What do you need to host a home poker game?īefore you can host your poker game, you need to know you have a group of people who are willing to sit down with you for three or more hours playing cards. However, we don’t recommend holding a home game until it is safe to do so.

Hosting a home game means you’re interacting with far fewer people than you would in a casino, and no employer has to make a decision on whether to risk the health of his or her employees and customers. (Yes, even those who leave with a much lighter wallet.) At Lemons & Sevens, we’ve been running our own home games for years, and we’ve put together this guide to ensure your poker home game runs smoothly and is enjoyable for everyone. Now is the perfect time to start preparing to have your friends visit your home for a texas hold’em tournament or cash game, so you can celebrate being allowed to socialise again in style. Despite the coronavirus lockdowns resulting in a new poker boom, with searches for “online poker” reaching a 5-year high amidst the pandemic, you just can’t get the same thrill online as you do staring down an opponent in a live game.Ĭasinos are still closed (and at Lemons & Sevens we support keeping them that way until there’s little-to-no threat posed by the virus), but as more countries in Europe begin to tentatively end their lockdowns, it looks as if we’ll be able to take part in home poker games long before we’re able to re-enter a casino safely.

We get it, you’re itching to play some live poker.

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