> So it's legal there to have an actual cash game on premisis? Do you
> supply
> tables, cards, chips or anything else? Are there a lot of other bars
> in
> colorado doing this, because it would be VERY illegal in Texas, even
> if the
> house didn't profit from the game at all.
In order to be legal, the bar cannot supply any of the gaming equipment and
the players have to use chips in leu of cash. Of course, the chips are
"purchased" with cash from a box of chips, with one of the people playing in
the game voulinteering to be the banker. When a person decides to leave the
game they turn in their chips to the banker for cash. The dealing goes right
to left, allowing everyone in the group to deal the game of their choice,
however there are some nights where the entire group decides to just play a
Texas Holdum' tournament, in this case once the play has begun, no one else is
allowed in the game. As an establishment, we only provide the bare ass table
and the chairs (and of course the booze, food and friendly waitress to make
sure no one is getting uptight about loosing thier shorts). One of our
coustomers got smart and hijacked the felt when I recovered one of my more
shabby pool tables. He takes it home with him after every game. The chips
and cards also go home with a coustomer. In order to not arouse suspicion,
usualy one of the players elects to bring a new deck each week, which may run
into being costly, but at least when the novelty wears off we can make one
hell of a card house.
The bar literaly has nothing to do with the game, thus making it a legal game
amongst friends. The one hitch that the law has thrown in is that every one
must be "aquainted", as in knowing each others names, which isn't a hard
thing, especialy when that guy you just met is killing you with lovely hands -
you get to know names pretty quick.