Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,474
Your first step was to ask people on 2+2, next step is to ask your friends. Send out a group email and ask the following questions (and any others you might think of).
1) are you interested in playing a home poker game:
if yes:
2) would you like to play a cash game or tournament;
3) would you prefer to play holdem only, or mixed games/dealer's choice; no limit or fixed limit
4) what stakes would you prefer - for tournament, give some optional buyin amounts; for cash games have some options for blinds, or antes, depending on if holdem or other games.
5) what day or days are preferable
If it turns out you have enough people who are interested, then you can try to get a consensus on the format and stakes. Maybe everyone can throw in a few dollars for pizza or something. Once you have it, you will be able to modify things if people want. Maybe the stakes are too high, maybe too low. The most important thing (in my opinion) is that you have fun.
But one thing that is very important - ONE person (probably you) should handle all distribution of chips, and collection and payout of money. For some reason, it is not at all uncommon for the chips and money to not even out at the end of the night. Among friends, it is hardly ever because someone is stealing - it is just that somehow errors are pretty common. Best if it becomes one person's responsibility and they take charge of it. The fewer hands involved, the less of a chance of an error.