Things You'll Need:
- Full Deck of Cards
- Poker Chips or Real Money
- A Permanent Black Marker
- Snacks
- A Couple Friends
- Or a Store Bought Full Poker Set (easiest)
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Step 1
If you own a full Poker set or you decide to buy one you can skip ahead. For every one else, just pull out your old playing cards and make sure you have a complete deck. You should have numbers 2-10 and A J Q K in every symbol, hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades.If you intend to play Jokers wild, you will also need to have to Jokers in your deck.
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Step 2
Decide what game you want to play. 5 card, 7 card, Holdem, or stud. Once you know what game you want to play, make sure you know all of the rules if your unsure there are hundreds of Poker sites online that will teach you how. Many of them will even let you play with play money for practice. PokerStars.com is my favorite.
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Step 3
Once you know your game, decide if you will be playing for real money or play chips for just fun. Whatever you decide to do make sure everyone you invite is on board. Before the game starts make sure that everyone starts with the same amount of chips or cash.
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Step 4
For the sake of the article, let's say you go with chips. You can buy a set of multi colored chips from Walgreen's for about 2 dollars. Depending on how many people are going to play and how much you want to play with( boils down to game length) you may need to buy two or three boxes. Pick out three chips in one color that will not be used. With your black marker, write a large D on both sides of the chip. This will be your dealer chip and it will be passed around to each player clockwise from the first dealer. On the second chip, write SB, this is your small blind chip and will always be in front of the dealer chip on the player clockwise from the dealer. On the third chip, write BB, this is your big blind chip and it will always be on the player clockwise next from the small blind. Your dealer chips and blind chips always move from one player to the next after each hand is played. Each time a person is in possession of the small or big blind chip, they must pay into the pot whatever the blinds are at the time, before the cards are dealt. This is the same with your antes.
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Step 5
Your ready to play! Get everyone together, and decide amongst yourselves whether re-buys will be allowed, and if so how many. This allows players who lose all of their chips to buy back into the game. However, if you do not do re-buys the game will end faster allowing those who have fallen out to participate in the next game sooner.
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Step 6
Don't forget snacks and refreshments! These are a must have, since players who lose their chips will be waiting for the next game to start. Feed them in the meantime. Have a snack bar on your counter and cold drinks in the fridge, for players on the sidelines.
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Step 7
Enjoy your Poker night, and good luck!
Comments
thebestintown said
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