Poker Run Research
 

Shaolin Crane has brilliantly suggested a poker run as a way to raise some scratch for MG. So, what are your suggestions for stops? I'm thinking October at the moment. We need five stops total, including a start and finish. The finish should be a hang. We're thinking $20 buy in, split the pot.

Ok with me, however if gas prices get out of control, make the run short.

Bob

Agreed; this is a great idea. I don’t care about the time, distance, or location, I’m all over this.

Buy in is $10,000. We'll end in Mexico. Come armed. :judge:

I think I just had an idea for the greatest reality TV show ever. Gotta get mTV on the line.

gumball 3000?

More like Gumball 3000 meets Road Warrior.

:woot:*begins building supercharged ford falcon*

^^^ will help ^^^

However already has started a supercharged fox :huh:

Ten grand, Mexico…hmm… I guess that’ll learn me to speak in absolutes.:whistle:

Little something to inspire....lol

yea I've seen that too, this guy's my hero. :drool2: Hey Gary, I like a FORD! :smack:

that thing is awesome!

Now, that is MY kind of run.:judge:

What about making the stops burger joints? Since its not a race we can choose 5 burger places(or any restaurant really) and if someone is hungry they can easily go inside and grab some grub. If they dont fancy it they move on to the next place. Then plan the route between the places chosen. :huh:

Good idea. Though I'm not sure how a station would work in an environment like that? Out in the parking lot? It's a bit of a problem of a parking Nazi asks the person to leave.

However, how about some mixed.

1) Kohl's at base of Ortega run. -> Ortega
2) Fudruckers in South County ->
3) 5 Guys in Orange ->
4) Starbuck's on Beach Blvd. ->
5) Nick's Fullerton

I'd be confident about 1, 4, 5 of not being any problem.

I suppose stations could be setup at parks that are along the food routes

At least it is not real far.
On the run, what kind of cash are we talking about. I've never done one.

Something like $20 buy in. Winning hand takes half of pot, so figure number of entrants x $10. Your odds of winning are 1/number of entrants.

Wouldnt odds of winning still be the odds of winning in poker? Shouldnt really matter how many peopl

IF you just get the five card hand you're dealt (my understanding of how these work) and IF winner take all, then it is literally luck of the draw, top hand wins. Everyone has an equal (random) chance at the top hand. By definition, that means 1/number of entrants. I suppose if there were several decks, there's a remote chance of tie for top hand.

Yes youre right, for whatever reason i had something else tangled up there. If there is a tie for top hand then shuffle and deal right there on the spot.

I can do that.:judge:

I'm in, and we are gonna need more then one deck

We know we will need more than one deck, how many decks is the question

The last poker run I went on they had 3 decks per station. All in the same bag. Used casino cards with a distinctive hole in each deck. Car/driver# must be marked on each card. And on entry form marked by official. Car/driver may purchase extra hands also.

Down for burger places, I <3 burgers.

I was wondering about some of this and that makes sense.

What is done to keep multiple hands of one entrant separate, otherwise, it would be rather easier for one person to assemble a stronger hand against the pool. I mean if one person bought three hands, and the rest of the pool bought one, but he could assemble one hand to play from his three, his odds of winning are obviously higher than 1/number of entrants and intuitively I think it would be higher than his proportional buy in (e.g., 3/number of entrants). In other words if the hands aren't kept separate, you would be buying an advantage over the average buy into the pool. . . I think.

I say sharpie the backs of cards if someone say bought 3 hands you draw hand 1 then 2 and so on so back of card would look like this:

Vettezuki
Hand 1
Station1

Vettezuki
Hand2
Station1

And so on, also someone would have to write down who got what.

Yes, a mass ledger would probably be best, so we can record who was dealt exactly what card to limit cheating. Its not like we're dealing with true casino style hands, no bluffing etc so its no big deal if management knows who gets what.

I'll venture to say we can make one of the stops at my shop, i have so much work right now to do its best to skip out on the cruises for the most part but I could easily accommodate people coming to the shop to pick up their cards.