Need Help Setting Up A Small Stakes NL Ring Game

[Duck]

I play in a regular home game that has a $20 buy in... we use blinds of .25-.50 and the action is great. I know typically online sites that offer NL cash games have maximum buy ins of $25 w/ blinds at .10-.25. So you wouldn't be too far off having blinds at 0.10-0.20... I would just rather work off quarters versus dimes.

Also, to answer your question(s).... for NL ring games you should set a min-max buy in... if you ever fall below the max buy in you should be able to "refill" up to the maximum. and the only way you can have more than the maximum buy in is by winning.

In my regular game the min is $10, and the max is $20. Refilling is a judgement call because if someone loses a big pot and has $4 left of his stack and only has a $20 bill in his wallet, we have no problem allowing him to buy $20 more in chips leaving him w/ $24. But obviously if he only had a $50 bill, then he'd have to make change....

Another thing that is important is that it should always be Table Stakes...