Best ways/methods to get a home game started?

[tele_pathic]

Morning all. Tell me, what's the best way to get a home game started? I just moved into a new city, and I want to get some action going. I know very few people. Should I post flyers? Internet sites? DIYpoker.com seems like a pos site: Am I doing something wrong on that site?

Any ideas for getting a game going?

[JumperJeff]

Personally, I wouldn't put up posters to invite strangers into my home to play poker. First, I'd talk to my neighbors and co-workers. See if anyone knows of an existing game. Since you're new to the city and don't know too many people, it would probably be easier to get invited to an existing game than to start your own.

If nobody knows of an existing game, then a neighborhood game might be a good way to get to know your neighbors.

[Quads]

Personally, I wouldn't put up posters to invite strangers into my home to play poker. First, I'd talk to my neighbors and co-workers. See if anyone knows of an existing game. Since you're new to the city and don't know too many people, it would probably be easier to get invited to an existing game than to start your own.

If nobody knows of an existing game, then a neighborhood game might be a good way to get to know your neighbors.

^THIS^

Then scalp from the existing games for those that you'd be willing to have at your place. They tell their friends, next you do a tourney, win it, then play the WSOP, and cut us in on your vig.

No serious. JJ spiked it.

[SniperD5]

Start out small with some coworkers/friends/neighbors and let it grow naturally. Eventually you'll invite someone who works at a big company with like 12 coworkers who all want in, and it'll just take off.

[Irish]

Start out small with some coworkers/friends/neighbors and let it grow naturally. Eventually you'll invite someone who works at a big company with like 12 coworkers who all want in, and it'll just take off.

^This^ and above. I started my monthly game 5 years with 6 guys - all friends/family, playing on my kitchen table with shitty bicycle cards & chips. After a few months I built my first table & invested in some nice cards. The game only grew to a invite list of about 10 that first year - a few co-workers and new friends. A year and a half later, one of my friends asks if he could bring a couple of his co-workers in. They come in, we got to know them, they understood what kind of game it was, then they brought friends. 5 years later I've got a list of about 30, almost always have 15+ for a tourney, and I'm comfortable with every person who's entering my home. Build it slow, you won't regret it.

Edit to add: A well run & secure game, quality plastic cards, a good table, and decent chips (in that order) go a long way in attracting / keeping players.

[tele_pathic]

Thanks for the input, but I just learned that home games are illegal in Utah. That's bullshit as far as I'm concerned, but I'm not gonna advertise a game and get freakin' busted. Damn! Well, a small casino is less than an hour away, and Vegas is only two hours away.

[IFLOPPEDITSUCKER]

homepokergames.com

[jrees]

Fucking Utah........that's craaaaaaaaap.