Planning a Poker Game Party For The Holiday
Decide how many people you want to have over for your poker party, and plan for tables and seating. Depending on the size of your place and your tables, plan on seating eight people per table. More than eight guests, and you’ll want to start a second table. Make sure your tables are big enough and that you have enough chairs. Many party supply stores can rent you tables and chairs for your poker party, so check into rental rates before you go out and stockpile chairs. If you can’t get actual card tables, you can cover your tables with a large sheet of green felt from a nearby fabric store, or purchase a poker table top and you can find some good deals online.
No poker party would be complete without the essentials, so you’re going to need cards and chips. Use new decks for easy play and are even plastic poker cards You’ll need 2 decks of cards per table. For chips, you’ll want a minimum of 35 chips per player, but 50 to 100 is even better for creating a casino atmosphere. Nothing interrupts the flow of a poker party like running out of chips, and you don’t want your guests to have to go begging for chips just to stay in the game.
Let the skill level of your poker party group determine your chip denominations. If you’re playing with experienced poker players, use the standard casino denominations of $1 for white, $5 for red, $10 for blue, $25 for green and $100 for black. If you’re playing with a mixed group containing novices, try playing with all chips representing $1, or $1 for white and $2 for every other chip color. Texas Hold -Em is the most popular poker game for poker parties, thanks to celebrity and professional poker televised on popular sports channels. If Texas Hold -Em isn’t your cup of tea, you could always go with five-card draw, seven-card stud, poker baseball, hi lo or even your own poker party variation.
If you’re not sure about experience levels, it’s smart to send out cards with the invitations explaining the rules and winning hands for your poker games. Before all of you sit down to play, prepare a quick refresher course so everyone is on the same level, and you’re sure to have a good time-and maybe even good luck.