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Muley05
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03-09-2005, 06:55 PM
Post subject: Home games - Inviting strangers
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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I have hosted quite a few tourneys at my house, with the most at any one tournament being about 20 players. I could have a lot more players come, but the extra players would be friends of friends who I don't really know. I am a little leery of inviting people to my home that I don't know.
Sometimes my fiance plays, sometimes she doesn't. And there are a lot of guys there that I know that could kind of keep an eye on everything to make sure no one is doing anything they shouldn't be. But I still worry a little bit.
Is there anything you guys do to make sure you don't get the wrong kind of character in your home? I've got to figure that 99% of the people would be good, honest folks that wouldn't think of stealing or whatever, but I am still concerned about that 1%.
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72bluffer
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I would say look at your friends that have friends taht want to play. If they are solid people that tyou can trust, I would like to think that they would associate with the same type of people.
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Muley05
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That is a good point. And I trust the people that my friends bring.
The problem I have is when I get to acquaintances, guys that I don't know that well, and then they want to bring friends. I assume that they associate with good people, but you can never know for sure.
Or just like the list at the top of this room. How do the people that are going to invite other FTR members into thier home know that they can trust them? I would like to think that any of us that post here would respect another member's home, but all it takes is one bad seed to ruin it for everyone.
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UG
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I hold monthly tournaments at my house that get to be pretty big, around the 20-30 range. My next one should be 40+, with a little under half of the people being friends-of-friends. Here are the things I'd stick with for tournaments at your house:
1) Letting your good friends bring friends over is fine. If they're your really good friends then you should trust their judgement, and know that they wouldn't bring a bad apple into your house.
2) Don't let it get to a "friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend" level. Once you take it past "friend-of-a-friend" status, things get a little blurry. Exactly WHO is this guy that's coming over? If your friend can't vouge for the guy personally, tell them they're not invited (unless you're convinced otherwise).
3) Put your smaller valuables away. If you don't want something stolen, put it in a safe place if you can. Put it in a closet. Close the door to that closet. Close the door to that room. Lock that door (if you can). Usually people will respect closed doors, or if somebody sees somebody where they're "probably not supposed to be" something will be said. If you don't want to hide small valuables in your house, lock them in the trunk of your car where nobody can get them. (I realize that this may be easier for some and not so much for others.....like me, my GF and I just moved in together, we're both fresh out of college, so we don't have a lot to our names yet....pretty easy to hide what little we do have)
4) Keep the cash for your tournament on you at all times. Don't leave it out in the open. I play in a home tournament where the money is just laying in the poker chip case, anywhere from $300-$450 at a time. We're all close friends and have known each other since middle or high school, so there's an obvious trust there. If new players are brought into the mix it's a sort of unspoken rule that "they're not allowed to put money into the pot and they're not allowed to get their own chips."
5) Keep the chips within your site at all times, and have it so you're one of only a few that have access to them. If somebody needs more chips for a rebuy, or they want to color-up, do it yourself, or have somebody else do it that you trust. Have somebody double-check their counting of chips (and yours too, just to be fair).
There's a lot of common sense up there, but I thought it'd be worth it to post this. Hope it helps.
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UG
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Originally Posted by Muley05
Or just like the list at the top of this room. How do the people that are going to invite other FTR members into thier home know that they can trust them? I would like to think that any of us that post here would respect another member's home, but all it takes is one bad seed to ruin it for everyone.
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As far as FTR goes.....Humphrind is coming to my next home tournament. I've never met him, but I trust that he'll be a good guy (he's bringing his wife and a friend or two). He posts on here a lot, and judging by his posts (and my talks with him on PM), he seems like a quality guy.
Now if he was a guy that had three or four posts, and they were all about wanting to play in your home game.....THAT I might get concerned with. But not a guy that's here all the time. I'd say that we're mostly good people around these parts.
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Muley05
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Good advice, Ultimate George.
I guess I was just under the impression that people would basically post fliers or whatever and invite anyone to play. And it doesn't sound like that is the case. I will just stick to inviting friends and friends of friends, and leave it at that.
By the way, I noticed you were from KCK. I live in KCMO. I have talked with Humphrind via PM once and we talked a little about home games. I will PM you my email address, and next time you have a home game, maybe I could come and meet a couple FTR members face to face.
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Spook
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Flush
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Denver, CO
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Another side posibility is that you could consider this person (and any newcomer) as a new recruit. Find the time to go out and get a beer (or whatever) with the guy/gal so you can at least make a first impression before money gets involved. Bring along another good friend or two and grab some wings, the friend will be able to give you a balancing opinion.
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