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Its very poor to make early pots and run off with the money. At the casino's this isn't an issue as there are players in waiting ready to take seats bringing more money to the table. I host ring games often and I have some ground rules which I explain clearly before a card is dealt. I first set a finishing time which all players are happy with, if one or more players for what ever reason are not able to stay until the finish they must state the time they wish to leave before a card is dealt. I also forbid any player from sitting out of the game for any significant amount of time(I once played at a home game where one player was winning big after an hour got up and said he was going to have a break and convieniently feel asleep on the sofa for the rest of the game). Of course a player is free to leave if they have lost an amount and don't want to rebuy. If you don't want to go to this trouble then stick to tourney's