Do most home tourneys take a small cut for food/bev costs?

[MrBrightside]

no. some guys bring some stuff. I usually bring some cookies or something my wife bakes, or some beer. If people are really hungry, they usually chip in and order pizza. It simplifies things... I fear it would get too serious if there was a rake.

Yeah, be really careful with the $ for food. I occasionally go to a fairly large game (ca. 30 people) with a $20 buy-in and $5 for food. What happens if he doesn't spend all of it on food? Then it's house profit.

I mentioned this to a friend, and he basically looked at me like I was being a policeman and ruining the fun. It only takes one player to get pissed off, though, and rat the game out, alleging that the house is taking a cut. It's happened before to games.

[Irons]

I run a monthly tournament that is $20 +$5. Because the night starts at dinner time and when some guys are getting home from work, I provide a light dinner. We've done subs, pizzas, grilled burgers, chilidogs, sandwiches etc w/ BYOA(lcohol).

Any extra money goes towards the December TOC pot.

The guys haven't had any gripes with this setup as long as there continues to be a good spread, not just cheetos as someone said.

If I'm going to a game without a prearranged setup I'll bring a couple drinks for myself and a bag of munchies.

[TN_POKER_MAN]

Tell him to do it. I'd just let everybody know what they are paying for (pizza, chips, wings, etc.).

The turnout at the tournament will let him know if he did the correct thing (very few players = bad idea; full house = good idea).

[dandy_don]

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When I send out my e-mail invitations for my events, I have always had my games setup as "Each player is responsible for their own snacks and drinks; bring enough food/snacks for 1 additional player so that there is plenty to go around".

That has always worked out for our group. Those that don't bring anything are shamed when they go looking for something to eat or drink. I just tell them "Sorry, you were responsible for your own food and drinks". They usually participate the next time they show.

Occasionally, because I enjoy hosting, I'll grill hamburgers or cook pizza at the house before starting the event. I don't expect anything from the guys when I do this, but a few are polite enough to leave a couple of bucks; others don't.

That's the way I prefer it, not forcing anyone to pay for food, becasue there's always someone adding up the total rake in there head to see if they're getting screwed.

I don't host the games to profit; I play the games for that [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img].

[dandy_don]

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Again, this is the key, that all of the players know what they are paying for and that they know that they're not getting it stuck to them.

A host of a game should be just that, a host, not someone looking to have others pay for their poker by over charging a rake.

I have had as many as 28 players in my home at once. Everything goes smooth when everyone has a trust that there is a honest game in progress, there are rules in place in the event someone gets out of line and the implimentation of the rules is fair and just.

The quickest way to divide the group is to let on that either someone is cheating or the house is profiting from the rake in a game advertised as a "freindly game". Been there--done that.

[DiggerDog]

I've been hosting a game for about 5 months and when I started, I didn't charge a hosting fee. Some of the players would offer a few bucks to offset the cost of food and drinks and then players approached me privately and suggested that I should just charge everyone a small fee. I was reluctant at first but decided that I could actually put some serious food out for the game if everyone did contribute.

Our game is a 10 player, NLHE tourney with a $60 + $5 buy-in. The last time around I barbequed about 10 lbs. of pork shoulder in my smoker and served up pulled pork sandwiches, cole slaw, chips, etc. It was a helluva deal for a $5 service fee!

[Lottery Larry]

Don't forget eqpt replacement costs, etc.

$5 is pretty reasonable. Anyone who bitches about it ("But I don't eat/drink THAT!") can drive to their nearest casino and pay the rake, the damn cheapskates.

If you can't afford to pay, or emotionally handle, $5 to support this, then either you shouldn't be playing poker or you should stick to nickel-dime.

I've played in 10 man home tourneys where the payout is actually the entry from 9 of the players with the tenth players entry fee going towards all of the necessary supplies (food, beer, NA bevs)

Just another idea instead of tacking on the (+5) to the entry

[Lottery Larry]

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I've played in 10 man home tourneys where the payout is actually the entry from 9 of the players with the tenth players entry fee going towards all of the necessary supplies (food, beer, NA bevs)

It's all the same thing- you've created a "buy-in -10%" tourney instead of a buyin + $5.

No matter how it is disguised, it's always a buy-in plus fee. A $60 -$5 isn't any different than $55 + $5. I never understand why people see them as different.

Just another idea instead of tacking on the (+5) to the entry

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