Advice for new club

[msaban]

Hello I've been invited to be on a committee to move our local friday night poker school into a registered poker club. Currently we meet at a local club every friday, play NL holdem, small buyins - £6, £5 goes towards prize money and the other £1 goes towards buffet, new cards, tables, chips etc. I think the buyin is probably at the right level to attract people. No money is on tables, buy chips before hand, the cash is then professionally sorted into half pint glasses ready for payout The place probably has potential to fit 150 at once, I think we've had about 40 as a maximum and regularly about 20 -30. This is not yet advertised just word of mouth. ANyway to get to my point, the landlord has seen the potential for him to take a few quid over the bar with this, so is willing to help set it up properly, making it a members only club, membership cards, proper advertising, registering it with the council - the works. I have got a few ideas and obviously it wont be done to make profit for anyone in the pokerclub all monies will be put back in to either new equipment or added to prize monies to make bigger tourneys.Possibly try and have sateillites where the winner will be bought into a bigger tourney at the local casino ( sheffield 20 miles away), maybe even try and get sponsorship to add to a tourney to make it more attractive to potential new members etc etc ANyway question to you guys - has anybody been involved with setting up a local club similar to this, and can advise on any pitfalls you may have faced, or any ideas to attract members. Thanks Mike

[GaF]

Re: Advice for new club Good luck - sounds like a fun project. Afraid I've no experience of live poker, so can't help, but let us know how it goes.....