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Most annoying things your guests say or request at your home game? (1 Viewer)
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links_slayer
4 of a Kind
let alone 215 feet away...
bergs
Royal Flush
Actually, it did happen. I got warmed up, and then threw my first one about 180 ft when I tried to throw a line drive (way too pumped up). My second throw went 217 ft.
Malaka has a cannon. No warm up, unannounced, grabbed the ball and fired it like 240 ft. Frozen rope.
Malaka has a cannon. No warm up, unannounced, grabbed the ball and fired it like 240 ft. Frozen rope.
tommythecat
Flush
I disagree with taking him aside to explain. I have found the only way to deal with people like this is to treat them like children in front of the people they screw over. I would have walked him over to his cousins and made him explain to them why he didn't bring them a candy bar even though he said he would. When people are dicks, making them explain why they are dicks to the people they are being dicks to, usually makes for less dickish behavior in the future.
I use to throw A LOT of parties when I had my house. Most of the time it was a small BYOB gathering on the weekends. There were a few throughout the year that were huge with ~200 people (Halloween, No Pants Party, and a newspaper's birthday party). It was always $5 at the door for which I provided 3-4 kegs and a triple batch of Jungle Juice. There were also various small snacks around. Always there would be someone at the door saying that they weren't planning on drinking and they shouldn't have to pay. I would politely tell them that it is pay or GTFO. Usually an hour or so later they would be falling over drunk.
In many cases you're right. In this instance, guinness said, "heart of gold but acts like he's still 14," so I assumed his nephew was just immature, not a full-fledged self-centered jerk.
If he's the latter, sure, embarrass away.
Chicken Rob
Full House
I was guilty of this in your house at 4am, a perfectly reasonable stop time at the last meet up there. And for that, I apologize.
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I always tip off my chips that don't round to the nearest $5-$20, depending on stakes, to the house, even if I'm not drinking the beer, eating the food, and feel cheap that I'm not doing more.
I have no problem with your OMC, he's good for the game, but I agree 100% with your general sentiment on this one. One of my pet peeves as well.
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I hate that there are mountains of hundos in the bank. I have the decency to bring hundos, I'd like to not have to exchange them all for $20s.
Your gripe is reasonable, but I always seem to buy in for 10 hundos, and go home with 50 20s. (Break Even Specialist for the win!)
bergs
Royal Flush
I'm honestly not sure what to do about that. Maybe I penalize the early cashouts by starting with 20s, and the later you stay, the more hundos get included in cashouts.
i end up with the same problem, but the reason for this is that you and i tend to stay until the game breaks, so we're among the last 2 or 3 players from a 16+ player game. we end up with the bank backwash since in-game cashouts have to be handled quickly and the quickest way to do it is to hand out all hundreds. yeah it's a slight PITA, but ultimately no big deal.
Shaggy
Full House
I was about to say ftw... but jbutler's post hits it on the head. Unfortunately if you get rid of the smaller stuff early, then the end of the night will have trouble needing to break the big bills. Bank backwash... love it.
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I tend to cash out players with a 50% mix of large and small bills in the early stages no matter what. It helps keep the bank backwash in balance. If an early player asks for large bills only - denied. Think of others behind you. That's a small penalty for hit and run lol.
guinness
Flush
Yeah I have to emphasize the heart of gold part, he really is a great kid (adult?). I did indeed start razzing him about it but not to the point of hurting his feelings because he is indeed a good kid. I don't think anyone who's met me in the chipping community believes I would hold back to anyone who needs a verbal spanking about stuff but again, good kid. I didn't even mention this but when he wanted his 8th beer, he tried shipping me a crinkled $1 bill and asked "okay if I get another beer?". I had to face palm. No, I didn't take the dollar. The big winner left me $35 when he cashed out which was a nice and certainly made up for some of the costs.
So I guess I've been guilty of this too. I only keep hundos in "the roll" and cashing out lots of money in $20's bothers me (not at Chipper games, but at underground games). The reason it bothers me is because I end up walking to my car looking like I have elephantiasis of the balls. I'm not always at the safest locations so I feel like I have no recourse if someone says empty your pockets lol.
At Bergs house no problem, I only stand to see children playing in their front yard when I walk to my car. At the 2 underground card places I go to, I hate bulging pockets.
Generally, in games that I host or have hosted in the past, I try to track as best as possible the players who bought in with hundos and try to "return" them to the player. I know for some bigger hosts with multiple tables this may not be possible but it was manageable for my game.
200 Motels
Flush
Oh God. One of our regs habitually burns turn and river before the betting is done.
Eg.
-Burn
-flop X X X
- insta-burn
- turn betting
- turn card x
- insta-burn
- river betting
>tilting eye twitch<
Further to that, one guy who doesn't play with us any longer, would deal flop, turn and river face down immediately after dealing. It's unnecessary and can cause issues with mucked hands.
Eg.
-Burn
-flop X X X
- insta-burn
- turn betting
- turn card x
- insta-burn
- river betting
>tilting eye twitch<
Further to that, one guy who doesn't play with us any longer, would deal flop, turn and river face down immediately after dealing. It's unnecessary and can cause issues with mucked hands.
Sal Bandini
Pair
When you fold toss your cards into the pre-dealt board. Keep doing that until he stops dealing that way.
links_slayer
4 of a Kind
It's not really said *during* my game but it really grinds my gears when people send me texts/emails asking me to host a poker night when it's convenient for them to attend.
this is really bizarre. even in my days of twice weekly hosting i never got requests. people are insane.
Yup, everyone has an opinion. I get that too, things like "oh, this night would be better for me" (because clearly my game revolves around that one person and not the 30+ on my list, or, you know, what works for me to host?)
Or the people who are like "hey, how about instead of one deepstacked tournament you run three smaller and quicker tournaments?" Uh, no.
guinness
Flush
I get this all the time ("can you host Friday, can you host next weekend"). I think people just like coming to my house plus they don't have the right setups/room/friends/location to host a successful game. Doesn't even occur to me that this is a negative.
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lol, it gets me too sometimes, although depends on my mood and schedule obv. I've had players request impromptu game while on their way to casino. Huh?
I also once got a game going within 1.5 hours at 1:30am on a Saturday while in the casino poker room lol. Club Courage quorum FTW!
Geez, don't you have to get up in the morning and go to work?
Lol, not Friday night into Saturday morning I don't
I never expect folks to pay for food. I often put out a decent spread. My standard request to attendees is, bringing a snack or a six-pack to share is greatly appreciated, but not required. I almost always get someone who brings neither, and drinks and eats their fair share. I do notice it, but it doesn't really bother me. I do really appreciate (and openly recognize) when people leave a little extra when cashing out (for hosting). Even if it's $.75 or $7.50. Makes cashing out easier, and helps defray the costs.
Did have one guy once who didn't bring anything, ate like he was at a "Survivor" food reward challenge, and drank like a fish... Then at cash out time (he was up like $100), he made me go upstairs to get more quarters so he could get his "owed" $.50. Don't mind the others that are waiting to cash out. Let me go get you two quarters, so you can leave with $161.50 (exactly), lol... For more reasons than the money, he has not received an invite back...
Did have one guy once who didn't bring anything, ate like he was at a "Survivor" food reward challenge, and drank like a fish... Then at cash out time (he was up like $100), he made me go upstairs to get more quarters so he could get his "owed" $.50. Don't mind the others that are waiting to cash out. Let me go get you two quarters, so you can leave with $161.50 (exactly), lol... For more reasons than the money, he has not received an invite back...
Chicken Rob
Full House
I would get requests at a game. Not by text.
Like when the regs say: can we do a special saturday game next month for higher stakes? in addition to our regular thursday game?
Andrew Marks
Two Pair
These are freaking hilarious and I have experienced many of them when I host. My favorites are:
1. "Where's the plunger?" Hey maybe it's just me but I don't like taking a dump at other people's houses. I told everyone to sh%t before the show up.
2. "What's it to me?" You mean you weren't paying attention until we told you it was your turn to act?
3. Failure to use napkins or paper towels. Just had the rail and cloth on my table re-done (looks beautiful and cost a good deal). Players say "beautiful job with the table" and proceed to eat potato chips or chocolate cookies and then put their greasy hands right on the rail or even worse pick up the cards or rake in the chips. Arrrrgh. Even funnier, I replaced the cloth on my friend's Kestel table where we sometimes play and he is the biggest slob of all. Brand new cloth, first game at his house, he sits down to play with an oil-soaked prosciutto and mozzarella sandwich in his hand without a sign of a napkin. He backed off when I told him that was the biggest insult he could give me after spending two hours putting the new cloth on.
4. The hundred dollar bill thing is the same at our game.
5. "Who raised?" Um, the earliest player before you who has a bigger bet in front of him.
6. "One more round?" at 2AM or 3AM or 4AM or after a previous one, two, three or four more rounds.
7. And finally, when a player first sits down "I don't have any cash. Can I take a marker?" We play the same day every week and you are here every week. You didn't have any time over the last 7 days to get cash for your buy-in? And inevitably that person ends up losing and someone has to take their check (except for the few guys who win and always leave early and never get stuck with a check)
1. "Where's the plunger?" Hey maybe it's just me but I don't like taking a dump at other people's houses. I told everyone to sh%t before the show up.
2. "What's it to me?" You mean you weren't paying attention until we told you it was your turn to act?
3. Failure to use napkins or paper towels. Just had the rail and cloth on my table re-done (looks beautiful and cost a good deal). Players say "beautiful job with the table" and proceed to eat potato chips or chocolate cookies and then put their greasy hands right on the rail or even worse pick up the cards or rake in the chips. Arrrrgh. Even funnier, I replaced the cloth on my friend's Kestel table where we sometimes play and he is the biggest slob of all. Brand new cloth, first game at his house, he sits down to play with an oil-soaked prosciutto and mozzarella sandwich in his hand without a sign of a napkin. He backed off when I told him that was the biggest insult he could give me after spending two hours putting the new cloth on.
4. The hundred dollar bill thing is the same at our game.
5. "Who raised?" Um, the earliest player before you who has a bigger bet in front of him.
6. "One more round?" at 2AM or 3AM or 4AM or after a previous one, two, three or four more rounds.
7. And finally, when a player first sits down "I don't have any cash. Can I take a marker?" We play the same day every week and you are here every week. You didn't have any time over the last 7 days to get cash for your buy-in? And inevitably that person ends up losing and someone has to take their check (except for the few guys who win and always leave early and never get stuck with a check)
The Marker thing...so true. I had a $60 buyin tournament with rebuys recently. The guy brings $50 so he had to get a loan for the $10 and then of course he rebuys twice and needs markers for both. Hilarious!
I had this happen again last night and every time it makes me crazy because I don't use change at all so I don't want it. Our typical OMC goes to cash out and gives me the total, including $0.50. I usually just round everything down, which he knows, so he reaches into his pocket and starts to grab 2 quarters so I just give him the extra dollar so I don't have to hear it. Even one of the LAGs last night gives me his total that came out to a .75 and pulls out a quarter. He got a needling about it and a you serious? Whenever I play at someone else's place (including these two players) I usually just round down to the nearest increment of $5. Is this a little thing? You bet, but god damn is it annoying.
Lol. This happened at the game I was at last night as well. Guy had 73.75 and the host was counting out the cash and politely waiting for the player to say not to worry about the 3.75, but NO the guy was still waiting for his change (that he could see the host didn't have). Finally it took another guy to speak up and rib the guy that he should just take the 70 and donate the change to the host.
As someone that also hosts, I always make sure to round down in order to tip a host and so I also made sure to "assist" in persuading the player to give up the 3.75.
It is true that it is a very simple and albeit small gesture, but it goes a long way.
chipjoker
Flush
At my games I like to round up to the nearest $1, I as a host don't mind a buck or two in change leaving my hands, I rarely get tips and I am OK with that as long as my players are happy....Besides I am hoping to leave UP at least $100 (hardly happens)..
if they are cashing out with 73.25 they leave with 74.
if they are cashing out with 73.25 they leave with 74.
acl1904
Straight
Whenever the lucky donk says "I shouldn't call, but I am feeling lucky" or "I know I'm behind but I feel like gambing"...then hits.
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