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Now that I have your attention, let me see if I can spin this in a light the way I stumbled though this idea in my head on the way home.
We have always been trying to figure a way to do something cool like a running high hand jackpot or bad beat jackpot. Some people didn't feel this was fair due to the fact that not all players caught each game / schedule / event, etc.
So here is my initial thought with a few other ideas. Keep in mind this would only apply to cash games as tourneys are already skimmed for HHJP's.
Depending on the host, and what they wanted to do:
Rake the small blind on a cash game. This is $10 on our standard $10/25 blind structure on our typical $40 dollar buy so it ends up being 40 cents a hand. Everything else goes into the pot and the hand / game is played normally. When someone hits one of the conditions to hit the jackpot, then the kitty goes to them at the end of the night.
Figuring we play roughly 25 or so hands an hour, the math would be:
.04cents * 10 (the SB) * 25 hands an hour * 5 five hours of play = $50
If that isn't 100% fair, (due to people leaving earlier than others or showing up late) then build the jackpot as you normally would by raking the SB and if someone hits a hand that qualifies, then they take the jackpot, what ever amount. For example, a hand of Aces full of Tens or better will take the HHJP.
I like the HHJP format better than the qualifying hand method as this provides instant gratification for a player at the end of the night.
If someone racks up a high hand and decides to roll out early, then the host hold the cash for them until either the next game or the coordinate getting it to them one way or another.
Ideas?
Thoughts?
Comments?
We have always been trying to figure a way to do something cool like a running high hand jackpot or bad beat jackpot. Some people didn't feel this was fair due to the fact that not all players caught each game / schedule / event, etc.
So here is my initial thought with a few other ideas. Keep in mind this would only apply to cash games as tourneys are already skimmed for HHJP's.
Depending on the host, and what they wanted to do:
Rake the small blind on a cash game. This is $10 on our standard $10/25 blind structure on our typical $40 dollar buy so it ends up being 40 cents a hand. Everything else goes into the pot and the hand / game is played normally. When someone hits one of the conditions to hit the jackpot, then the kitty goes to them at the end of the night.
Figuring we play roughly 25 or so hands an hour, the math would be:
.04cents * 10 (the SB) * 25 hands an hour * 5 five hours of play = $50
If that isn't 100% fair, (due to people leaving earlier than others or showing up late) then build the jackpot as you normally would by raking the SB and if someone hits a hand that qualifies, then they take the jackpot, what ever amount. For example, a hand of Aces full of Tens or better will take the HHJP.
I like the HHJP format better than the qualifying hand method as this provides instant gratification for a player at the end of the night.
If someone racks up a high hand and decides to roll out early, then the host hold the cash for them until either the next game or the coordinate getting it to them one way or another.
Ideas?
Thoughts?
Comments?