High hand (2 Viewers)

[Strike]

Having our first home game tomorrow no rake, $20 tourney then 25 cent 50 cent cash. I'm tossing in a high hand $20 in $2 chips for the tournament and then $25 1 green chip high hand prize for cash game, from the local poker room as a thank you for coming to the game. (not doing this everytime just a "grand opening" sorta thing to my friends and neighbors coming to play.

 

[yoke386]

Love this idea, and if your players like it maybe they’ll want to fund it at the beginning of the tourney/cash game. My group is only cash and I’ve been looking for something fun to add to the night. We play .25/50. $40 buy ins. Usually play 8-9 handed, having players buy in to the high hand each game would be interesting. Maybe even set a minimum requirement for it so the jack pot can get really big.

 

[UncleMilty]

I’m curious. In a home game with a high hand pot, does the high hand have to play in order to count? What if everyone folds?

 

[MrRossKeys]

Recently I decided to give out gift cards as high hand jackpots for a 1 table NL game. We played from 7pm to 12pm so I did one high hand per hour. The gift cards were various Starbucks, In-N-Out, Burger King, etc gift cards, mostly worth between $10-$25. Turned out to be a hit with the players!

My rules were that any high hand that was full-house or better qualified. I kept track on my phone during the game. If we were in a hand when my hour alarm went off that hand would qualify for the previous hour. If a player showed their hand after everyone folded (before the river) that hand would qualify.

If no one got a high-hand in an hour period then that prize would roll over to the next hour (offering 2 prizes). Luckily someone won every hour, and as it turned out 5 different people won, so the joy was spread throughout the table lol.

 

[iLogik]

This sounds fun, what are the rules for high hand?

 

[UncleMilty]

Recently I decided to give out gift cards as high hand jackpots for a 1 table NL game. We played from 7pm to 12pm so I did one high hand per hour. The gift cards were various Starbucks, In-N-Out, Burger King, etc gift cards, mostly worth between $10-$25. Turned out to be a hit with the players!

My rules were that any high hand that was full-house or better qualified. I kept track on my phone during the game. If we were in a hand when my hour alarm went off that hand would qualify for the previous hour. If a player showed their hand after everyone folded (before the river) that hand would qualify.

If no one got a high-hand in an hour period then that prize would roll over to the next hour (offering 2 prizes). Luckily someone won every hour, and as it turned out 5 different people won, so the joy was spread throughout the table lol.

Thanks for your input. Those are great ideas, and I think the hand should count asks when everyone folds. Do you require them to use both of their hole cards?

 

[MrRossKeys]

Thanks for your input. Those are great ideas, and I think the hand should count asks when everyone folds. Do you require them to use both of their hole cards?

I did not require them to use both cards. It was more fun that way. In the first hour a player made quads with only one hole card and ended up winning the gift card for that hour (it held up).

 

[Strike]

www.pokerknights.online Lots has changed, we always do high hand optional $5 per person once regardless of rebuys. If you don't pay the $5 you don't qualify gotta use both hole cards

 

[ValueTown]

I'm not a fan of needing both hole cards. Ive seen, $5 to enter high hand and win a bottle of whiskey or other beverages/items.

 

[UncleMilty]

last nights game we gave out high hand pot after 2 hours and another at end of game. Worked out great because both winners had no chance of winning the game, but were both very excited winning a pot of cash.

 

[Strike]

Come a long way since our first game, Progress

 

[UncleMilty]

Come a long way since our first game, Progress

Very nice