[Yawkey]

If these guys are going to play until all their chips are gone anyways, play it tourny style. Try to pay out as many places as is reasonable with the lowest paying place doubling their money. If you like the ring game because people can come when they please just add a re-buy period. The other thing you will notice is that the other players will have some incentive to get better (by reading and whatnot), since there is no cash out option they must get better if they want to win any money. Better players I think makes for a much more fun game if it's just a bunch of friends for a couple bucks. But if this is your income, don't worry about it and just keep shooting the fish in the barrel. As long as your are a nice guy you really don't need to worry about being invited back, these guys are clearly there for the fellowship, not the money.