Single Table Home Game - Please Help Make the Call

[Pot Luck]

We have been playing 10 man No Limit games twice a week for a year. Tonight for some reason one of the guys is asking if he can bring a friend. 'We can squeeze 11 around the table' is the argument and most of our guys are saying - OK No big deal. I think it is... but want to know what the real world poker reason would be. I said the odds change blah blah blah..... Do you squeeze an 11th guy in or not?

[tubbyspencer]

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Do you squeeze an 11th guy in or not?

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Like most questions posed at these forums, the answer is ...(drumroll)... "It Depends!"

Is this new guy any good?

[Pot Luck]

We knew someone would ask this -- #11 is a total fish. His $100 Buy-In would likely be a donation to the pot, but does this justify changing the flow of the cards by the 11th player?

[ThaSaltCracka]

if the game is some what casual, then why not. It'll change the odds a little but so what.

[Lori]

Squeeze the guy in but make clear you don't have room for 12 in case they get ideas to start bringing even more players.

Lori