There's no "probably"!
I could host a 10-player table, where each player has over 70 x 60mm dealer buttons in front of them.
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Most Useful Poker "Accessories", Least Useful? (3 Viewers)
- Thread starter MrCatPants
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I could host a 10-player table, where each player has over 70 x 60mm dealer buttons in front of them.
This reminds me of Lycourgos, the mythical ultra-ancient Spartan King, who made coins that big and heavy that people should hate money.
Edit: "Lycourgos" meaning "Wolf's Work". Nice and cute name for a boy. "Wolfwork, come do your homework".
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20180502-the-tiny-island-with-human-sized-moneyThis reminds me of Lycourgos, the mythical ultra-ancient Spartan King, who made coins that big and heavy that people should hate money.
Edit: "Lycourgos" meaning "Wolf's Work". Nice and cute name for a boy. "Wolfwork, come do your homework".
TonZaga
Straight
Has anyone designed/fabricated the world's first adjustable standing poker table?!
I don't think anyone would use it to actually stand, BUT ....
It would be good to dial in the perfect chair / table height ratio!
Since everybody’s shaped differently, adjustable chairs make a lot more sense. I’ve been persuaded. For years, gassers were my goal - I’ve just been looking for the right deal. But recently I’ve been persuaded that adjustable height office chairs are probably the way to go.
There was a thread about chairs, I can't find it now, but I ended up getting one of these on the way yesterday
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LGDNBN9?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details
TonZaga
Straight
If I had a table a little bit bigger than my Barrington, I would opt for everyone to have armrests on their chairs. Just have to use the table for that and a seat cushion if desired for now lol
Right, that’s the problem with office chairs - most of them have arms, and that just takes up extra space at the table. And why did I shell out the money to have a table professionally made, with a luxurious padded rail, if people are gonna leave their elbows on their armrests?
Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
Plus, if a player needs to lean into the table to pull a pot or cards, the office chair rolls forward and the arms bump the table, toppling chip towers. Depending on the flooring, all the extra rolling can really wear out a patch in the carpet/hardwood finish. Better wheels may mitigate this, but that can get expensive for outfitting an entire table.
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MrCatPants
Full House
Useful:
- Tournament Director. Godsend. No way I'd get anything done without this. It pretty much runs itself. Occasionally I pause it to bust out a player (takes like 2 seconds...not sure why I pause here, certainly don't need to).
- 2 different decks. Keeps the game moving faster. BB shuffles, cut-off cuts before deal.
- Old cigar box for buy-in money. Everything goes in here as people get set up, buy-ins are tracked via Tournament Director. It doesn't need to be a super-secure locked box for 3 reasons: 1, $20 buy-in means there isn't that much in there, 2, your players should be trustworthy, 3, it's kept in plain sight right next to the monitor with the blind information so it's publicly policed. I've had 1 issue with it - somehow we ended up having slightly too much money in there, LOL. This was back when doing $15 tournaments so I think someone forgot to collect change for a $20 or didn't care. At the end of the night the extra money was decided to go to the house by the remaining players, so no complaints here!
- Hotdog roller! Not an instant hit for me since it was a late addition, but seems to be gaining traction. Throw on some Nathan's Famous and have out some Martin's Long Potato Rolls and pig out! Good combination.
- Chips with denominations (which I don't actually have yet :X). I have at least 1 color blind player.
- Random seat draw at the door. I use matching old pogs. 1 set randomly assigned on the table, 1 set in a hat at the door, or laid out upside down on a table. Pick one when you enter to know your seat draw. People don't like to move seats, so might as well get them setup in the correct spot from the get-go.
Not (that) useful:
- Secondary heads-up tables. No one will want to move, and at that point there is a good chance they just want to wrap up the tournament.
- SB and BB buttons. I still think they are useful and recommend them because it's much easier to screw up a single dealer button than 3 different buttons, but you can def. do without if you want to.
- Racetracks on poker tables. Why?
- Tournament Director. Godsend. No way I'd get anything done without this. It pretty much runs itself. Occasionally I pause it to bust out a player (takes like 2 seconds...not sure why I pause here, certainly don't need to).
- 2 different decks. Keeps the game moving faster. BB shuffles, cut-off cuts before deal.
- Old cigar box for buy-in money. Everything goes in here as people get set up, buy-ins are tracked via Tournament Director. It doesn't need to be a super-secure locked box for 3 reasons: 1, $20 buy-in means there isn't that much in there, 2, your players should be trustworthy, 3, it's kept in plain sight right next to the monitor with the blind information so it's publicly policed. I've had 1 issue with it - somehow we ended up having slightly too much money in there, LOL. This was back when doing $15 tournaments so I think someone forgot to collect change for a $20 or didn't care. At the end of the night the extra money was decided to go to the house by the remaining players, so no complaints here!
- Hotdog roller! Not an instant hit for me since it was a late addition, but seems to be gaining traction. Throw on some Nathan's Famous and have out some Martin's Long Potato Rolls and pig out! Good combination.
- Chips with denominations (which I don't actually have yet :X). I have at least 1 color blind player.
- Random seat draw at the door. I use matching old pogs. 1 set randomly assigned on the table, 1 set in a hat at the door, or laid out upside down on a table. Pick one when you enter to know your seat draw. People don't like to move seats, so might as well get them setup in the correct spot from the get-go.
Not (that) useful:
- Secondary heads-up tables. No one will want to move, and at that point there is a good chance they just want to wrap up the tournament.
- SB and BB buttons. I still think they are useful and recommend them because it's much easier to screw up a single dealer button than 3 different buttons, but you can def. do without if you want to.
- Racetracks on poker tables. Why?
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Ben8257
Royal Flush
They stop cards, and you try to get comfortable leaning over the dining room table for a 12 hou cash game! Lol
Bring on a comfy chair and a comfy rail please!
Ben8257
Royal Flush
I'm an idiot! I meant racetracks, LOL.
+1 for the racker stacker. Total game changer when it comes to arranging sets!
Sadly, dealer buttons are the least useful accessories I have, as my game is always self dealt. Still love them though
Sadly, dealer buttons are the least useful accessories I have, as my game is always self dealt. Still love them though
Jake14mw
Flush
The most surprising thing to me in this thread is people saying that dealer buttons aren't useful?! Are you saying that you use some other object, or are you saying that you just look for the deck to indicate who the dealer is? What about if you are playing with two decks?
TonZaga
Straight
My home games are self deal and we still use a button/two decks
ekricket
Royal Flush
Because they drink and can’t remember who the last dealer was. Even with a button we get confused as to “who dealt last?” When it literally happened two minutes ago. So it’s more useful in “whose dealing next” than it is for “who is the current dealer in the middle of this hand?”
Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
Times the Dealer button is useful in a self-dealt game:
- It can be used to protect the muck. It is the dealer's job to protect the muck, and this is difficult if you are holding a deck and your cards.
- It helps other players know if the dealer folded, because they do not have any cards in front of them (they are under the button).
- It prevents a dealer from accidently looking at a folded player's cards instead of their own, especially if only one player has folded.
- In tournaments, when on a color-up break, a deck is used to race off chips. This deck may or may not be replaced in the correct position. The button however, is never moved during the process. Therefore, the button lets you know who is dealing when returning from break - the deck does not.
- A felted player does not have to go home. They can stay and deal for the entire table. Without a DB, this is a less favorable option.
- It helps to theme out the game/room.
- It "gives props" (a show of respect) to another PCF'er when they see their button in play at a different game.
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You should have quit while you were ahead
Whenever someone gets pissy at the table (including myself) and the button comes back to them I switch out for the Angry Dealer
Kifer button. I don't know if it shows respect but it certainly helps lighten the mood.... or pisses off the person more from being trolled. Either of those is a win to me.
Whenever someone gets pissy at the table (including myself) and the button comes back to them I switch out for the Angry Dealer
I'm gonna try to steal this idea on Friday night. I'll have to keep it at the bottom of my chip stack, or maybe in my pocket. Hilarious!
A friend pointed out that his lone dealer button with a small LCD on it that has the time left in the current blind is better than all of my ceramic dealer buttons combined. He is no longer my friend.
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