Sparkynutz
Two Pair
I hosted a casino night last night. planned 2 months in advance with reminders every few weeks until this week I updated every other day with pictures.
I re-arranged the living room to make room for 3 tables plus the kitchen bar for craps/roulette. I made a horse racing game and organized all the chips.
Day of party out of 30+ invites only 4 people showed up. Two of them showed up 20 minutes early since I posted first Holdem tournament starts at 3pm sharp. I've played with these two brothers close to 20 times over the last 20 years. Unfortunately the majority of the guys we used to play with is down to 5 other guys that could not make it or hate holdem to the point they won't come if its played.
The reason I hosted the party is because my camping buddy wanted me to. He showed up an hour late but luckily his friend with an hour drive picked him up and brought him which is why they were late. He wasn't planning on coming but did since we told him we needed more guys. The 3 of us played a bunch of games of horse racing while waiting till the other 2 got here. Turned out to be a pretty good filler game too between holdem games. The 5 of us played 4 holdem games. $5 twice, $10, then last game was $20. No limit, no rebuy, paying 1st and 2nd place on all games. We played blackjack once for 15 minutes with dealer rotating and using unlimited house chip tray to pay out. Turned out ok but one guy didn't like being dealer so it wasn't played again. We never played craps or roulette which I was recalling looking forward to. My neighbor I borrowed the wheel and felts from got forced to work late or he woulda been here to show us how it all works.
Typically when I played with the two brothers we played nothing but dealers choice rotating dealers playing random weird games. I'm not the best player and rarely come out ahead but it's definitely more fun playing with and losing to friends than the casino.
This time we didn't do that since 3 of us were a little tight on cash but had fun playing holdem anyways.
A bunch of the people I was hoping would show had stuff come up which is understandable, a few felt really bad I knew would have definitely came if they could. A few swore to me they'd be there for sure then didn't show up. One guy almost always complains nobody comes to his parties yet he never gives more than an hour notice that hes having one. He promised he'd come and talked up the party for 2 months then said he had too much crap to get done around the house.
I call bs, he rarely does anything around the house. We called him 3 times before he finally answered and he never responded to any of the messages I sent all week. I told my camping buddy (also friends with him) that he always pulls that crap yet first to complain about everyone else.
Overall the party went ok considering but damn its frustrating with the amount of work I put in for such a poor turnout.
I think next time I will plan only a few weeks in advance, give less reminders and only have 2 tables in the basement or garage. With only 5 guys I figured the house would stay cleanish but my camping buddy got drunk off his rocker made a mess and I was a little worried he'd break something. Its not an issue out camping but kinda frustrating in my dining room with borrowed casino supplies.
Hopefully Next time is better and I can find some more responsible regular guys to play with.
My neighbor about 10 houses down has a sweet setup in his garage with a bar, table and TV that I see him regularly playing with friends when I drive or ride bike with my kids past. Every time I've said hi nobody is friendly or even says hi back or it would be cool to combine games and guys. Enough groveling I guess.
I need to get my post count up so I can post a wanted listing for some Red, Pink, Yellow, Orange dice chips to add to what I do have. Someday maybe get some good chips but until I get a group of regulars weeded out some dice chips will do just fine. Hopefully there's someone on here looking to give them a new home for cheap. Otherwise I'll end up spending 15-20 cents a chip on shit chips to get the colors I want.
I re-arranged the living room to make room for 3 tables plus the kitchen bar for craps/roulette. I made a horse racing game and organized all the chips.
Day of party out of 30+ invites only 4 people showed up. Two of them showed up 20 minutes early since I posted first Holdem tournament starts at 3pm sharp. I've played with these two brothers close to 20 times over the last 20 years. Unfortunately the majority of the guys we used to play with is down to 5 other guys that could not make it or hate holdem to the point they won't come if its played.
The reason I hosted the party is because my camping buddy wanted me to. He showed up an hour late but luckily his friend with an hour drive picked him up and brought him which is why they were late. He wasn't planning on coming but did since we told him we needed more guys. The 3 of us played a bunch of games of horse racing while waiting till the other 2 got here. Turned out to be a pretty good filler game too between holdem games. The 5 of us played 4 holdem games. $5 twice, $10, then last game was $20. No limit, no rebuy, paying 1st and 2nd place on all games. We played blackjack once for 15 minutes with dealer rotating and using unlimited house chip tray to pay out. Turned out ok but one guy didn't like being dealer so it wasn't played again. We never played craps or roulette which I was recalling looking forward to. My neighbor I borrowed the wheel and felts from got forced to work late or he woulda been here to show us how it all works.
Typically when I played with the two brothers we played nothing but dealers choice rotating dealers playing random weird games. I'm not the best player and rarely come out ahead but it's definitely more fun playing with and losing to friends than the casino.
This time we didn't do that since 3 of us were a little tight on cash but had fun playing holdem anyways.
A bunch of the people I was hoping would show had stuff come up which is understandable, a few felt really bad I knew would have definitely came if they could. A few swore to me they'd be there for sure then didn't show up. One guy almost always complains nobody comes to his parties yet he never gives more than an hour notice that hes having one. He promised he'd come and talked up the party for 2 months then said he had too much crap to get done around the house.
I call bs, he rarely does anything around the house. We called him 3 times before he finally answered and he never responded to any of the messages I sent all week. I told my camping buddy (also friends with him) that he always pulls that crap yet first to complain about everyone else.
Overall the party went ok considering but damn its frustrating with the amount of work I put in for such a poor turnout.
I think next time I will plan only a few weeks in advance, give less reminders and only have 2 tables in the basement or garage. With only 5 guys I figured the house would stay cleanish but my camping buddy got drunk off his rocker made a mess and I was a little worried he'd break something. Its not an issue out camping but kinda frustrating in my dining room with borrowed casino supplies.
Hopefully Next time is better and I can find some more responsible regular guys to play with.
My neighbor about 10 houses down has a sweet setup in his garage with a bar, table and TV that I see him regularly playing with friends when I drive or ride bike with my kids past. Every time I've said hi nobody is friendly or even says hi back or it would be cool to combine games and guys. Enough groveling I guess.
I need to get my post count up so I can post a wanted listing for some Red, Pink, Yellow, Orange dice chips to add to what I do have. Someday maybe get some good chips but until I get a group of regulars weeded out some dice chips will do just fine. Hopefully there's someone on here looking to give them a new home for cheap. Otherwise I'll end up spending 15-20 cents a chip on shit chips to get the colors I want.
