Lessons from a first-year host (3 Viewers)

[TheYeti]

Great Post, how do you handle the length of play? Just finished playing in a game the other night that went very late. New to the scene so is this standard or are people usually able to play and use their buy ins in 3 - 4 hours?

We have a set end time. When the clock hits midnight, I call last hand.

 

[TheYeti]

For the love of god don't put the burn cards into the muck.

I've been trying to get my apes to keep them separate for years, it's hopeless.

 

[Old State]

We have a set end time. When the clock hits midnight, I call last hand.

Damn….my games usually go to 2:30-3am!

 

[mdt11]

Great Post, how do you handle the length of play? Just finished playing in a game the other night that went very late. New to the scene so is this standard or are people usually able to play and use their buy ins in 3 - 4 hours?

We start at 7 and usually wrap around 1-2. There’s usually 2 or 3 that need to leave around midnight which is fine. I will give priority to people who can stay until then. If someone loses a couple buyins quickly and wants to stop that’s understandable too. The regulars know not to hit and run, or leave after one buyin.

 

[TheYeti]

Damn….my games usually go to 2:30-3am!

We used to, too, but as I get older I don't bounce back from late nights as well as I used to.