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Don't do entry fees. They are stupid.
As far as food and drinks go, I have a bring your own policy. People don't eat and drink the same amounts, so it's tough to say, "Okay, everyone here owes me $5 for food and drink." Some people won't have anything to eat OR drink, and yet they're expected to pay? Actually, it's those guys that are usually the ones that DO pay, but the assholes that eat all of your food and drink your drinks are sometimes the ones that don't pay enough.
What about chips and table tops? I bought my chips (1300) and table tops because I wanted to be able to host large tournaments at my house. I shouldn't expect other people to pay an entry fee to cover the cost of those items.
I look at those items as if they were, I dunno, like a fancy TV or something. I'm not going to buy a humongous TV, have a bunch of people over to watch the big game, and say, "Umm, hey guys, I bought this TV and since you're coming over to watch it I need you to help me pay for it."
And I personally don't like the idea of the house getting a tip, or whatever. I've only ever seen it once, but at my last tournament the winner received $340 of a $580 payout....and he threw $20 on the table and said, "Thanks for having me." I was like, "WTF is that for?" He explained it was for hosting such a big tournament, that if it weren't for me, he wouldn't be $300+ richer. I told him that was silly, but he refused to take it back and left my house.
I dunno, that's not something that I do. None of my friends do it either. You host a tournament you have to put up with cleaning up and other things....I shouldn't get (or have to pay) the amount of a buy-in just for hosting.
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