Posts Tagged ‘home’

Question by Tony: Is it legal to hold a home poker tournament in MN?
I want to hold a home poker tournament for some friends and co-workers on new years eve. But i don’t want to have to worry about the cops coming and busting up the game and confiscating the prize pot. Is it legal for me to have a buy-in Sit and Go?

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Answer by Jesse R
It’s not. Unless the people attending aren’t of legal gambling age in your country.

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Question by john disko: How do poker champions take millions home from the casino?
We have seen people win millions of dollars at the world series of poker or the world poker tour, and they always splash the table with the money when they are down to two players left, but how does the winner take that money home? Do they put it in the trunk? Do they wire transfer it? How does a person who just won 9 million dollars get it to their bank?

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Answer by Bill M
I wish I could say I’ve done that, but I’m guessing they probably get a check or have the money direct deposited in their bank, after the taxes are taken out.

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Question by Sanji: What home online poker sites are good for a beginner?
I am new to poker and want to know what are some relatively safe sites for a newbie? I know there’s lots of scams out there, so I want to play safe. What sites does everyone recommend?

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Answer by Khai
There are many poker sites in today and ages. With that being said, there are sites that cater to good players and there are sites that cater to beginner’s. If you are just learning to play and don’t want to lose your money too easily to people that makes a living by playing poker online, then let me suggest a site that have lots of review for beginner’s player. You should check out http://homeonlinepoker.net/ before you waste a dime on any site. This site have thorough reviews on site that are for pro and for beginner.

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Question by Dinesh I: How to play poker in online I have net in my home?
Hi friends I didn’t know how to play poker game please tell me how to play in online?

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Answer by dan_jjb
Go to a poker site – preferably pkr.com – and download the client software.

Then load and play – preferably on aforementioned site on the same table as me so I can increase my retirement fund!

Enjoy.

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Question by Jack P: Home and private poker vs online poker and casino poker?
Every medium sized city includes hundreds of weekly poker games going on inside it. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights countless husbands make poker widows of their wives and gather somewhere to play for several hours. There’s no background noise of slot machines, no rake, no self-proclamations about anyone being a poker professional, and no fanfare.

But there is frequently plenty of money on the table. And every player can see the same cards the same shuffle the faces and the hand and eye movements of all the other players.

The question nagging me is why the people who play online and see themselves as poker experts and profess their professionalism as gamblers here are doing it online, where it’s about memorizing or owning statistical software instead of out there where the rubber meets the road?

What brings a person to put money on an imaginary table online and trust an environment he/she would repudiate and laugh off at the hint or suggestion if the same environment was offered at a brick and mortar casino?
Maquis: Thanks for the insightful answer involving your own circumstances and why. My question was actually intended for a slightly different type of answerer: The cadre of shout-it-from-the-rooftops ‘professionals’ here.

And the intended emphasis was home-private games versus casino and online games. I probably was to vague in my wording.

Gracias,

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Answer by Maquis47
I see 3 main factors involved.

1. Availability. I don’t live near any real casinos, but my computer is always within reach and there’s always a game starting 24/7.

2. Ease of use. I’ve never been to a casino and wouldn’t know what to do. What etiquette rules apply? How much to tip? I don’t want to go to a casino and look like a dweeb walking in the door with no clue what I’m doing. Online, I can learn at my pace and watch others playing for a bit before jumping into the game. I doubt Caesar’s Palace will let me stand over a poker table and watch the players.

3. Stakes. Most casinos have a $ 5 minimum bet for Blackjack and I don’t even know what is typical for poker tables, but I bet it ain’t 1/2 cent blinds. I’m not a hard core gambler and I don’t spend hundreds of dollars gambling each month. Heck, I’ve been milking the same $ 25 for years now on pokerstars. I play the occasionally micro-stakes tourney and just enjoy the games.

Perhaps casinos have more to offer the hard core gamblers. The shows in Las Vegas can certainly be entertaining, but it isn’t for me. I’m sure there are a lot of other casual gamblers as well that like a little action but don’t have a casino nearby and don’t want to use their vacation time to find one.

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Question by Dude D: Home poker tournaments – how many people showed up at your best one?
I’m having a home tournament in October. Any other advice or stories to share?

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Answer by jimb105
The last one I held had 27 people. I suggest getting one of those tournament programs which can be downloaded from the internet. In your search engine list poker tournament software and chose the one that will work best for you.

You can program the chip colors and amount. You can list how long you want the tournament it will last and it will suggest a blind set up.

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Question by pokerjoker: Can I organize home poker tournaments in Virginia?
I want to know the rules/laws governing home poker in Virgina. I realize that a lot of people organize such events but am not sure if they are legal.

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Answer by ZCT
In almost every state it is legitimate and legal to have a home game in which friends play for low stakes. It becomes illegal if you charge a ‘rake’ or entry fee, or if the people playing are not known to you or are meeting solely for the purpose of gambling. Also once you start getting into higher stakes it can arouse a lot more interest from law enforcement and criminal alike.

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Question by hellensynclair: How can i start a home tournement to get to the WSOP? There’s a great system i heard about. anyone?
Home poker tourney information that will lead the winner to the WSOP with spending money. I heard about one through the grapevine.

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Answer by Puzzled?
There’s several ways you could do it, but I’d need more information to give you some ideas.

Like how much time do you have, how many tournaments are you going to run, and how many people are going to be showing up at your tournaments.

One way, you could run weekly tournaments for say 6 months. The entry fee, something like . goes to a prize pool for the tournament, and goes to a pool for the WSOP prize package.

So if you ran a tournament every week for 6 months, it would be around 24 tournaments. You would need 100 people for each tournament to get ,000, which would be for a ,000 entry fee, and ,000 for expenses.

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