Agreed, you have to make sure that when you run these games that you have increased blinds if you want have a decent $/hr income playing the game. Blinds going up once after 1 hour, twice after 1 hour, and then every 30 minutes...helps to speed things up + prepare mentally for increased blinds. You gotta remember that ppl that play in these games will make your game worse...and I'm sure you really like your friends, but if your serious about the game, you can't play in these types of games( unless your drunk ).

Some insight * I played a home tourney on Friday as my wife is trying to get into NLHE (but she doesn't have the patience yet) and I went with her to take some of our money back that she lost to her friends a week prior. Turns out I'm ahead near the end of the time limit with about +$75.00 after 2 1/2 hours of play. Last Hand I was playing (as I was tired) I had Pocket A's, I raise $5.00 (BB @ .50) and get one caller. Flop comes up:

Ks 2s 3d

I bet another $5.00, and get re-raised for 6.25 (last of her stack), I call. Turn:

Tc

River:

9s

Can you guess what her hand was???

Results in white below:

6s3s!!!

Unfricken believable...that's why you shouldn't play in home games, someone with a crap house outside the blind WIL call you for some magical reason...

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