Strange home game rules you have run into? (1 Viewer)

[johnnycnote]

Not sure if this type of "straight" is a real thing in some crazy game I've never heard of, but years ago I had some friends who insisted that J Q K A 2 should be considered a straight, or K A 2 3 4, or any combo where the Ace is not the first or last card in a straight. We played that way for a while but eventually dropped it, thank God.

It’s called a Wrap Around Straight. Never played it, but heard of people who have

 

[Marc Hedrick]

Is it really enforceable from your experience?

At a casino, I hope the dealers could enforce it. And I don't play in home games where I don't trust the players, so hasn't been an issue.

I would think if I was in a hand with someone I would know roughly how many chips they started the hand with, or at the very least someone would notice dude adding on in the middle of a hand.

 

[JeepologyOffroad]

Is using a dealer button frowned upon? I've never not used one.

The dealer button in my game would start off being used then people would forget to pass it/not care since it’s self dealt.

Couldn’t let all those sweet dealer buttons go to waste so I started a button game where the dealer puts 1 blind on the button, but only the small blind (or utg, any position you want really) can win the button bonus. The stack on the button grows until the bonus is won and then it resets. This is cash game of course. Now my players love the button lol

 

[Himewad]

I know this isn't a house rule per-se but...

Pre burning and/or pre dealing the board.

KILL ME.

A couple guys at my home game do that, too. Yes, it bothers me, but I don't raise a fuss about it as long as they burn as they should.

 

[Mangatang]

Back in college, there was a group I played with that had a rule that you had to verbally call your own hand. Cards did not talk. If you mis-read your hand and said, "2-pair", but didn't see you made a straight, you did not get credit for it.

 

[Coyote]

Back in college, there was a group I played with that had a rule that you had to verbally call your own hand. Cards did not talk. If you mis-read your hand and said, "2-pair", but didn't see you made a straight, you did not get credit for it.

What happened if you read your flush as straight flush?

 

[Mangatang]

A couple guys at my home game do that, too. Yes, it bothers me, but I don't raise a fuss about it as long as they burn as they should.

When I see this, I politely explain to them the reason behind burn cards, and that pre-burning defeats the whole purpose. Sometimes it works, sometimes they don't consider my explanation as being "polite".

 

[Eloe2000]

I’m sure I’m just out of the loop and this is some some pop culture/meme/show thing (because I’m always perplexed when people ask about other very obvious incidents), but is this for real? If so, have been mangoed/fiverred yet?

No, I am actually serious. We play 12 months out of the year in my backyard under a very large 40' mango tree. The tree goes through 3 separate fruitings over the course of about 4 months+. In the primary fruiting I get about 100-200 mangoes per day that fall. We have had several direct table hits and a couple shoulder hits but never a direct head shot. But you hear them tearing through the tree when they are on the way down.

Hence "Casa Mango" and "The Big Mango" trophy...

 

[Mr Winberg]

I know this isn't a house rule per-se but...

Pre burning and/or pre dealing the board.

KILL ME.

A couple guys at my home game do that, too. Yes, it bothers me, but I don't raise a fuss about it as long as they burn as they should.

And when somebody prematurely flips the turn card and a big fuss is made, do you enlighten them that if the dealer had burnt when he should, the table would have been able to stop him in time?
I know I do...

 

[Mangatang]

What happened if you read your flush as straight flush?

I started call every one of my hands, "Royal Flush".

 

[johnnycnote]

a .25/.50 NL Holdem game where there can only be a total of 3 raises during a betting round and the raises can only be the SB amount (.25)

Most hands ended up with all the players still in the hand

 

[Mangatang]

a .25/.50 NL Holdem game where there can only be a total of 3 raises during a betting round and the raises can only be the SB amount (.25)

Most hands ended up with all the players still in the hand

How is that "no limit"?

 

[Himewad]

And when somebody prematurely flips the turn card and a big fuss is made, do you enlighten them that if the dealer had burnt when he should, the table would have been able to stop the him in time?
I know I do...

I don't believe it's ever happened, actually.

 

[MatB]

I play at a game where there is a $1 fart tax.









@manamongkids

 

[Himewad]

When I see this, I politely explain to them the reason behind burn cards, and that pre-burning defeats the whole purpose. Sometimes it works, sometimes they don't consider my explanation as being "polite".

When it (inevitably) happens in my next home game, what do I tell them? What's the "polite" explanation? Being serious.

 

[johnnycnote]

How is that "no limit"?

Not sure if you can even call it a limit game. More like Let’s See What We End Up With game

 

[Mangatang]

When it (inevitably) happens in my next home game, what do I tell them? What's the "polite" explanation? Being serious.

Just tell them the reason for the burn card is so that players cannot see the back of the next board card coming, in case there is a mark on it (intentional or unintentional) that would give them unfair information before betting.

 

[Coyote]

Farting at the table $5.

I play at a game where there is a $1 fart tax.
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It seems that Ohio is a much more expensive place to fart in than Massachusetts
Jokes apart, I avoid having meals like bean soup before playing, regardless if there 's a tax or not
Back to joking, you could offer bean soup during the dinner break and then tax heavily

 

[Himewad]

Just tell them the reason for the burn card is so that players cannot see the back of the next board card coming, in case there is a mark on it (intentional or unintentional) that would give them unfair information before betting.

Wow. I never knew that was the reason for the burn cards. I learned something new today. Thanks.

 

[BarrieJ3]

No, I am actually serious. We play 12 months out of the year in my backyard under a very large 40' mango tree. The tree goes through 3 separate fruitings over the course of about 4 months+. In the primary fruiting I get about 100-200 mangoes per day that fall. We have had several direct table hits and a couple shoulder hits but never a direct head shot. But you hear them tearing through the tree when they fall around.

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Hence "Casa Mango" and "The Big Mango" trophy...

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Brilliant. Love the setup. So as that mango comes hustling down, are people just use to it and ignore it, naturally flinch and cower, or sit straight up hoping for the mango $5?

 

[upNdown]

any money pass the line is binding, say its 1/3 and someone makes it 12 and next guy puts in 3 without noticing the 12 , he can't take the 3 back he has to either complete the 12 or fold leaving the 3 in the pot. makes u Pay attention

That's exactly the rule at every casino, cardroom, and most homes games I've played.

 

[Himewad]

Brilliant. Love the setup. So as that mango comes hustling down, are people just use to it and ignore it, naturally flinch and cower, or sit straight up hoping for the mango $5?

I would be lunging for the mango myself

 

[Eloe2000]

Brilliant. Love the setup. So as that mango comes hustling down, are people just use to it and ignore it, naturally flinch and cower, or sit straight up hoping for the mango $5?

No one wants want to get hit in the head with a mango. The mango bounty just helps dull the pain. Several people really flinch/cower hard and the rest of us just have our fingers crossed. It has been long enough that we figure someone's time is near.

 

[Mangatang]

No one wants want to get hit in the head with a mango. Several people really flinch/cower hard and the rest of us just have our fingers crossed. It has been long enough that we figure someone's time is near.

Y'all should play wearing helmets.

 

[allforcharity]

I play at a game where there is a $1 fart tax.

Watch my stack disappear even faster!

 

[Coyote]

No one wants want to get hit in the head with a mango. Several people really flinch/cower hard and the rest of us just have our fingers crossed. It has been long enough that we figure someone's time is near.

GET HELMETS FOR GOD'S SAKE!
It could become the new craze in the forum and start a whole new niche market; custom poker helmets for the sub-tropical areas.

 

[MatB]

It seems that Ohio is a much more expensive place to fart in than Massachusetts
Jokes apart, I avoid having meals like bean soup before playing, regardless if there 's a tax or not
Back to joking, you could offer bean soup during the dinner break and then tax heavily

The house a Always wins!

 

[Rhodeman77]

Watch my stack disappear even faster!

There was a rather large man that didn’t want to be bothered with getting up from the table to pass his gas, so he would prepay $20 worth just to let us all know we were in for a rough night! He would let out some long rumblers

Thankfully he wasn’t an every week player.

 

[Mr Winberg]

I don't believe it's ever happened, actually.

Wow, I envy you! For us it almost happens a few times per night (but doesn't thanks to the burn card)

When it (inevitably) happens in my next home game, what do I tell them? What's the "polite" explanation? Being serious.

Just tell them the reason for the burn card is so that players cannot see the back of the next board card coming, in case there is a mark on it (intentional or unintentional) that would give them unfair information before betting.

Yes, this is the reason. But from a practical viewpoint, it also gives the table time to stop the dealer from exposing cards prematurely.

 

[WedgeRock]

Is using a dealer button frowned upon? I've never not used one.

We have an unwritten rule that when the deal gets to @mike32, he holds the button until a dealer down the rail notices and asks for the button...

I used to be in the camp of no need for a DB in a self-dealt game... Then I started playing In a self-dealt game that used them... Initially, I was a button magnet after dealing, but got used to passing it with the deck. Now, I burn under the button, so it seems un-natural not to have it.