My 16 year-old son is having friends over to play Texas Hold 'em

[Debi]

for New Year's Eve...I'm the dealer.

What do I need to know? :shrug:

[Bronco69]

1. You need to know to tell your son's friends to bring lots of money

and pay the dealer everytime they ante up! :-)

[Debi]

5. We're supplying the cash

Each boy gets a baggie w/two rolls of pennies to start the evening. They each get to take their winnings home.

[theboss]

2. Do you understand the rules?

Specifically the big and small blind?

[Debi]

8. Yeah, and we'll gonna keep it low.

Start w/ $.01 and only go up to $.05

[48pan]

3. Here's the scoop

Get a disk and call it the "button"
Put the button in front of somebody
Have players choose ante amounts
Ante: Person to the left of the dealer puts in ante (small blind)
Person to the left of the samll blind puts in twice the amount of the small blind (big or large blind)

Deal two cards to each person (clockwise) ending at the button holder

Betting Round 1: One round of betting starting with the person next to the big blind and ending with the big blind. Antes of the small and big blinds are considered bets. The small blind opened and the big blind raised. Anyone desiring to call will have to match the big blind. They may raise - maximum 3 raises per round (total - not per player).

Burn three cards face down

Place next 3 cards face up on the table (all players play these cards)

Betting Round 2: same as round 1

Burn 1 Card

Place next 1 card in line with the other 3

Betting Round 3: same as round 1

Burn 1 Card

Place next 1 card in line with other 4 (total 5 cards on table)

Betting Round 4: same as other rounds

End of game... Each player plays the best 5 cards

[Debi]

9. Got the button..

Gonna print the rest from you!!!! THANKS :thumbsup:

[librechik]

13. oh, that makes it perfectly clear! (gets out bic lighter)

bet you go through a lot of decks of cards like this, though

:nuke:

[Debi]

15. So.....

Any suggestions for Black Jack? I fear after one game of poker the boys may want something less painful (or is it?) :silly:

[48pan]

28. It's not as complicated as it sounds.

It is a pretty easy game. As dealer, all you have to do is keep track of where to start dealing and put out three, one, and one cards.

Of course, if someone goes all-in and others with more money continue to bet, you have to keep track of the side pot.

[SidDithers]

34. Side pots are really about the only complicated thing in the game...

I'd suggest one of the MANY texas hold-em sites out there to get a good grasp of the rules.

Sid

[48pan]

4. Don't forget to move the button clockwise on each hand.

[Debi]

10. Thanks!

:hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. No sense giving them the good whisky

If they're playing Texas Hold 'Em, they should be drinking a similar whisky. Wild Turkey, perhaps. Don't be giving 'em the pricey stuff, since they're just gonna throw it up anyway.

[Debi]

11. Sicko!

We'll keep the booze for ourselves!

[Rabrrrrrr]

18. Ah! An even better idea I hadn't considered!

Of course - why bother sharing any at all!

You also might want to take their sidearms from them before they start playing.

[Debi]

19. I'll take the pistols...

but leave them w/their baseball bats...can't let a man go unarmed in todays society!

[Rabrrrrrr]

30. Oh, man! A bat fight at the end of the evening -

someone's losing more often than they should, feelings that maybe someone is cheating, a verbal confrontation and then a quick and utter escalation into a total bat-swinging brawl! Then one of the kids takes his glass and smashes the rim of it on the table, spraying glass, and then wields the jagged-edged thing as another weapon. Soon it's three against one! That would totally RAWK!

Just like the old west!

THAT'S how you play a f-ing game of poker.

[Beer Snob-50]

7. This is the new game of choice

at my kids boy scout campouts!

[Debi]

12. I've read pro/cons

on kids and gambling...not too worried about it.

[Beer Snob-50]

36. i have no problem with it

they use crackers for chips and just do it for the competition. no money changes hands.

[StopTheMorans]

14. isn't that what GOPisEvil should be playing in that pic of him iceskating?

:evilgrin:

[Debi]

16. Texas hold WHAT?

:wow:

[StopTheMorans]

17. no, Texas hold NUT!

:silly:

[henslee]

20. quick, brush up on some good lingo/patter. Calling the game provides all

the drama.

[Debi]

23. so, I won't kill the boys' self-esteem

When I call them a loser for blowing a hand or getting called on a bluff? I mean it's New Year's and all.

[henslee]

26. Yeah, invoke the words, "tragedy" "a mere shell of his former self" and

"time to throw the towel in". No, I was talking mroe about "full house"
"garbage" "Aces over" (These are not even good slang) I am no card player. Must be more online"

[Debi]

27. Man...I'm way behind..

I only recall 'go fish' and 'you got the old maid'. Hubby may end up being the dealer tonight :cry:

[ChoralScholar]

21. You should pick up a copy of

"The Little Black Book of Poker"

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=0880885734&itm=2



Great quick reference for hand rankings, etc.

[Debi]

22. They're 16 !!

Do I have to act like a pro?

[ChoralScholar]

24. nah... quite the contrary.. it's a great book for

the occasional poker player. The people like me, who don't play enough to remember if a full house beats three-of-a-kind.

[Debi]

25. Full house beats three of a kind?

Oh, no!

I don't know any of that!!! :nuke:

Okay, how many makes gin??? (Just kidding)

I hope the boys or my hubby knows this stuff (I've got the betting down, but the what beats what I'm clueless)

[illbill]

29. Hi Debi

ORDER:

high card
1 pair
2 pair
3 of a kind
straight
flush
full house
Four of a Kind
Straight Flush
Royal Flush


I'm 19 and I'm having a 30 man poker tourny at my house a few days... our buy-in is $25 each.

[Rabrrrrrr]

31. But what if you call Uno? Where does that fit in? Is that above

a Royal Flush?

And what about Rummy?

And when can you offer a "go fish"?

Your listing of possible poker hands is sorely lacking these important ones. I can't believe you're going to running a tournament.

:evilgrin:

[Fleshdancer]

32. You should make up some new rules...

and then pretend like "real" poker players would already know about those rules. What's the point of having a teenager if you can't pull pranks on them every now and then for sheer amusement when their friends are over????

[Rabrrrrrr]

33. "God, you idiot - everyone knows if you have a pair of tens you have to

turn them into the dealer and get two new cards. Jesus, you're a dumbass."

And

"Your three of a kind isn't worth squat because you didn't call fizzbin before placing your second call bet, dumbass."

[Fleshdancer]

35. EXACTLY!

[candy]

37. Sounds like a fun evening---Happy New Year!