Two Games at one Table? (1 Viewer)

[Snapplefacts]

I’m hosting a home game next week, and while I have plenty of experience hosting cash games, I have only a little bit of experience hosting tournaments. The two times I’ve hosted tourneys, I’ve had two tables - so when we combined tables we used the leftover table for a cash game.

Now comes my question: when space is limited and only one table can fit in the room comfortably, would it ever be acceptable to run a cash game on one half of a table while a tournament is going on on the other half? I have a full table for a STT, but my other table doesn’t fit in the same room. Should I set up a folding table and basically leave the tournament players alone in the poker room? Or just start the cash game in the 1-6 seats while the 7-9 seats continue their tourney?

Any input is helpful, my players are all pretty inexperienced and I imagine they wouldn’t particularly care as long as it isn’t super inconvenient

 

[ekricket]

I’ve done this before. Tournament gets to three people and three others start playing cash at the other end of the table. We’ve done heads up tournaments with two games per table going. Whatever works

 

[abby99]

I've played at a coffee table while sitting on the floor. I've also "railed" a HU game where the playing surface was the seat of a chair. People who really want to play will find a way.