"You Need to Know at my Game That..." (5 Viewers)

[MrCatPants]

What makes your game unique, and potentially weird? If you had a new player, what do you need to explain (or warn) them about in advance?

I'll start -

1) in my game if you come to a circus night, you might think there is a player named Ray Rizay. There is not. It is simply the method, in certain games such as derailment, where the pot will get pumped blind. "Rizay" to min raise. "Ray Rizay" to min re-raise, "Ray Ray Rizay", and so on. Pronounced as spelled, or think or if as the bastardized way of saying re-raise in a French accent. You can't invoke Ray Rizay if you've looked. If this begins, you are likely not seeing a flop for less than 10BB. So invoke Ray yourself, look and call pot (super lame), or GTFO.

2) A good half of my players have custom written AI songs by me. Later in the night, once drinks have been flowing a bit, these will regularly be played by me or others at the table. It's awesome, but to the uninitiated super weird and I have to warn them.

What weird shit you got?

 

[davesilver88]

The Rock Straddle.

This game is 1/2, 300 max NLH.

First hand I put a casino die in the middle of the pot, it’s worth $5. It’s like a $5 chip, you can use it to bet. If you are in possession of the Rock and UTG (under the gun, to the left of the BB), you HAVE to use it as a $5 straddle.

The Rock’s in, $5 Rock is live.

 

[MrCatPants]

The Rock Straddle.

This game is 1/2, 300 max NLH.

First hand I put a casino die in the middle of the pot, it’s worth $5. It’s like a $5 chip, you can use it to bet. If you are in possession of the Rock and UTG (under the gun, to the left of the BB), you HAVE to use it as a $5 straddle.

The Rock’s in, $5 Rock is live.

we do this too I need to add a #3. However it is either a Funko of the wrestler the rock, or a rock that says "ROCK" on it

 

[JeepologyOffroad]

Rather than run scheduled bomb pots, everyone in my game starts the night with a pair of dice. You can roll it any time before a hand is dealt. You can roll one or both at the same time. The # is the # of BB for a bomb pot that hand. Once you are out of dice that’s it and you don’t get anymore.

Some people are stash and never roll though so I do allow side bets or buying dice off players that never rolled theirs if desired and both parties agree to it.

 

[Rhodeman77]

We have a player that loses most games, especially with AAxx and then goes on a tirade of how he gets fucked more than anyone and will usually wish the player to die in a horrible fire or of ass cancer. We all laugh our asses off and try put the bad beat on him to get the tirades going sooner than later.

 

[Tonystark137]

We do a double board NLH Bomb Pot whenever the Flop comes with two of the following J 7 or 2. About 18.7% of the time. Button freezes, $1 bomb pot.

Double board NLH cause some of our players aren't PLO players.

 

[doublebooyah85]

2-7 offsuit bounty is live

Every 45 min bomb pots but we collect $x every hand so it’s a freeroll

And of course…the wheel…

 

[MrCatPants]

We have a player that loses most games, especially with AAxx and then goes on a tirade of how he gets fucked more than anyone and will usually wish the player to die in a horrible fire or of ass cancer. We all laugh our asses off and try put the bad beat on him to get the tirades going sooner than later.

"Jimmy and his whole i hope you and your family die of cancer schtick."

 

[RadicusScout]

It's interesting to see dice being used in the games. They sound like fun. I'm going to try to incorporate them into our game.

For us, the first player who shows up rolls these 2 dice to establish the first bonus card of the night. Whoever wins their hand with the bonus card gets 2-3X BB from everyone. The winner rolls the dice to establish a new bonus card. It's just an excuse to roll dice, really.

 

[BarrieJ3]

"Jimmy and his whole i hope you and your family die of cancer schtick."

 

[BarrieJ3]

Rather than run scheduled bomb pots, everyone in my game starts the night with a pair of dice. You can roll it any time before a hand is dealt. You can roll one or both at the same time. The # is the # of BB for a bomb pot that hand. Once you are out of dice that’s it and you don’t get anymore.

Some people are stash and never roll though so I do allow side bets or buying dice off players that never rolled theirs if desired and both parties agree to it.

It's interesting to see dice being used in the games. They sound like fun. I'm going to try to incorporate them into our game.

For us, the first player who shows up rolls these 2 dice to establish the first bonus card of the night. Whoever wins their hand with the bonus card gets 2-3X BB from everyone. The winner rolls the dice to establish a new bonus card. It's just an excuse to roll dice, really.

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You’re using the dice chips of……dice! You can’t roll those on your table and felt and chippies.

If your die don’t have dust from the moon, what are you doing?

https://www.artisandice.com/order/lunar-dust-dice/

 

[JeepologyOffroad]

You’re using the dice chips of……dice! You can’t roll those on your table and felt and chippies.

If your die don’t have dust from the moon, what are you doing?

https://www.artisandice.com/order/lunar-dust-dice/

Yeahhhhh…. I’ll stick to vintage binions dice and customs from legold

 

[JMC9389]

You really do have the most interesting home game. It's on the PCF bucket list for me.

As for mine, as of late when we play NLHE cash, I give everyone one 3D printed Bomb Omb at the beginning of the night. Toss it in before cards are dealt and that hand is a bomb pot of a predetermined ante (usually 4 or 5 BB's). You can use it at any time throughout the course of the night.

This one carries over from @Irish 's monthly tournament too, but usually, whenever someone raises by more than the min raise after rebuys are done, they usually get met with evil eyes, scowls, and ridicule. We call it the @sgago84 rule. Sam likes to keep things friendly when stacks get short. Whenever someone min raises, it's always in honor of him.

 

[BarrieJ3]

Yeahhhhh…. I’ll stick to vintage binions dice and customs from legold

 

[RadicusScout]

You’re using the dice chips of……dice! You can’t roll those on your table and felt and chippies.

If your die don’t have dust from the moon, what are you doing?

https://www.artisandice.com/order/lunar-dust-dice/

*pushes up glasses*

Yes but are they perfectly weighted?

As a recovering tabletop RPG player, I loves me some dice.

 

[doublebooyah85]

My buddy is still waiting for an invite @MrCatPants lol!

 

[MrCatPants]

My buddy is still waiting for an invite @MrCatPants lol!

real question. did he switch jobs? is he checking spam? his work email is on my email list and has been since august.

 

[doublebooyah85]

real question. did he switch jobs? is he checking spam? his work email is on my email list and has been since august.

I’m going to give him an earful he hasn’t come yet (he does have 2 kiddos under the age of 2 lol).

Thanks for including him!

 

[doublebooyah85]

Another good one at a home game play I play…

Everyone antes like a bomb pot whatever it may be $X.

Deal the hand (Omaha) and the flop.

First player to act must either “bet pot or fold.”

Every other player after that can either “call or fold”.

Deal turn/river. Best hand wins.

 

[harrysallout]

It's interesting to see dice being used in the games. They sound like fun. I'm going to try to incorporate them into our game.

For us, the first player who shows up rolls these 2 dice to establish the first bonus card of the night. Whoever wins their hand with the bonus card gets 2-3X BB from everyone. The winner rolls the dice to establish a new bonus card. It's just an excuse to roll dice, really.

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For the die on the left, how do you determine which side to choose from? Does it have to land on one of the corners?

 

[RadicusScout]

For the die on the left, how do you determine which side to choose from? Does it have to land on one of the corners?

You look at the peak of the die. It has the same suit on each side.

 

[MrCatPants]

You look at the peak of the die. It has the same suit on each side.

This is like a standard "nerd" test. If you know how to read a d4, at least a level 8 nerd.

To be clear, I know how to read a d4, and say nerd with much love.

 

[Jimulacrum]

Min raise in no-limit games is double the previous bet. If one player bets 5 and another raises to 10, the minimum reraise after that is 20, not 15.

I don't like it, but the new host made a call, and honestly it seems to serve the game better than having to beat multiple players over the head with a rule that they never internalize no matter how many times they're told. And it's fair and functional.

 

[Bronson]

Min raise in no-limit games is double the previous bet. If one player bets 5 and another raises to 10, the minimum reraise after that is 20, not 15.

I don't like it, but the new host made a call, and honestly it seems to serve the game better than having to beat multiple players over the head with a rule that they never internalize no matter how many times they're told. And it's fair and functional.

This sound simple enough and definitely will speed up a game; but i bet it would work better with deeper stacks.

I might try this in my next game! Cheers!

 

[ThrowBack]

I don’t strictly enforce the “double the last bet rule”

Our stakes play low and if the math is a little off for the sake of speed I let it slide frequently

 

[Jimulacrum]

This sound simple enough and definitely will speed up a game; but i bet it would work better with deeper stacks.

I might try this in my next game! Cheers!

It's really not that bad, especially since min reraises in no-limit betting are pretty uncommon anyway. Simplifies things for the less experienced players.

My only concern is that it raises the bar a little for what constitutes a complete raise when someone goes all-in. (I bet 5, you raise to 10, maniac shoves for 15. Usually I can reraise, but with the doubling rule, the shove doesn't reopen the action.) But that's part and parcel of a structural rule like this. Just a little thing to get used to.

 

[Jimulacrum]

I don’t strictly enforce the “double the last bet rule”

Our stakes play low and if the math is a little off for the sake of speed I let it slide frequently

I think the "double the last bet" and "increase by last increment" rules are both fine, but I would caution you against winging it in the moment.

Best to have a firm rule, whatever it is, to avoid the appearance of impropriety when your in-the-moment choice may benefit one player or another (especially if you are one of the players involved). This can be especially sticky if it's the difference between a shove reopening the action or not.

 

[WedgeRock]

I think it best to follow the local casino, so increments is best in our games.

Then again, if anyone isn't willing to understand incremental raises, they're not likely going to the casino to play poker either.

 

[ThrowBack]

I think the "double the last bet" and "increase by last increment" rules are both fine, but I would caution you against winging it in the moment.

Best to have a firm rule, whatever it is, to avoid the appearance of impropriety when your in-the-moment choice may benefit one player or another (especially if you are one of the players involved). This can be especially sticky if it's the difference between a shove reopening the action or not.

If someone catches it in the moment, then the rule is enforced. I just won’t have any complaining or going back and trying to do the math once we have moved onto the next street or the next hand. You guys agreed to the wager

At our stakes with our company, to be honest, that is not something that has ever become an issue.

If you can keep up on it all night hack, feel free to do it,

 

[Jimulacrum]

If someone catches it in the moment, then the rule is enforced. I just won’t have any complaining or going back and trying to do the math once we have moved onto the next street or the next hand. You guys agreed to the wager

At our stakes with our company, to be honest, that is not something that has ever become an issue.

If you can keep up on it all night hack, feel free to do it,

Fair enough, especially if we're talking about action that happened in a past round (or especially hand!). The door has to be closed at some point.