SnowManStan
Sitting Out
In my last year in college, I hosted a few poker games at my apartment. One of my roommates wanted to through a party while I had a poker game. So we let it happen and let people from the party in the game. I designed the structure to let anyone want to play jump in if someone got knocked out for the first hour.
I made it an 8 player max because of the table I was using and our space. But if one person got out, someone else could buy-in, or they could rebuy. I decided to make it only a $2 buy-in with a tiny starting stack to attract people who knew the game but didn't want them to be turned away because it is too much money. I knew this could build the pot. The pot ended up getting to or $60. I ended up paying two spots. Some people rebought a lot. The person that rebought the most ended up making it in second. He was so hammered from being at the party he doesn't remember coming in second.
I have now gone away from $2 games since I no longer host games while a college party is taking place.
I made it an 8 player max because of the table I was using and our space. But if one person got out, someone else could buy-in, or they could rebuy. I decided to make it only a $2 buy-in with a tiny starting stack to attract people who knew the game but didn't want them to be turned away because it is too much money. I knew this could build the pot. The pot ended up getting to or $60. I ended up paying two spots. Some people rebought a lot. The person that rebought the most ended up making it in second. He was so hammered from being at the party he doesn't remember coming in second.
I have now gone away from $2 games since I no longer host games while a college party is taking place.