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How can I get a home game at my school going? I have a decent population and have had people approach me who play, I'm just having trouble getting them in.
I have a set of chips and we'd play micro-stakes or for nothing at allHow can I get a home game at my school going? I have a decent population and have had people approach me who play, I'm just having trouble getting them in.
Anyone you are interested in hanging out with, those you get along with well. People have to enjoy the company in order to want to come back.My problem is that I don't know who to offer the game to. It's hard to tell who's into poker because the field of payers is so diverse.
Most of my friends I live with aren't players, and most of the players I know don't live on campus.Anyone you are interested in hanging out with, those you get along with well. People have to enjoy the company in order to want to come back.
My game is a little unique. In the 18 years only two of the many were players before they joined us; me and a friend's father. Think this is an example where you don't need to find poker players. Just allow friends to bring friends. If you are thinking of offering no-money or micro stakes... poker players aren't likely to be too interested.Most of my friends I live with aren't players, and most of the players I know don't live on campus.
I'm in a Mario Party club, which was essentially my gateway drug to poker. I'll probably not play for cash with them but the ones that like it can stick around and we may upgrade to super micro one day.My college game formed organically, and it’s still a major bloc of the core players in my home game today. I don’t know if you are in any extracurriculars, but we were all members of the same org, so we had that in common first before we starting playing poker together, and it grew from there word of mouth.
We played such small stakes that it was definitely social first, game second, which made it a more welcoming environment for inexperienced players / those without any confidence. We rotated through host apartments, and I don’t think I ever would’ve been comfortable meeting a stranger for the first time via them coming to my place to gamble.
I’d be totally fine starting small just to get some games under your belt and get other players in the habit of playing. A little 4-handed winner takes all tournament sounds better than no game at all to me.
7k students, but a lot of commutershow big is your school? my school was 25k students, enough so that there was an official poker club on campus. There are likely several games already going on in your school, just have to find them.
You could simply post on your schools subreddit or there should be a facebook group for your class.
Yeah, that could definitely be a great start. There is a lot of overlap between my board game friends (which Mario Party essentially is!) and my poker friends. If any of the folks are at all interested in poker, then you’re probably not too far off from getting them to put down $5 each for a quick little tourney, which I find to be a little friendlier than a cash game (and also what people are a little more familiar with from TV or random WSOP stuff on social media).I'm in a Mario Party club, which was essentially my gateway drug to poker. I'll probably not play for cash with them but the ones that like it can stick around and we may upgrade to super micro one day.
fortunately, it meets tonight, so I can get people now and have a friday night game tomorrowYeah, that could definitely be a great start. There is a lot of overlap between my board game friends (which Mario Party essentially is!) and my poker friends. If any of the folks are at all interested in poker, then you’re probably not too far off from getting them to put down $5 each for a quick little tourney, which I find to be a little friendlier than a cash game (and also what people are a little more familiar with from TV or random WSOP stuff on social media).
but I'm nervous if we play cash we'll get in trouble, as opposed to a non-money tournament.My friends aren't poker players but I have a regular monthly game. Check out what worked for me here:
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/sustainable-game-with-friends-that-arent-poker-players.94681/
maybe a .05/.05 would be ok because we could just sort the payments out later because it's not enough to put on the tablebut I'm nervous if we play cash we'll get in trouble, as opposed to a non-money tournament.
What? lolI'm in a Mario Party club, which was essentially my gateway drug to poker
You said your friends are gamers? I'd play for no money as I enjoy strategy games regardless. Maybe they will too...but I'm nervous if we play cash we'll get in trouble, as opposed to a non-money tournament.
Problem about keeping it to a single dorm is that the RAs might get wise, even if we aren’t playing for cash they still might not allow itMy advice
1) Don't advertise campus-wide. Limit your area to something definable, such as 1 academic department or 1 dorm building. Specify how many people you are looking for e.g. 8 to 10.
2) Have a way to vet people. Don't advertise open or drop-in game to start. Use e-mail or message drop box contacts only.
3) Play in a semi-open area where you can get some walk-by exposure, like many an empty classroom or office or cafeteria corner.
4) Don't use physical cash. Keep a ledger and do money transfers by Venmo or other fee-less system.