Hosts who run a sheet (2 Viewers)

[chippitydoodah]

This.

In today’s day and age there should be no reason for you to have to loan money to anyone. Pull out your phone, transfer some funds electronically and I will give you some more chips.

Unless they need to hide their losses (and possibly their winnings )

 

[Mojo1312]

Wow. Why lend at all, though?

Good question. There is a greater amount of camaraderie present in home games than there is in casinos. Over the course of time, relationships of a friendly nature are built, which results in a level of trust being extended to players who you see and interact with every week.

However, friendships in home games - as in life - can be abused. IMO, that occurs when players look at you as their bank. I feel that is where I am right now. It is important to realize that there are no winners when one person (in this case, the house) is bankrolling another's losses unchecked.

 

[Madmizike]

I can understand the one off loan when someone forgets money but if you’re constantly asking for a loan you shouldn’t be playing. Period.

 

[Taghkanic]

I can understand the one off loan when someone forgets money but if you’re constantly asking for a loan you shouldn’t be playing. Period.

I did speak with the host about this.

I was glad to learn that he’s not actually taking any interest on the money that he extends to players short of cash. So least it’s not a loansharking situation.

He seems to think that it’s good for the game that people splash around, even beyond their immediate needs. He is confident that he’ll get paid back, albeit slowly. And of course, since he is taking a rake, as long as he does get paid back, that’s probably good for his own bottom line.

All that said, he did agree that when people get in so deep that they avoid the game, that creates a different problem (attendance). And he said on his own volition that anyone who can’t pay him back within a month or so probably shouldn’t be playing these stakes.

He said he is likely going to institute a much lower limit on how much anyone can borrow in the future, more like $500. (I got the sense that multiple players are into him for more like $1,500, which seems like too much for a 1/3 game, 500BB.)

 

[Lord_Foldemort]

This.

In today’s day and age there should be no reason for you to have to loan money to anyone. Pull out your phone, transfer some funds electronically and I will give you some more chips.

Second this. I fully think if you do not have access to electronically pay someone on the spot, then you likely do not have the funds to be playing poker. But I exclusively play with either friends, or friends of friends. I think playing with randos and strangers can make someone significantly more apathetic toward whether or not they lose money, but without posting collateral of some sort, I feel like someone could be setting themselves up for not seeing that money ever again.