Single table tournaments are arguably the most popular home poker games right now. Instead of just shoving your chips in the middle actually say “bet” or “raise.” It’s a good habit to get into regardless of where you will be playing. To avoid confusing hands have all players vocalize their actions. Make sure people are OK with losing a buy-in or two. When running a home game, ask all players and don’t make the buy-in higher than anyone feels comfortable playing. Most games operate this way - both live and online, because it allows sufficient play and doesn’t make it a shove-fest. So if you’re playing 5¢/10¢ blinds you should have a $10 max buy-in. Meanwhile if you’re setting up a 1,500 starting stack tournament, use three colors for 5 chips, 25 chips and 100 chips. Stick with the same colors for every game because it reduces confusion for regulars at the table. One to represent $.50 and the other to represent $5 chips. If you’re setting up a standard $.50/$1 game, then two colors are all you need. Don’t use all five colors in your chip set just because you can. With chip denominations, simple is better.

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