Comments on: Marketing a poker game

By: scabies

scabies — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:38:33 +0000

Interesting point of view…..
Can’t really say I agree, but….
Guess we can’t agree on everything, right?

By: pok.erati — Running your own tournament

pok.erati — Running your own tournament — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 06:07:07 +0000

[...] My roommates and I run a weekly rebuy tournament here at Ohio State. It started last year as a set game time for the guys in our dorm that wanted to play but this year we decided to take it to a new level. Ben helped in the marketing aspect and I worked on the structure. I’ve played in a lot of live tournaments hosted by charities, VFWs, American Legions, etc, and the one thing that I noticed about them was they were very rushed. The blinds increased every 15 minutes, which isn’t too horrible, but the blind levels themselves almost doubled every time! [...]

By: Jackie O'Quinn

Jackie O'Quinn — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 06:09:45 +0000

I accidently found your blog. I love it! I love the concept. Being a young entrepreneur I realize that we are a rare bread. I hope to be back to your blog soon.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 02:12:07 +0000

Cheers for that. Poker has only just started to really take off here in Australia so just wanted to clear that up.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 08:53:02 +0000

It’s completely legal. In Ohio you can run home games as long as the house doesn’t take a rake – we make absolutely no money.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 06:28:36 +0000

I was just wondering the legalities you face in running this.