HELP! We need opinions about various home game rules

[Lottery Larry]

Originally Posted by Lottery Larry

I'm assuming this is a cash game night, not a tourney, and that players arrive to fill up the table (thus causing the "problem"). The complaint is that the 5-player table wants to play short-handed, and the other table doesn't?

You didn't say how many tables you can support- I suspect you only have two?

Looks as if you meant you have a tourney group and arriving players are so spaced out that you work your way up to expand to two tables.

Do NOT split the single table until you have more players than seats. If a 10-player table, don't split the tourney to two tables until 11-12 players show up.

Another potential solution to controlling the lateness- either change your starting time to accomodate 80% of your regulars.... or give the on-time arrivals a 10-15% bonus add-on to their starting stack, before the tourney starts dealing cards.