What is the lowest stake game you will play in? (2 Viewers)

[Mojo1312]

(Buy-in) Tournament or (Buy-in/blinds) cash.

 

[mashoo]

If everything is on the up and up and ran well, rules, good chips, cards, etc,

Tournament - $40
Cash - .25/.25 blinds

 

[glom]

.05/.10 pot limit $20 buy in cash games.

$40 tourney.

 

[SeanGecko]

I generally run a .10 small blind .25 big blind with a .05 ante. cash game Cause we be poor. Been running sine 2007 though. Once in a while we run a 0.50/1.00 with a .25c ante.

 

[abby99]

Play chips for a "cash" game. It's incredibly gratifying to bluff somebody off a better hand when there's no money at stake.

 

[Geremie]

Played in a 1c/2c deep stack game. It was a gong show.

 

[CraigT78]

If I like the people and there is beer, I don't have any other requirements.

 

[Beakertwang]

We typically play 5¢/10¢ cash games. $5 min buy-in, most buy-in for $10. Or $10 tourney, with one re-buy. Most max out at $20, and it works great for our crowd. I'd play 1¢/2¢ with a fun crowd. Or even a freeroll, just for fun. I like playing poker.

 

[detroitdad]

.25/.25 if were short handed (2 to 3 players). Tourney. I'll play any buy in as long as its a turbo'ish tourney. I don't want to play in a 5, 10, or even 20 dollar tourney that takes all fricken night to finish.

 

[detroitdad]

If I like the people and there is beer, I don't have any other requirements.

Or this.

 

[xxmurrxx]

I play whatever usually.. better to have a night out playing cards than sitting at home on my computer or watching tv.
Ideally though 25c - 1/2 cash, $20-40 tournaments

 

[Old State]

I’m personally such a hyper competitive person I could easily play for play chips. That said $.25/.50 NL is the lowest cash stakes I feel that most people will play “real poker”.

My childhood friend once told me that his grandmother tought him and his cousins how to play poker. They played for pennies and nickels but she would keep the money if she won. She told them they would never be good poker players unless they had a fear of loss.

For tournaments $10-20 if it’s a night hanging out with friends and I plan on drinking a lot. I really don’t like single table tournaments as most in this range are. I would prefer a higher buy in or better yet...multiple tables with 20+ players.

For low stakes cash is king.

 

[rowlin]

I won't play for less than tree fiddy.

 

[Psypher1000]

.05/.25 spread limit, or $5 tournament.

Many of my players have limited disposable income.

 

[CdnBeerLover]

If I like the people and there is beer, I don't have any other requirements.

^^^^ This.

 

[trigs]

Depends on how far the drive is I guess. I'm not driving for 1+ hours to play a micro game but if it's close I'd consider it.

 

[Rhodeman77]

If it is is with friends that I really enjoy their company and cards is just something to do while we hang out:
$20 tournament or 25c/25c $40+ buy-in cash game.

If I am going out to play poker for Poker:
Tournament: not going, but I could play a $100 single table game, possibly.

Cash game: prefer a min buy in of $200 game. Blinds don’t matter, stacks size does.

 

[detroitdad]

Blinds don’t matter, stacks size does.

Your mostly correct. Our .25/.50 is a 100 max buy in. It plays a lot better imo than when we used to buy in for 60.

 

[JustinInMN]

Home game, .05-.10
Casino: 3/6 limit, 1-2 nl

Tournament Home: 5
Tournament Casino: 40+15 (I know that juice is killer, but the fields in these are super soft.)

Preferred games:
Home game .25-.50 or .50-1 nl, tournament up to 50.
Casino, 8/16 limit half-kill, tournament 150+30 big stax.

 

[Trihonda]

$25 bar tourney is generally the lowest stakes game I play. But they can be profitable. Just blinked one for $500+ net.

 

[justsomedude]

I'm a degen. I'll play .01/.02 if I have to!

 

[JustinInMN]

I'm a degen. I'll play .01/.02 if I have to!

Very first game I remember hosting was .02/.05 with 5 buy in, 4-handed with the Michael Graves chips from Target in 2004. (White pennies, red nickels, blue quarters black dollars.)

https://www.ebay.com/i/142856949561?chn=ps

 

[BGinGA]

Doesn't matter.... it's not about the money.

"Hey, what kind of chips are you using Saturday?"

 

[links_slayer]

some of the most fun i've had at my poker table was playing 5c/10c limit hold em.

 

[rimmerryan]

Nickels-Dimes-Quarters with the family.
25¢/50¢ otherwise.

$20+ tourneys

 

[ReallyGoodUsername]

^ I second that but even pennies with the grandparents!

 

[SWEATER]

.25/.25

 

[Outkicked]

.25/.50 for cash with a $10 min and $50 max buy in and $40 for tourneys at home with friends who don’t play much

Casino 1/2 NL or 6/12 Limit or 2-100 spread and tourneys $100

 

[MaxB]

5c/10c ..... I have a great time hosting that type of game. Big winners leave with an extra $7 while losers go home $5 poorer for 4 hrs of fun and socializing

 

[codeman00]

Home
Tourney $20 buy in
Cash $0.25/$0.50 NL, $20 to $40 buyin.

Casino - still at the $1/$2, $1/$3, $2/$3 level.