{"id":13,"date":"2012-09-19T17:22:48","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T21:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poker.scottdumont.com\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2012-10-03T11:41:51","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T15:41:51","slug":"why-home-games","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/poker.scottdumont.com\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"Why home games?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many benefits to playing in a good home game.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Playing with friends &#8211; The ability to play with people you like can&#8217;t be under estimated.\u00a0 There can be some real jerks in poker.<\/li>\n<li>Setting your own stakes &#8211; There is no lack of high stakes poker games, but there aren&#8217;t too many lower stakes (micro stakes) games for new people who may be learning the game<\/li>\n<li>Losing to friends &#8211; This sounds like an odd benefit, but I&#8217;m going to spend money for an evening&#8217;s entertainment.\u00a0 I&#8217;d rather my money end up in the pocket of one of my friends than a stranger&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<li>No rake\/admin fees &#8211; All casinos take a\u00a0 certain amount of the winnings to support their facilities.\u00a0 Poker leagues pay out sometimes a half of the wagers with the rest going to seasonal jackpots and operating fees.\u00a0 But home games take the full amount of the wager and leave it on the table.\u00a0 It is illegal for a home game to take money off of the table.<\/li>\n<li>Equipment &#8211; The equipment is subjected to less wear and tear and is generally higher quality than casinos.\u00a0 Our games use professional Copag cards (not cardboard) and a felt table (not speed cloth)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many benefits to playing in a good home game. Playing with friends &#8211; The ability to play with people you like can&#8217;t be under estimated.\u00a0 There can be some real jerks in poker. Setting your own stakes &#8211; &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/poker.scottdumont.com\/?page_id=13\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/poker.scottdumont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/poker.scottdumont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/poker.scottdumont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/poker.scottdumont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/poker.scottdumont.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/poker.scottdumont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41,"href":"http:\/\/poker.scottdumont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/poker.scottdumont.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}