I have a monthly 1-2 NLHE home game. At the last game some interest was expressed for using show'em chips on at least a trial basis. This game runs big for 1-2 with the big winner usually winning at least 2k and sometimes quite a bit more, so one of the points is to make the chips fun and useful but not to unbalance the game.
Thoughts on rules so far:
- Show'em chips can only be purchased with your initial buy-in. One to a player, for a modest sum of money - likely $25 at our game.
- Once purchased, they can be used at any hand to make a player expose his hand after the hand has ended. At this time, the player forced to show his hand will receive the value of the show'em chip ($25 above) in cash chips and the show'em chip will be out of play for the rest of the night.
- If you have used your chip, you can induce another player to use theirs through verbal encouragement, or bribery/purchase with chips from your stack.
- If unused at the end of the night, you can return your chip for the purchase price when you cash out.
- Show'em chips are not part of an all-in bet.
Thoughts? Do you think the chips as described are too powerful and would disrupt a friendly but pretty serious game?
L
Thoughts on rules so far:
- Show'em chips can only be purchased with your initial buy-in. One to a player, for a modest sum of money - likely $25 at our game.
- Once purchased, they can be used at any hand to make a player expose his hand after the hand has ended. At this time, the player forced to show his hand will receive the value of the show'em chip ($25 above) in cash chips and the show'em chip will be out of play for the rest of the night.
- If you have used your chip, you can induce another player to use theirs through verbal encouragement, or bribery/purchase with chips from your stack.
- If unused at the end of the night, you can return your chip for the purchase price when you cash out.
- Show'em chips are not part of an all-in bet.
Thoughts? Do you think the chips as described are too powerful and would disrupt a friendly but pretty serious game?
L