Being TD and playing, can it be done?
I'm starting to host fundraisers for events as I now do rentals for poker tables. One of the services I offer is running the tournaments. I've done 2 gigs so far, for the first one I only provided tables and they ran their own game so I was able to play (and got a free buy in).
For the second one which was last week, I ran the event acting as TD. We weren't sure how many players would be there so I opted not to play as we were hoping to have in excess of 80 players. It turned out that we only got 47 but even with the smaller numbers, I was running around a fair bit trying to maintain order.
In my league games that we play once a month, I run it and play with usually 20-30 players no problem. However, there's normally no rebuys or add ons and we aren't selling anything like raffle tickets or food/drinks. With the fundraisers, though I don't handle tickets and food/drinks, I do handle rebuys, add ons and chip ups.
I would love to play in the events I host, but is it possible to do both and still run the games efficiently? I realize that by playing, if any TD stuff comes up then it is a priority and will likely cause my chip stack to suffer which is fine. I would just rather play some hands rather than stand around for 5 hours watching everyone else have fun. Works comes first, but can I have my cake and eat it too?
For the second one which was last week, I ran the event acting as TD. We weren't sure how many players would be there so I opted not to play as we were hoping to have in excess of 80 players. It turned out that we only got 47 but even with the smaller numbers, I was running around a fair bit trying to maintain order.
In my league games that we play once a month, I run it and play with usually 20-30 players no problem. However, there's normally no rebuys or add ons and we aren't selling anything like raffle tickets or food/drinks. With the fundraisers, though I don't handle tickets and food/drinks, I do handle rebuys, add ons and chip ups.
I would love to play in the events I host, but is it possible to do both and still run the games efficiently? I realize that by playing, if any TD stuff comes up then it is a priority and will likely cause my chip stack to suffer which is fine. I would just rather play some hands rather than stand around for 5 hours watching everyone else have fun. Works comes first, but can I have my cake and eat it too?
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in a friendly game with people you know, i'm sure it's fine. with strangers i'd be worried.
I already decided that I would run tournaments as TD and not play, but I thought that if I could play as well without sacrificing my duties as TD, then why not. Sounds like most so far think it's not a good idea though, so I'll probably stick to just being the TD.
You're dealing.
You get a royal flush runner runner in a pot with a life changing amount of $$
You can't win.
You muck.
Think about this for a second.
This is why you can't TD and play.
You TD to keep integrity in the game and make correct decisions, this is the most counter productive thing you could do.
I'd have to agree here. I don't think it would be in the best interests of the game to rule in favour of the other person if that isn't the correct ruling. Detracts from the integrity of the game for sure by arbitrarily applying the rules.
I guess it gives me a chance to socialize with people and try to network.