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Originally Posted by tongphe8x
Hi all, we have a small group of friend play live poker together. At first, it's really fun and everybody join. But after several months. Skill gap happens and losers don't want to play anymore. Now sometime we can't play because don't have enough players.
My question is how to reduce the skill gap to maintain the group? for example in running contest. Quicker can start behind to keep the game competitive and fun. How can we do the same with home game poker? thank you all.
just dont play purely holdem, play omaha, play 5card omaha, play irish poker, play pineapple, play crazy pineapple, add antes, add another blind 3blinds, play short deck, some hi-lo type games (hate them ha lol more split pots) but just mix it up.
do dealers choice or every rotation past the dealer game changes or something, or even deal every other opponent 2cards and next 3 and alternate each deal and the people with 3 have to ditch one of their cards on the flop or something, make up some poker games.
id say play anything other than holdem actually and it should be fine, holdem fullrings pretty boring too anyways for what its worth least online.
hope helped but yh change the game (people will be hesitant actually to play other poker games i dont get why but there usually more fun alot of them have more sweat or gamble in them some of them as your be all in on the turn or flop more often like in omaha and more multiway stuff) make it more interesting.
holdem can feel a bit like your not gambling at all your either making mistakes or your not and normally less all in pre or on a flop turn which dont even have as often you lose the sweat gamble factor and even then it dont really feel like gambling anymore if that makes sense mean when bluffing theres a sweat sort of but you get what i mean i think.
dont play holdem or if do maybe make it pot limit pre or i dont know add another deck and make up a game add jokers in the game and make them relevant in someway.
make poker fun holdem when someones alot better than you can actually be stressful as **** even when there not and equal it still can so if your aware you suck you can just feel like your getting destroyed as well you are lol, no limit holdem is brutal in that way only have 2 cards lol lot of room and air in the game for goofy stuff.
id say if really want to keep losers in yh make the atmosphere better either by changing the game to something little more gambly in nature social rather than all out war (games with multiple cards cause more info etc and also games that arent no limit in betting structure so people cant be pushed around as much overbet and being able to ship whole stack in the middle a real big weapon, but if want to keep or make the atmosphere more chill scrap no limit holdem its too war battle like, lot of the other games arent quite like that more multiway pots more cards so more info and if mess around with limit betting changes it too).
thats just my thoughts on it.
like id no way in hell say play headsup poker vs someone that was definitely better than me and i knew it (least anymore lol in past that werent true ha id just try crack them ha) but i will happily play anyone at omaha for a bit headsup as even if they have an edge how much edge can they realistically get on me in a pot limit game and game where i have more info at my disposal than merely two cards where there so much space pre and postflop.
yh thats my thoughts scrap no limit holdem (the losers may actually be anti this, put on a tournament so risk low for the new games so people can try the game out themselves)
Last edited by Aprilfools; 04-03-2022 at 06:00 AM.