Time between home games (1 Viewer)

[SSTB2213]

Thanks for asking this! Was just wondering this myself

 

[SSTB2213]

I just ran my first game and had a full table of 8, plus a waitlist of 1. Game two is a month away and already have a full table and a waitlist of 3. I may try to get in a game every other week and see how it goes.

 

[TKEUofM]

A lot depends on your group of players. I've been hosting a monthly tournament for 23 years now and we always 24-28 players. Due to personal schedules, kids, sports, work, etc it's tough for everyone to commit to a game every week. If I was to start having a weekly game I know that people would spread out much more. Your casual and social gamblers will attend weekly or every other week so your group will likely be smaller.

 

[ItsAlwaysLupus]

I just ran my first game and had a full table of 8, plus a waitlist of 1. Game two is a month away and already have a full table and a waitlist of 3. I may try to get in a game every other week and see how it goes.

The risk of running weekly, depending how big it plays etc, is that if someone runs bad they may stop showing up. But also, that's just gambling right? Lol.
For me it feels like the more consistent you keep your game the easier it is to keep players coming. I.e. the first Saturday of every month etc. Filling games ad hoc is usually a bit more of a challenge.

 

[Taghkanic]

Pre-pandemic, I was able to get a (relatively cheap) two-table tourney off weekly. In the past few years I moved to a higher-stakes cash game, and one table twice a month seems better.

But I’m in a sparsely-populated area. In a city I could probably do it more often.

 

[snowman7777]

I do monthly for my game. My friends aren't as into poker as I am so having the time off allows them to get excited about throwing some chips around again. Sometimes we end up skipping months for whatever reason and the excitement is just that much higher. I think its a balance. Every player pool is different in the amount of appetite there is to play. If you have enough people that want to play more often then I say go for it. You can always lower the frequency if people lose interest.