What is The Most Cash You've Seen In a Home Cash Game? (1 Viewer)

“Home game” is the key word. Because I live an easy drive from Atlantic City, most the of home games I hosted or played in over the years mimic what you would see in a casino because many of the players play or used to play in that environment. $1/2 games are capped at $300 in AC and $1000 for $2/5. I’ve heard there are deeper stack games offer occasionally at higher stakes but I don’t play that high. Nothing like 500- 1000 big blinds though. That is beyond normal “deep stack” and I think is a home game invention.
I few of us started a $.25/.50 game a few years ago to get more friends and neighbor to try cash poker who are less comfortable with the game. If I allowed a $500 buyin none of those guys would play. Even $100 would be a game killer at those stakes with these people.
A $5000 buyin for $1/2 as mentioned earlier is absurd and can’t image happens often at any home game and certainly not in a casino.
I would never host or play blinds lower than .25/.50 and I wouldn’t think there would be pre flop all ins in your super high BB game. As I said before, I understand how deep stacks impact the game but there is “deep stack” poker and then there is something beyond that...which IMO is getting silly.

Didnt mean to derail the thread any more but for anyone new who is reading this and trying to get a home game together out there, don’t think that $5000 on the table for a .25/.50 game is normal. 100bb poker is still the standard and 150-300bb is normal “deep stack”.

That's funny, our casinos offer different tables with different limits. At 2,50/2,50 (the minimum at our local casino) the min buy-in is 50 and the max 250, while all higher limits don't have a maximum buy-in, but the min's are much higher in BB-value, which ends in 100BB Minimum at Omaha 10/10.

Given that, I would be very cautious using the word "standard" in this context. Obviously standards vary enormous and I can't see any standard at all.
 
That's funny, our casinos offer different tables with different limits. At 2,50/2,50 (the minimum at our local casino) the min buy-in is 50 and the max 250, while all higher limits don't have a maximum buy-in, but the min's are much higher in BB-value, which ends in 100BB Minimum at Omaha 10/10.

Given that, I would be very cautious using the word "standard" in this context. Obviously standards vary enormous and I can't see any standard at all.
I assume based on your avatar that you are from Germany? When I say standard, I’m referring to American casinos...AC and Vegas being the benchmarks. I’m aware that smaller casinos all over the US offer all kinds of alternative formats. I image the same for Europe.
 
I guess you are arguing the skill comes in to know when to lay down your Ace high flush to the hidden boat. I say that’s BS.

Or your bottom two pair to top two pair, or your king-high flush to the ace-high flush, or your top pair weak kicker to a better kicker, or your 63 underfull to a bigger boat, or any number of other cases. Apparently 500BB+ means everyone is playing everything like your inexperienced players did that one time, right? It requires a lot of skill to negotiate all the ragged crap you'll hit that way. It's not just ace-high flushes against boats.

And how can you even have a hidden boat in Hold'em? If the board's paired, a boat's possible.
 
I assume based on your avatar that you are from Germany? When I say standard, I’m referring to American casinos...AC and Vegas being the benchmarks. I’m aware that smaller casinos all over the US offer all kinds of alternative formats. I image the same for Europe.

California casinos and card rooms have much higher max buy-ins as well. They don’t have a % based rake, but a flat drop if there is a flop so to make the games beatable they need to play much deeper.
 
Or your bottom two pair to top two pair, or your king-high flush to the ace-high flush, or your top pair weak kicker to a better kicker, or your 63 underfull to a bigger boat, or any number of other cases. Apparently 500BB+ means everyone is playing everything like your inexperienced players did that one time, right? It requires a lot of skill to negotiate all the ragged crap you'll hit that way. It's not just ace-high flushes against boats.

And how can you even have a hidden boat in Hold'em? If the board's paired, a boat's possible.

Inexperienced players? There is no one in that group who is anywhere close to inexperienced. One guy even turned pro 10 years ago and does quite well (he is also the guy always asking to increase the buyin- he is also never invited unless he asks to come;)) They all understand the difference and most have been playing casino poker for over 20 years. The higher the buy in compared to the blinds, the more people want to see a flop. Everyone is trying to crack AA with 7 6 or even 7 5 suited. As you said, it’s all implied odds .....but on steroids. It’s takes more skill sure, but in the same way it takes more skill to play football in a mine field. I actually feel its more of a different skill set because the game is completely different.

The major draw back is that absurdly deep stack poker is not conducive to maintaining a regular game for the average group. People get busted and don’t come back for a while or ever. There is definitely more luck involved and it’s often difficult to put people on a hand until the river if ever. After 300bb it feels more like straight up gambling to me. You end up needing to draw into the nuts or close to it to win a pot with a showdown.
 
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The major draw back is that absurdly deep stack poker is not conducive to maintaining a regular game for the average group.

We're never going to agree on the luck versus skill issue, or most of the rest of it for that matter, but I will agree with you on this. Super-deep stacks are great for an occasional competitive game, but playing that way can break a regular home game after a while, not least of all because it's extremely hard for donators to ever walk away with a win.
 
In West Michigan at a couple of casinos, the 2-5 games have no cap. It can get ridiculous quick.
 
I know a game where everyone PayPal's the host in advance so there's no cash in the room. I guess everyone got robbed at gunpoint once, and lessons were learned.
 
Well $1500 is my personal record which is awful.

I was told an interesting story at the casino recently by a guy that was at a high stakes home game that got robbed by dudes wearing ski masks, armed with machetes. They had over $35,000 stolen. He had almost $5000 taken from him personally.

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This is exactly why I don't have the family home in game nights, I have a monitor near the table that I can watch the cameras with and I have a 9mm mounted under the table at my seat for ease of access.

Do I really think I need to have all that? No of course not but I'd drill a fool that tried that nonsense. Also want my players to feel safe.
 
the guys walked right in unannounced
I hate those kind of robbers. Much prefer the one who announce themselves.

“Hi we’ll be robbing you tonight. Please can you pass the swag bag among yourselves and fill it up? We’ll also be taking nominees for hostages later so if anyone is particularly annoying you tonight, now’s the time to speak up.”

In my game most I’ve seen is £3k but that was around 20 years ago. We ended up capping buy ins after a few guys over extended themselves. Nowadays it’s usually less than a grand.

We’ve got around 5 casinos nearby so anyone looking for bigger stakes can play there.
 
I hate those kind of robbers. Much prefer the one who announce themselves.

“Hi we’ll be robbing you tonight. Please can you pass the swag bag among yourselves and fill it up? We’ll also be taking nominees for hostages later so if anyone is particularly annoying you tonight, now’s the time to speak up.”

In my game most I’ve seen is £3k but that was around 20 years ago. We ended up capping buy ins after a few guys over extended themselves. Nowadays it’s usually less than a grand.

We’ve got around 5 casinos nearby so anyone looking for bigger stakes can play there.
 
Well $1500 is my personal record which is awful.

I was told an interesting story at the casino recently by a guy that was at a high stakes home game that got robbed by dudes wearing ski masks, armed with machetes. They had over $35,000 stolen. He had almost $5000 taken from him personally.

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True story:

2 games ago, in a friends garage, it was half open for a breeze. He had a neighbor come over and bang on the garage door, playing around all shady like, making noises, not answering when asked who’s there.

When he decided to duck under and reveal himself, there were 4 guns in 4 dudes hands, all very much ready to enjoy the moment :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:

He realized he almost attended a farewell party for himself, and will probably never do that again. Machete kiddos would be bags of spaghetti O’s in my neck of the woods.

Gotta love living in Alabama ;)
 
I ran out of chips with this more than once at our old 1/2 game
Had to dig out the $500s
It was awesome to have that many chips out

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True story:

2 games ago, in a friends garage, it was half open for a breeze. He had a neighbor come over and bang on the garage door, playing around all shady like, making noises, not answering when asked who’s there.

When he decided to duck under and reveal himself, there were 4 guns in 4 dudes hands, all very much ready to enjoy the moment :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:

He realized he almost attended a farewell party for himself, and will probably never do that again. Machete kiddos would be bags of spaghetti O’s in my neck of the woods.

Gotta love living in Alabama ;)
@BamaT8ter has been looking for a game in Alabama … sounds perfect!
 
No automatic weapons like you guys have to deal with.

(Just wanted to help with some info. This is the internet, and it’s hard to trust what people say…. So just assume I am the literal expert on this matter - and it will work out…)

Now, to your comment. Anyone who legally owns an Automatic Firearm in the United States is most likely a wealthy, well established and extremely disciplined law abiding citizen that you would let your children be around.

We don’t have to “deal with” them. We enjoy them.

I promise. :)
 
Typically, we will have $6500 to $7000+ on the table at our weekly $1/$2 NLHE home game.

For the first year, we had $7500 to $8500 on the table. $9500 and $9800 are the two largest nights I remember. On a couple of occasions we have had players cash out with three grand.
 
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I play in an underground game (PLO) and one night we had every chip on the table, I think it was ~34k
 
I play in an underground game (PLO) and one night we had every chip on the table, I think it was ~34k

Same experience here, except on a much smaller scale. Played in a short handed $1/$1 PLO/NLHE game during the pandemic using my travelling DDLM set. Playing five handed, (after two players busted) we had three racks of fives on the table and a rack of twenties. Substituted the .50 chips as $50.

Stand-out night.
 

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