Official Horse Race Game Thread (7 Viewers)

[iballman]

Do you do this in addition to the traditional way of playing the game (with scratched horses and cards), or is this the only way to win money in your version?

We play either the tradtional way or this way. We do not scratch horses when we play the non-traditional way, but I guess you could.

 

[BruceWayne]

 

[BruceWayne]

Inspired by craps and wanting to elevate the playing experience from the small board with the ability to throw dice

Can be featured as a side table or the main event

Yea, we love this game

The track

The HHR horses

The penalty buttons

The "jockey" dice

 

[raynmanas]

Inspired by craps and wanting to elevate the playing experience from the small board with the ability to throw dice

Can be featured as a side table or the main event

Yea, we love this game

The track

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The HHR horses

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The penalty buttons

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The "jockey" dice

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wow. that's one hell of a setup!

curious if you chose the spot patterns or just used extra setups david had laying around? because the 7 horse is my T100 lol.

 

[BruceWayne]

wow. that's one hell of a setup!

curious if you chose the spot patterns or just used extra setups david had laying around? because the 7 horse is my T100 lol.

I sent out a wanted ad awhile back seeking variety in an attempt to create the look of jockey silks.

David contributed a selection of samples, as did a few other members, and these were what made the cut.

 

[raynmanas]

I sent out a wanted ad awhile back seeking variety in an attempt to create the look of jockey silks.

David contributed a selection of samples, as did a few other members, and these were what made the cut.

nice - it's definitely my T100 then. i am honored it was chosen as the lucrative pony #7!

 

[PokerLegend]

Now that it appears we’ve gotten a bunch of PCFers hooked on the amazingness that is the horse race game, I guess it’s time for a dedicated thread.
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Feel free to post pr0n of your horses in action, as well as any thoughts on modifications to the rules, or how you are incorporating the game into your poker nights.

I’ll start us off. We started making players that roll doubles roll again. Nothing better than watching someone keep rolling a number of a scratched horse who has to keep rolling (and paying the pot).

Where do you get this game at?

 

[PokerLegend]

WP, you are a bad/good influence on me!!

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Haven't had a chance to play yet, but hopefully soon! (the lines on the right hand board are tentative cut and drill lines - thinking about cutting it and adding hinges to make it more portable and also need to add some scratched holes below the starting gate).

Where do you get these at? And they are the same game?

 

[TheOffalo]

Was part of a pretty epic horse race @TricycleClub last night, ended up with 4 horses 1 roll away from winning, and @wonderpuddle paying for a big chunk of the winnings (he kept rolling the most expensive scratched horse)!

 

[TricycleClub]

Was part of a pretty epic horse race @TricycleClub last night, ended up with 4 horses 1 roll away from winning, and @wonderpuddle paying for a big chunk of the winnings (he kept rolling the most expensive scratched horse)!

Epic indeed!

 

[Irish]

Inspired by craps and wanting to elevate the playing experience from the small board with the ability to throw dice

Can be featured as a side table or the main event

Yea, we love this game

The track

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The HHR horses

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The penalty buttons

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The "jockey" dice

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holy shit this is awesome

 

[Moxie Mike]

Where do you get these at? And they are the same game?

acrosstheboard.com is one resource... but if you Google 'horse race game' you'll see many options, including Amazon.

I as others have, made my own.

 

[TheLemursReturn]

Inspired by craps and wanting to elevate the playing experience from the small board with the ability to throw dice

Can be featured as a side table or the main event

Yea, we love this game

The track

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The HHR horses

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The penalty buttons

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The "jockey" dice

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Holy hell that's one incredible layout! Did you design it yourself??

 

[BruceWayne]

Holy hell that's one incredible layout! Did you design it yourself??

In my head yes.

Had a pretty good design artist bring it to life of course

 

[TricycleClub]

Inspired by craps and wanting to elevate the playing experience from the small board with the ability to throw dice

Can be featured as a side table or the main event

Yea, we love this game

The track

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This is epic! Next level type sh*t! Well done!
The HHR horses

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The penalty buttons

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The "jockey" dice

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[Barth]

600 chips in Justin racks, cards, dice, & horses in a Apache 2800

 

[Fishman]

Electric horse game

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[KingHigh]

How is the Jockey Fee pot built? Is it paid as a race entry fee?

 

[chippitydoodah]

How is the Jockey Fee pot built? Is it paid as a race entry fee?

Four horses are scratched prior to the race. Each horse has a designated penalty amount. The pot is built when a player rolls a number matching one of the scratched horses and they pay that horses penalty amount. Any roll that is not of a scratched horse advances the horse with that number one position.

 

[KingHigh]

Four horses are scratched prior to the race. Each horse has a designated penalty amount. The pot is built when a player rolls a number matching one of the scratched horses and they pay that horses penalty amount. Any roll that is not of a scratched horse advances the horse with that number one position.

Thanks for the explanation and cool video.

I was thinking about the "Jockey Fee" as a separate pot that goes to the player whose roll gets the winning horse across the finish line.
I saw that in some games the jockey fee pot is comprised of the uneven number of chips leftover after the winners are paid. I also saw that in someone game that each player pays a quarter into the Jockey Fee at the start of the game. I'm wondering what other ways a jockey fee is built.

 

[thecabal]

Thanks for the explanation and cool video.

I was thinking about the "Jockey Fee" as a separate pot that goes to the player whose roll gets the winning horse across the finish line.
I saw that in some games the jockey fee pot is comprised of the uneven number of chips leftover after the winners are paid. I also saw that in someone game that each player pays a quarter into the Jockey Fee at the start of the game. I'm wondering what other ways a jockey fee is built.

I play where the jockey fee is a separate pot players pay into prior to the race. Leftover money from race pot after split is also added to jockey pot.

 

[KingHigh]

I play where the jockey fee is a separate pot players pay into prior to the race. Leftover money from race pot after split is also added to jockey pot.

This sounds like the way to do it. How much are collecting from each player for your Jockey Fee?

We’ll be horse racing during my .25/.25 poker game so the race will be a .25/.50/.75/$1 race.

 

[thecabal]

Depends on players' risk capacity and the number of players. More players means the pot is bigger, even if the ante amount is small. Fewer players probably means bigger ante, but higher chance of winning it.

I recently played with .50 ante into jockey pot and .50 initial ante into race pot. Then I do our card draft and then scratch horses to make the pot grow.

 

[Sparkynutz]

Does everybody use dice cups or just roll with their hands?

 

[Cowtown3053]

Inspired by craps and wanting to elevate the playing experience from the small board with the ability to throw dice

Can be featured as a side table or the main event

Yea, we love this game

The track

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The HHR horses

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The penalty buttons

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The "jockey" dice

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This is great! I like how the horses are chips and you built the track as part of your table. I imagine this layout would make it quick and easy to play in a mixed game scenario instead of having to break out the board and horses.

 

[spartan037]

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How did you get the alligator teeth to stay up like that? I am trying make something like that for my table.

 

[BruceWayne]

How did you get the alligator teeth to stay up like that? I am trying make something like that for my table.

It's heavy duty rubber that holds itself in place once positioned along the curve of the table

Great product

https://a.co/d/8ykqLOt

 

[spartan037]

It's heavy duty rubber that holds itself in place once positioned along the curve of the table

Great product

https://a.co/d/8ykqLOt

So there is no backboard? It just stays up by itself? And this is any plain craps rubber mat?

 

[demonnic]

Another gambling game I'd never heard of. It looks like it mostly plays itself and is almost 100% luck based though? Or did I miss something when reading about it?

Still looks like a ton of fun though.

 

[Sparkynutz]

Amazon has the cheap one on sale around $56 now. usually it's $80-90