justinribs asked:
About 12 people are coming and each one will bring a max. of 20$ to bet. What should i set up or buy to make sure all is well? like things to eat or drink (without getting the cards sticking) and how many chips would i need to play poker. Also when you are dealing out the cards, does it go left of the dealer or to the right of the dealer? And really its texas holdem we’re gonna play for more than 3hrs but less than 6hrs.
thanx
justin
About 12 people are coming and each one will bring a max. of 20$ to bet. What should i set up or buy to make sure all is well? like things to eat or drink (without getting the cards sticking) and how many chips would i need to play poker. Also when you are dealing out the cards, does it go left of the dealer or to the right of the dealer? And really its texas holdem we’re gonna play for more than 3hrs but less than 6hrs.
thanx
justin
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1, Beer always good to have
2, Just get a full Chip Set and you can really value them as you wish
3, it goes left
Beer, soda and pretzels/pringles are the best for food and drinks. A set of 500 poker chips (mix of white, blue, red, green and black) will be plenty. If you are going to set up a tournament, you might want to make the buy in 5 and have a rebuy period for the first hour or two so that people will get at least a couple of hours of gambling before they go broke and can’t play anymore. Check out some of the home game websites (just google poker home game) to get the blind structure. Howard Lederer’s site might also have a chart for blind structure- I remember it is included in his DVDs.
If it’s gonna be from 3-6 hours, you definitely want some drinks and more than just snacks. If you’re planning on making it at least 3 hours, count on it going 6. Which means you’ll definitely want meals, not just snacks. Drinks depend on what people like and how serious the game is. If it’s a serious game, don’t get anything too alcoholic or with too much sugar. Alcohol will inhibit your judgment and sugar will send your energy level crashing after a short time. If it’s not that serious of a game, I’d say just get what most people like. Same goes for food. Besides food a dealer button is handy, cuz in our home game we tend to forget who dealt last, a chip tray to hold extra chips (especially if you allow re-buys, and a new deck of cards. You can get a new deck of cards for less than $2 and it makes the game feel more authentic. Many people recommend buying decent quality chips (clay chips), but if everyone’s only bringing $20 it’s not worth it. It would cost at least $10 to get 100 clay chips. Just get plastic ones. You can buy them for about 5 cents each, or in bulk for as little as 2 cents each (so it would cost about $10 to get 1000).
Are you playing tournament style or cash game style? If you’re playing tournament style, I’d say get enough chips to give everyone an even stack, about $1500 in chips is standard. For that you’d need about 100 chips per person, maybe more, depending on how many different colors you have and how much starting blinds are (if they’re low, you’ll need more, if they’re high, you’ll need less). If you’re playing a cash game, it simply depends on the minimum bet. If the minimum bet is 2 cents, that’s up to 400 minimum bets, you’ll want a lot of chips, like at least 300 per person. If the minimum bet is $1, that’s only 20 minimum bets, you can probably start out with like 20 chips ($1 a chip). Usually around 100 chips is a good amount, so you could set up 10 cent, 25 cent denominations (so about 50 25 cent chips and 75 10 cent chips will do the trick)
Finally, the dealing always goes to the left.
The obvious you would likely want 500 piece chip in it lol.
An ongoing game if its an ongoing game get the 100 get the 100 get the table behind or even use some fold away tv trays put.
The players to chip set just about any games store has them now the table behind or between the seats keep all drinks snacks ashtrays.
poker players are just a bunch of grown up children… serve mac and cheese and tuna and peas
Everything you need to set up and run a home poker game is here:
As for dealing, you need a button to show whose deal it is. This moves one to the left every hand. You deal clockwise around the table. Small blind is one seat to the left of the dealer and big blind two seats to the left.
For more basic instruction, you need a beginner’s guide: