Hairy_Crocodile
3 of a Kind
Hey all!
My younger sister graduated high school this year, and my mother is throwing her graduation party in a week. She informed me that she wanted a Great Gatsby themed night and wanted to have a fun "Casino" night for the kids.
My mother asked if I could run a poker table (Which I will probably run as a "cash" game). We would also have a blackjack table, and some others. My mother is looking for ideas for games, prizes, etc and I have never done anything like this before... so I need help figuring out how the best I can help her.
Would the kind people of PCF be willing to toss some ideas around with me? She is doing her best to plan this, but I see that there's alot of "I have this idea" thing going, but not the best planning past that as we are a week away and still figuring out things. I wish I knew about this sooner.
So far here are the few details I have so far:
How should we do prizes? Should we have some things at the end that people can use points to "bid" on at the end? Should we do prizing with whoever the top X people have the most points? What is the most fair, but exciting way to make it interesting?
What "stakes" should I do for the games? I can use my old cheapo 2 table tournament set and add onto it to accomidate all the games. Maybe start the kids out with the same amount and let them choose games?
These are all rough ideas Ive thought about the last few minutes as I type this, I hope I can have a more coherent plan and suggestions by tomorrow so I can help set everything up with my family.
Thank you all for reading, I duly appreciate your time. I hope get to learn some things and help make this night a blast for the kids!
My younger sister graduated high school this year, and my mother is throwing her graduation party in a week. She informed me that she wanted a Great Gatsby themed night and wanted to have a fun "Casino" night for the kids.
My mother asked if I could run a poker table (Which I will probably run as a "cash" game). We would also have a blackjack table, and some others. My mother is looking for ideas for games, prizes, etc and I have never done anything like this before... so I need help figuring out how the best I can help her.
Would the kind people of PCF be willing to toss some ideas around with me? She is doing her best to plan this, but I see that there's alot of "I have this idea" thing going, but not the best planning past that as we are a week away and still figuring out things. I wish I knew about this sooner.
So far here are the few details I have so far:
- ~30-40 kids expected at most, invitation states that +1's are allowed. From what Ive been told, that number includes +1's
- We will need at least one person per game running it and we should have enough family members to do so. We even have a bartender making fake drinks for the kids too.
- The games that are locked in, and/or have been suggested
- Texas Hold Em
- Black Jack
- Tenzie (A dice rolling game my mom loves. Maybe the teenagers will get a kick out of the fast paced game)
- The horse racing game I keep seeing on the forum (I kinda wanna buy it for my home game too tbh)
- Plinko (the peg board where you drop a ball or puck and it goes down the pegs into one of a few slots at the bottom)
How should we do prizes? Should we have some things at the end that people can use points to "bid" on at the end? Should we do prizing with whoever the top X people have the most points? What is the most fair, but exciting way to make it interesting?
What "stakes" should I do for the games? I can use my old cheapo 2 table tournament set and add onto it to accomidate all the games. Maybe start the kids out with the same amount and let them choose games?
- Poker could be 25/50 "Cash"
- Blackjack could be 25 minimum bet maybe
- Tenzie could be an ante game and the winner of the round gets the pot
- The horse game I need to look up the rules again. Maybe the ante would be 100 or something
- Plinko could be "X" amount cost to drop a puck or ball in the game and the prizes are at the bottom with 1 big jackpot sort of slot?
These are all rough ideas Ive thought about the last few minutes as I type this, I hope I can have a more coherent plan and suggestions by tomorrow so I can help set everything up with my family.
Thank you all for reading, I duly appreciate your time. I hope get to learn some things and help make this night a blast for the kids!