Start Playing
Not everyone wants to go into detail about starting up a game of poker. Most people just like to pick up the chips and go. That is why we are here to provide you with how to run a quick game. It will take merely minutes to read and you will be ready to play immediately. Here goes...
Chip Values/Colors
White: 25 cents
Blue: 50 cents
Red: $1 dollar
Black $2 dollars
Of course you can swap colors, you don't have to use these ones. This is just how we play our home games.
Chip Count
12 White, 8 Blue, 4 red, 2 black
This should equal $15.00; once again, you can choose as many of each color as you'd like.
Blinds
Blinds can increase by a time limit or by elimination; we usually do it by time limit to make things more fair. Here is a table using time limits...
| Small Blind |
Big Blind |
Time |
| 25c |
50c |
Begin |
| 50c |
$1 |
20 min passed |
| 75c |
$1.50 |
40 min passed |
| $1 |
$2 |
1 hour passed |
| $1.50 |
$3 |
1 hour 20 min passed |
| $2 |
$4 |
1 hour 40 min passed |
| $2.50 |
$5 |
2 hours passed |
| $3 |
$6 |
2 hours 20 min passed |
| $4 |
$8 |
2 hours 40 min passed |
| $5 |
$10 |
3 hours passed |
If your game takes any longer than this, raise blinds as felt necessary. Also, when you reach heads up, you can either continue the blinds or freeze them where they are; we like to freeze them. You do not want the game to turn into a battle of winning blinds, so do not raise them to high in which it isn't poker any longer.
Copyright EverythingPoker.com
Emil Erhart & Walt
Impellicceiri
2006
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