They can't spill on the felt.Hey, sippy cups are a-ok.
They can't spill on the felt.Hey, sippy cups are a-ok.
THIS right here. Recent comments surprise me how many people want to be perfect to the penny. I've had a "no coin policy" ever since I started hosting because other hosts in the area does something similar. This might be different in other countries, but most Americans don't like dealing with coins. Player's cash out are rounded down to the nearest dollar. At the end of the game, everyone with loose change throws it in the middle and flip for it.Even though I have pitched 5¢/10¢ games many times over the years, I have never handed out change at the end of the night. I usually cash out whole dollars and offer to race off the odd change. Each player gets 1 card per nickel, the Highest of every 20 cards gets the dollar. If you only have $1, you can pitch one card to each nickel, and then throw a flop, turn, and river for even more excitement - highest hand scoops.
What actually happens, is everybody says "keep it, you hosted".
Either way, it's not a hassle. One last round of gambol, or the host finishes up a buck. Don't over-think the problem.
My point was that having the host as the banker keeps things more simple than trying to get the players to pay each other. The "How to Handle Players Leaving Early" meant writing an opposite amount at the bankers ledger. Why not just settle with the player, tick off the ledger as 'settled' and call it a day?@Mr Winberg both of your points were addressed in the OP
“How to Handle Players Leaving Early” and “The banker can be the central hub if the biggest winner isn't comfortable with the role”
Sorry, I'm not sure I understand the confusion because it sounds like we're agreeing on the same thing. In my system, players must settle before they walk out the door, not the end of the day, not in three days. When players leave early, they settle with the banker, who is normally the host. Players who leave early are not involved in the end of game settlement procedure.My point was that having the host as the banker keeps things more simple than trying to get the players to pay each other. The "How to Handle Players Leaving Early" meant writing an opposite amount at the bankers ledger. Why not just settle with the player, tick off the ledger as 'settled' and call it a day?
And yes, there was a short section on the host being bank, but there was no comparison with how the ledgers would work then, i.e. just a single line per player.
So when you invite someone to a game, do you assume they have the app you use and boot them out if they don't, or do you tell then ahead of time that they must download PayPal... or Venmo... or Zelle... or CashApp... or whatever the trendy cash-sharing app is next week?I feel like so many people are getting lost in the details. A Venmo game can be as simple as a cash game, there’s really no need to complicate it. My “bank” is my Venmo balance. Player sends Venmo payment, receives chips counted out in front of them. End of night, chips get counted again, payment sent back to player. All takes place in a matter of seconds, and for a microstakes game of people who don’t carry cash, it’s absolutely the easiest option. There’s no wrong or right way here between cash and digital if what you’re doing is working for you. The only thing I think is wrong is to say that digital is always more complicated or inferior to cash, because that simply isn’t true.
To one person .90 is like $90. Should you not play poker if you sweat $90?I’m sorry… If someone is sweating even .90 they shouldn’t be playing poker.
I think this works for my specific game because I’m playing with classmates and their peers. We all fall within 5 years of age of each other. For people my age (25-30 years old) I would say having a Venmo account is pretty ubiquitous. As we’ve added probably a dozen players over the past couple years no one has not had Venmo. I think this reflects a shifts of payment preferences with newer generations and I imagine many people around my age and younger feel similarly.So when you invite someone to a game, do you assume they have the app you use and boot them out if they don't, or do you tell then ahead of time that they must download PayPal... or Venmo... or Zelle... or CashApp... or whatever the trendy cash-sharing app is next week?
No you should play poker if you sweat any amount of money.To one person .90 is like $90. Should you not play poker if you sweat $90?
There's always one guy that thinks they should be the one to tell everyone else what they should and should not do with their money. I can't say I like that guy. That guy was probably never poor, but he's the one who knows how the poor should entertain themselves.
Please note it says "settle", not "electronically transfer". Pay with cash, e-transfer, goats, bitcoins, doesn't matter. If I accept, then it's settled.1. Buy-in or top-up: Give the player chips, strikethrough the old amount on the ledger, write the new total.
2. Cashout: Count chips, then settle and tick the ledger as settled
There's no reason to reverse engineer anything.I’m absofuckinglutely not trying to reverse engineer who paid what based on my Venmo
This doesn't have to be a millennial thing. Some societies are (or are getting) cashless. If I enforced cash at my games, I'd have no players left (regardless of age). Nobody, except really old people and criminals, use cash in Sweden. (Whether or not that's a good thing is a separate question for a separate thread)Don’t like cash? What the hell is wrong with you.
I believe most people take a check. Also, I'm pretty sure that I've read somewhere that the money they use for that is fake.There is a reason the WSOP puts all that cash on the table in the main events heads up.
When using the simple ledger system there's no reason to boot anyone out. Cash carries are welcome! Except in my game, because I don't want criminals in my house. (just kidding)So when you invite someone to a game, do you assume they have the app you use and boot them out if they don't, or do you tell then ahead of time that they must download PayPal... or Venmo... or Zelle... or CashApp... or whatever the trendy cash-sharing app is next week?
It scales perfectly fine. I haven't done 35, but I think the record is a bit north of 20. 20 lines on a piece of paper. I'm pretty sure 35 would be just as smooth.Doing the Venmo and ledger thing at a 35 person meetup would make me want to quit hosting forever. It’s cute, I guess, but it doesn’t scale.
If 90 cents means nothing, you should be playing for higher stakes.No you should play poker if you sweat any amount of money.
Play at the level you can afford. If 90 cents is a big deal then that’s bad.
Who can disagree with that?
So I should go play at the casino because I have no problem leaving 90 cents behind at cash out?If 90 cents means nothing, you should be playing for higher stakes.
You play for an amount to make it interesting, but not enough so it will hurt.
I wonder exactly how much of an exaggeration this is.Some societies are (or are getting) cashless. If I enforced cash at my games, I'd have no players left (regardless of age). Nobody, except really old people and criminals, use cash in Sweden.
I’m guessing a bit of one at that.I wonder exactly how much of an exaggeration this is.
I wonder exactly how much of an exaggeration this is.
Maybe I exaggerated a teeny tiny bit but you'd be surprised how little of an exaggeration this actually is! I don't think I've used cash for anything so far this year. Except when I was in France and Austria hitting the slopes!I’m guessing a bit of one at that.
Taking to PMSo I should go play at the casino because I have no problem leaving 90 cents behind at cash out?
That’s sounds a little narrow-minded and preposterous
I think it would have no impact here. Cash is expected and if anyone shows up cashless, I can direct them to the nearest ATM.I wonder exactly how much of an exaggeration this is.
Thanks for interaction in the PM. It takes all ways of doing things to meet the needs of players and situations. Beignet open minded is the way to go.Taking to PM
You're in a thread about cash-less poker games, and you're commenting on a comment about Sweden. We aren't discussing your cash game, we know how you run your game.I think it would have no impact here. Cash is expected and if anyone shows up cashless, I can direct them to the nearest ATM.
I’m commenting on a comment by a Bostonian. Am I in your lane? Easily flustered zoomer?You're in a thread about cash-less poker games, and you're commenting on a comment about Sweden. We aren't discussing your cash game, we know how you run your game.
I'm not a Zoomer or flustered lol, just figured I'd guide the Boomer back to the topic at hand!I’m commenting on a comment by a Bostonian. Am I in your lane? Easily flustered zoomer?
I'm not a Zoomer or flustered
Man, I've got no idea what that reference is so I'm failing in that regard too. Tell me you use TikTok? I usually wouldn't admit that, I'm proud of you.Just like the TikTok girls crying about the Passport Bros. I understand mam!
I understand that this would be the case at most cashgames in most countries around the world.Cash is expected and if anyone shows up cashless, I can direct them to the nearest ATM.