Pub poker

[klaymore79]

Looking for a bit of advice here. My local pub has been taken over by a mate of mine (thank god - he's lowered the prices!!) and unlike the previous landlord who couldn't give a toss as long as he was paid, is trying to get things going to get more folk through the doors during the week. He's asked me and a few mates to hold a weekly poker night, which we'll be starting tomorrow (Thursday) with some home equipment, with a view to expanding beyond the expected 2 tables and using the whole lounge. However, he mentioned something about £100 being the max payout in pubs, and when I looked into it online, I missed the gambling commission's ruling on pub poker - £100 max stakes daily, £5 max per person, £100 max prize money. For the time being, we will, of course, be sticking to this, as we don't want to jeopardise his newly acquired license. But does anyone have experience of pub games that are bigger, with better prize money, etc? Are there ways around it at all? Also, just for example, I know that some rules go out the window for charity events. If we held a tournament with half the prize fund going to charity, could we disregard these rules? All help will be much appreciated.

[SteveO]

Re: Pub poker There's a regular £20 game in my local and gets on average about 20 runners. It's only advertised by the guy who is running it on his facebook page. Never had any trouble with the old bill, as long as the game doesn't get too big and there's no cash on the table can't ever see them being too interested to be honest.