy who smelled it may have dealt it

 

[upNdown]

Which leans to the second half of my sentence. If you don't care who deals first, the guy that sits with the deck deals. Handing out up to 48 cards just to do something that nobody cares about is what I call "wasting time".

Oooooooh! I assumed by “first ace” you guys meant that everybody picks one card (like normal people) but if somebody pulls an ace, it’s immediately over (none of that suits business.) Yes then, I agree “first ace” is dumb.

 

[Taghkanic]

House rule: Whoever brings their girlfriend and makes her sit behind him picks last

 

[upNdown]

House rule: Whoever brings their girlfriend and makes her sit behind him picks last

Oh wow, I think that’s my biggest pet peeve in all of poker. I wonder what I’d do if somebody tried that at my house? I’d probably have to commission a new cards mold set - the No Girlfriends Behind Cardroom

 

[Dugthefish]

House rule: Whoever brings their girlfriend and makes her sit behind him picks last

If I bring my girlfriend who plays (terribly) do I get to pick first??