Cash Game When do you run 2 tables? (1 Viewer)

[SendThatStack]

When do you open up a second table?

When you have a waitlist do you ever make it so when someone busts they lose their seat and the person waiting gets in?

 

[bergs]

When do you open up a second table?

When the first table is full.

When you have a waitlist do you ever make it so when someone busts they lose their seat and the person waiting gets in?

Nah, if people want to rebuy they should have that right.

 

[TheDuke]

I'd say open a 2nd table if there are enough folks interested. Meaning if you have people willing to play shorthanded, let them play.

I would never make someone lose their seat if they bust if they intend on reloading. That would be like an extra kick in the balls.

 

[SendThatStack]

When the first table is full.

To clarify some more since my question was so basic. Do you keep that first table full and open a second table for all comers, or do you break it down at a certain amount? Say you get 12 players do you run 6 and 6?

 

[casinochipper22]

after the first game is full and you get extra players on the waitlist, you can open up a short handed "must move". Start running the second table, if the second game fills up, then you can lift the must move and all is well. If seats start opening up in the main game, then you move players out of the must move into the main game according to their spot on the wait list.

In the room I worked, thats how we did it. And we took it a step further to try and hold on to two games as long as possible, and we only moved someone into the main game after two seats opened up. So we left the main eight handed and it never seemed to be a problem. Let the must move play as short as they want, for as long as they want. If you're taking a drop, take a much smaller drop.

 

[bergs]

To clarify some more since my question was so basic. Do you keep that first table full and open a second table for all comers, or do you break it down at a certain amount? Say you get 12 players do you run 6 and 6?

We played mixed circus games where you really can’t play them 9 handed so at 10 handed we usually go 5 & 5, but yeah, your approach works fine, particularly for things like HE.

 

[JMC9389]

We played mixed circus games where you really can’t play them 9 handed so at 10 handed we usually go 5 & 5, but yeah, your approach works fine, particularly for things like HE.

I haven't had to do it yet, but for dealer's choice, I'll split it into two tables once there's 10 players. 9 is a death sentence for dealer's choice night. 8 is acceptable. 5 to 7 per table is perfect.

For NLHE, pack 'em in like sardines. Doesn't matter. I'll do a full ring of 10 players, but will split once there's 12 or more. 11 is the death number here, but it's been done for one table.

 

[bergs]

I haven't had to do it yet, but for dealer's choice, I'll split it into two tables once there's 10 players. 9 is a death sentence for dealer's choice night. 8 is acceptable. 5 to 7 per table is perfect.

For NLHE, pack 'em in like sardines. Doesn't matter. I'll do a full ring of 10 players, but will split once there's 12 or more. 11 is the death number here, but it's been done for one table.

Waterboarding is pretty bad and I don’t support it but you could just get the detainee drunk and then shock him with a cattle prod if he misdeals at a 8’ long oval with 11 players. Whatever you need out of the guy, you’ll get it before the 2nd card comes out.

 

[crussader]

The way we used to do it is when there were three waiting we would open a second table with them and two from the main table (either volunteers or the last two to join). Any new arrival would go to the secondary table and push one back to the main.

 

[CraigT78]

I play dealers choice and like to keep it to 7 max. I will go to 8 if there are 10 or more coming. Once the 10th arrives I break into two tables of 5 moving the 8th, 7th and 6th that arrived. They can come back in that order as more folks arrive.

 

[JMC9389]

Waterboarding is pretty bad and I don’t support it but you could just get the detainee drunk and then shock him with a cattle prod if he misdeals at a 8’ long oval with 11 players. Whatever you need out of the guy, you’ll get it before the 2nd card comes out.

Anything eight handed or more for hold 'em generally plays the same to me. Eight handed, 15 handed, doesn't matter. Either way, I can drink a whole pitcher of sangria before I get two playable hands.

 

[bergs]

Anything eight handed or more for hold 'em generally plays the same to me. Eight handed, 15 handed, doesn't matter. Either way, I can drink a whole pitcher of sangria before I get two playable hands.

My man….

 

[CraigT78]

You two on the same table could be fun, as long as the host had two pitchers available.

 

[JMC9389]

You two on the same table could be fun, as long as the host had two pitchers available.

...who wouldn't?

 

[upNdown]

This is a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. Hosting is enough of a chore with one table, why would you want to host two tables? You can only play on one at a time. But I get it - having the exact number of players for a single table presents its own problems in the short and long terms.
None of this answers your question - sorry for clogging your thread. (But my answer is never.)

 

[CraigT78]

This is a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. Hosting is enough of a chore with one table, why would you want to host two tables? You can only play on one at a time. But I get it - having the exact number of players for a single table presents its own problems in the short and long terms.
None of this answers your question - sorry for clogging your thread. (But my answer is never.)

Two tables = moar monies in play

 

[surfik]

When I assemble more than 9 players... So more and more rarely these days

 

[LeLe]

The only time I run 2 tables are when we playing 2 different stake or Card games during Lunar Chinese New Year where the family gathered and gamble like no tomorrow

 

[Coyotesetter]

This is a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. Hosting is enough of a chore with one table, why would you want to host two tables? You can only play on one at a time. But I get it - having the exact number of players for a single table presents its own problems in the short and long terms.
None of this answers your question - sorry for clogging your thread. (But my answer is never.)

I am inclined to say never as well. If you aren't charging a rake why would you go through the stress.

 

[Highli99]

I like two tables because it lets me have more flexibility. I love 6-7 handed poker the best anyway and if I end up with 14 people I can spread out. Also, this helps keep the game going when some people leave or don’t rebuy. The remaining degens can consolidate and keep playing. If I cap at 9 or 10 then I’ll have the game dry up faster.

 

[2Chips1chair]

When do you open up a second table?

When you have a waitlist do you ever make it so when someone busts they lose their seat and the person waiting gets in?

I've been asked this cause some of our games get 13 people wanting to play. I'll never open a second table. It's just more chairs/tables/chips/etc without any added personal benefit/fun. The rules for my game is first to call dibs through text get a seat, 30 minutes after start of game your seat is given away. I send out a text when theres an available seat which is then offered to wait list in order. I'm not running a casino, I'm just trying to play some cards with some friends.

 

[ArielVer18]

I don't like my players waiting in a waiting list at all. My table seats 10, so when the the 11th show up, I volunteer to sit out. When a 12th shows up, we split into 6 and 6. The 13th, 14th, and onward can sit at whichever table require more players.

 

[Schmendr1ck]

I generally cap my NLHE games at nine players per table with no wait list. This accomplishes multiple goals for me:

• Avoids the hassle of managing a wait list.
• Avoids the hassle of having 10-11 players, which is too many for one table and too few for two.
• The cap generates a sense of urgency so that players lock up seats earlier.

On those unicorn nights when I get 12+ players interested in cash, I will run two tables and balance until we get to nine players, then merge. But with the size and makeup of my local group, it's only happened twice in recent years.

 

[TheWhiteJZ]

never been lucky enough to have this problem, but i would handle like this: fill the first table to 10, once it hits 10 and two are waiting ask two to move to the second table and start with 4, and build from there. if we are down to 10 total again, recombine. Or maybe 9 max as i have a smaller table and prefer fewer players, bc i like playing more hands.

 

[upNdown]

as a host, I wouldn’t want to open a second table until I had 12. For NLHE, anyway. You can’t please everybody - some guys would rather play 6-handed, some guys prefer 9, so any number is kind of arbitrary. But I feel comfortable selling 6, and not 5.

But it’s interesting to me that the PCF crowd seems to strongly prefer 7-8ish, but the casino crowd seems to strongly prefer 9. Again though, NLHE

 

[SendThatStack]

as a host, I wouldn’t want to open a second table until I had 12. For NLHE, anyway. You can’t please everybody - some guys would rather play 6-handed, some guys prefer 9, so any number is kind of arbitrary. But I feel comfortable selling 6, and not 5.

But it’s interesting to me that the PCF crowd seems to strongly prefer 7-8ish, but the casino crowd seems to strongly prefer 9. Again though, NLHE

Casino players have this weird idea that if there arent 9 players then there "isnt enough money on the table"