How to Throw a Poker Night | Bicycle Black Tiger Cards – $6.95
Originally published 3/12/10
Since Dappered is all about affordable style, it’s appropriate to bring up one of the cheapest (and potentially stylish) ways to spend a Friday or Saturday night:
A co-ed poker house party.
Sure you might have a regular game with just your guys. And that game probably involves sitting around in a man-cave of some sort, possibly smoking some cigars… who knows, maybe even saying a word or two to your pals. But that scenario is easily trumped by this plan:
Get twenty to thirty of your friends to come over, men and women. Line up ten to twelve of them to play, with a small buy in of around ten bucks. Beginners are welcome, cards play themselves, and nobody should take this too seriously. It’s just enough money to keep it interesting since there will be about $100 in the pot.
The players play a game of no-limit hold em’, while ten to twenty more guests are there eating, drinking, and enjoying the party. The game should last at least a few hours, and everyone can have a great time. After the game ends the party always continues.
Get your place looking right too. Don’t have a poker table
Finally, mix up that tired old deck with a stunning deck of Bicycle’s Black Tiger cards
If any of your buddies resist, remind them that no one in their right mind should think the addition of women to a party would be a bad thing.
And if that is a bad thing? Change the women you associate with.