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Organizing a home poker tournament is a fun way to enjoy your favorite card game and the company of good friends.

The choice of table seating or limited players at the table is entirely up to you: you can have 5 or 6 players only or you can choose to bring in a bigger crowd to make the party really rock. It all depends on the kind of poker game you like to play and your party organizational skills – not to mention the spaciousness of your home!

Choose from Limit, No-Limit or combined game play action for your home poker tournament – you are free to choose the levels according to the varieties of poker games known to you and your friends. However, it is always more considerate to have a list of poker rules handy if calling beginner players, especially in favorite versions like Texas Hold’em poker. This way they won’t be confused about which hand beats the other and the game can continue at a fast pace, allowing seasoned players as well as newcomers to enjoy it without interruptions or doubts that slow down an exciting home poker game.

Some more essential supplies for organizing a home poker game:

Have two good quality playing card decks handy (yeah, duh!) Keep them plastic and choose a known brand, like KEM, which is easy to shuffle and holds up to long hours of playing fun without getting de-shaped or easily marked.

Home poker gaming gear is incomplete without investing in a set of quality poker chips, which should ideally be high in number so you can host big tournaments when you feel up to having more people over. It is a smart idea to get a thousand chip-set made of high quality clay, to give a real casino-like feel to your home game. However, if your budget is tight, you can opt for plastic chips.

Buy a tournament timer for conducting a fun and fair poker game at home. If you like things simple, you can buy a dealer button with a built-in section for the timer. However, if you’d like to get fashionable with your home poker tournament timer, there is always the poker genie variety to consider: you can check the time limit, no of blinds and avail suggestions for dividing the chips for each player with this neat device!!

Another must-have item for your home poker tournament is a standard poker table or at least, a good quality tabletop that you can use specifically for hosting poker games at. Your regular dining table is a good bet too, though a custom poker table definitely ups the bar for a home poker game by adding a certain amount of flair besides keeping gaming accessories, snacks and drinks handy but safe from spillage since these are built with special compartments and niches for holding cards, chips and eats.

Finally, the last but most important item for your home poker tournament is a dealer button (if it was not included in the chip set you bought). This will help you keep a track of all the blinds and thus, help you avoid confusion in the game, making your poker party memorable for all the guests – for the right reasons!