http://www.mikkosgameblog.com/2004/03/club-meeting/ Mikko Saari on board games. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:14:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mikkosgameblog.com/2004/03/club-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-1795 jeremy Wed, 24 Mar 2004 01:33:00 +0000 http://vintagemahjong.com/gb/?p=3568#comment-1795 Glad you're enjoying hold'em, it is certainly the most popular current variety of poker. An alternative to a credit system would be to play no-limit hold'em tournaments, which are still pretty fun even if you're not playing for money. Every player gets a set number of chips, the blinds start at about 1% and 2% of that total number, and double every 15-40 minutes. So, for instance, everyone gets 100 in chips and the blinds start at 1 and 2 for the small and big blinds. Then they double every 15 minutes, to 2-4, 4-8, etc. Bets and raises can be any amount of money, up to the size of the player's stack. Keep playing until only one player is left and everyone else has busted out. Then assign points to players based on how many players they outlasted -- the first place gets (N-1) points, and each lower spot gets half the number of points of the person in front of them. So coming second in a 9-person tournament (4 points) earns the same as coming first in a 5-person tournament (4 points). Keep a running point total and the highest points at the end of the year wins a prize. That will probably be more fun, and last better, than a credit system -- tournaments are much more exciting, especially when playing no-limit hold'em. Glad you’re enjoying hold’em, it is certainly the most popular current variety of poker.
An alternative to a credit system would be to play no-limit hold’em tournaments, which are still pretty fun even if you’re not playing for money. Every player gets a set number of chips, the blinds start at about 1% and 2% of that total number, and double every 15-40 minutes. So, for instance, everyone gets 100 in chips and the blinds start at 1 and 2 for the small and big blinds. Then they double every 15 minutes, to 2-4, 4-8, etc. Bets and raises can be any amount of money, up to the size of the player’s stack.
Keep playing until only one player is left and everyone else has busted out. Then assign points to players based on how many players they outlasted — the first place gets (N-1) points, and each lower spot gets half the number of points of the person in front of them. So coming second in a 9-person tournament (4 points) earns the same as coming first in a 5-person tournament (4 points). Keep a running point total and the highest points at the end of the year wins a prize. That will probably be more fun, and last better, than a credit system — tournaments are much more exciting, especially when playing no-limit hold’em.

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