One of my regs who is a good player has suggested I change the stakes of my home game from .25/.50 to 1/2 based on how it plays. His argument is that raises get no respect, and people are playing any 2 cards to the flop because it's only a few bucks. Since I am a good player (and so is he) it would benefit us to raise the stakes, and improve the game in his eyes. I don't disagree with his points here. My goal was to create a friendly game for "night out" stakes, but people are bringing more and more buy ins each time I host.
My concern is raising the stakes will mean a lot more money on the table which makes me a little uncomfortable from a security perspective (we play in my garage which is open on the back side). He believes people will bring the same amount to play with and not more, and the game will just naturally end a few hours earlier.
Another concern is limiting the player pool to grow the game. I don't think I would lose any of the current players, they will probably initially like the higher stakes. The solution to this is probably to run a turbo tournament for like $30-40 and get the players willing to play for that amount in the door and run the cash game afterwards, just makes for a long busy night for myself.
Curious on the forum's thoughts and experience on raising the stakes.
My concern is raising the stakes will mean a lot more money on the table which makes me a little uncomfortable from a security perspective (we play in my garage which is open on the back side). He believes people will bring the same amount to play with and not more, and the game will just naturally end a few hours earlier.
Another concern is limiting the player pool to grow the game. I don't think I would lose any of the current players, they will probably initially like the higher stakes. The solution to this is probably to run a turbo tournament for like $30-40 and get the players willing to play for that amount in the door and run the cash game afterwards, just makes for a long busy night for myself.
Curious on the forum's thoughts and experience on raising the stakes.