Poker Camp?

[ThePaperLeaf]

I've been toying with something I can do on a personal scale in a 10x10 tent that would invite participation.

I have a real poker table. Since money is outlawed on the Playa, I thought I could conduct sequential 15min tournaments where the participants put "something" in the middle of the table to play. An orange, a bead, a shiny rock, etc. I would put in a pin/award designating "I won at PokerCamp 2009".

Would this fly?
Is this too small to be a designated camp on the map?
thanks

[searock420]

I'd set up near the theme camp avenues, and see what happens

[Simon of the Playa]

will there be Liquor in the Front? Poker in the Rear?



i'm sorry, it's not my fault. i blame upstate NY. we have to make our own fun out here.

[ygmir]

as opposed to;
poker in the front, liquor in the rear.........?.......

[Dork]

It might be too small to become a registered theme camp if that's all you're doing. Maybe you could include other elements - make it an old west bar or a casino or something. Have some other draw besides the poker, partly because you simply won't get groups of 10 people showng up at the same time geared up for a game. You'll get trickles or groups where only one or two actually want to play.

Another option is to work with an existing theme camp and set up in their structure.

There was a craps table inside the cube club in 2001 which got a few players.

A medalion that works as a card protector would be a good prize. Any real players who show up could use it the rest of the year.

[capjbadger]

Poker? I hardly know 'er...

Dork is right. You'll be hard pressed to get enough people there all at once to get a game going.

Personally I love playing poker, but I have two problems with playing at BM.

1) When there is nothing of value being bet (money), then it's like playing bingo. You might as well flip coins. Not much fun.

And more importantly:

2) It's BM. Why would I want to sit around inside and do something I can do at home? There's just too many other things to do at BM that I can't do at home.

Badger

[klondike_bar]

strip poker anyone?

that would likely draw some competition....

[Sensei]

ITYM 'stiff competition'.

Anyhoo, a few years back there were these guys living on the outer road, about 5:00 or so. They had this big mesh tent and they spent the entire week playing cards in that dustblown tent. Half of BRC drove with 10 feet of their place coming in and going out and it was pretty dusty that year so their place was absolutely pasted from day 1. Didn't fucking matter to those boys - I'd see them playing at all hours of the night, always under this harsh white light. The game never stopped all week long as far as I could tell.

[ThePaperLeaf]

Dork is right, I need to attach to a larger camp. Turns out I have that option and it might just be the perfect camp to attach to. I'm camping with "Shack of Sit" which provides 1000sf of shade with couches, chairs, water. I forget what village it is in, but they had a great location last year. They suggested I'd need more wind protection than their canopy would provide, but I could put my 10x10 Poker Camp Tent either under their shade or attach it to the side.

I think Poker Camp has a home. I have a great DogsPlayingPoker shirt that I will wear when dealing.

[SonOfUgly]

some poker would be a good way to pass the time in the mid days heat

[pinemom]

Im not really a poker player...ie...you live in Nv its a NO-No to gamble!
But as far as small theme camps...no such thing....the Herrings of Norway did a Theme camp that was only 4' x 4' in 2007
1/87th scale.........
and it was listed in theme camps! look it up!

[Barbie]

I played poker one year is a small Saloon It was GREAT right out of the 1800's - the dealer was dressed the clothes of the era and so were the Saloon Girls, Horse bikes were parked outside... SUper Fun took a group of campmates out to see it a couple nights later and IT was GONE! One of those playa things that you start to wonder if IT really happened.... or did I find ghostssssss or alienssssssss

[PavementBlues]

I would be completely down for strip poker, but I only wear a sarong on the playa...so I would have to embarrass all of you by not losing a SINGLE hand, and I don't want to be mean.

Maybe shot poker? That's always interesting (read: a horrible idea) that results in fun times (read: you won't remember anything).

[theCryptofishist]

Pokers are all well and good, but what about the rest of your fireplace tools? Don't they get a camp as well?

[wedeliver]

I played poker one year is a small Saloon It was GREAT right out of the 1800's - the dealer was dressed the clothes of the era and so were the Saloon Girls, Horse bikes were parked outside... SUper Fun took a group of campmates out to see it a couple nights later and IT was GONE! One of those playa things that you start to wonder if IT really happened.... or did I find ghostssssss or alienssssssss

It was not a dream... although......... I can't recall, but there was something.....

[capjbadger]

Maybe shot poker? That's always interesting (read: a horrible idea) that results in fun times (read: you won't remember anything).

Shot poker ends QUICK, even with 1/4 shot bets. After one hand the loser owed 6 shots...

Badger

[goathead]

I've been toying with something I can do on a personal scale in a 10x10 tent that would invite participation.

I have a real poker table. Since money is outlawed on the Playa, I thought I could conduct sequential 15min tournaments where the participants put "something" in the middle of the table to play. An orange, a bead, a shiny rock, etc. I would put in a pin/award designating "I won at PokerCamp 2009".

Would this fly?
Is this too small to be a designated camp on the map?
thanks

I always thought a reverse strip poker game would be fun on the playa.
Buy into the game with everything the player had on, hang all the various items on a wall, winner of the hand would select an item from the wall and get "dressed". When they are dressed kick them out of the game for a new player, or let them buy in again.

[ianisok4u]

haha i love the reverse strip poker idea

whoever wins the hand gets to choose the losers new attire. you could have pins and charms and tshirts that say "i suck at reverse strip poker"

[dkskyy]

i think this is a great idea. i thought of doing something similar one day, but as an art project in the middle of the playa (i saw the oasis a few years ago and it was a nice surprise to experience after a long walk).

anyways, as for the concern some folks had about value that's the beauty of this game out on the playa. the players themselves would decide the value of the items on the table. so whereas in the outside world a bottle of vodka would be worth than a toothbrush, out on the playa, to some folks that might be the reverse because of scarcity of some things (like toothbrushes) and an abundance of others (like booze).

fun fun fun.

[Oldguy]

Use Monopoly money or print up your own script, Playabucks. Have some good prizes to play for. Or just use chips. Or give out chips or Playabucks for donated prizes. Or handwritten I.O.U.s like a free massage or a gallon of water, etc...