Poppa P's Poker Night — Game Rules

No-Limit Texas Hold'em. Biweekly. This page is open to anyone so you can see the format before you come.

📍 Poppa P's Smoke Shoppe & Lounge — 1935 Mallory Ln, Suite 220, Franklin, TN 37067

When

Cards fly at 6:30 PM (Central). Come early to buy your cigars, grab a drink, find a seat, and get your buy-in. Hard stop at 9:00 PM — final ranks are decided by chip stack.

Buy-in & buy-back

Your first cigar is your buy-in → 2,000 chips.
Bust out? Your second cigar buys you back in for another 2,000 chips — available until 8:00 PM (≈ level 7) only.

Blind structure

15-minute levels. Times are approximate.

Level	Blinds	≈ Start
1	25 / 50	6:30 PM
2	50 / 100	6:45 PM
3	75 / 150	7:00 PM
4	100 / 200	7:15 PM
5	150 / 300	7:30 PM
6	200 / 400	7:45 PM
—	5-minute break	8:00 PM
7	300 / 600	8:05 PM
8	400 / 800	8:20 PM
9	500 / 1,000	8:35 PM
10	600 / 1,200	8:50 PM

Payouts — the cigar pot

Every buy-in and buy-back cigar goes into the pot. Off the top:

2 cigars to the employees working that night (the person up front + the bartender).
1 cigar to each table's designated dealer (otherwise the dealer button decides who deals).

The remaining pot is then split among the top three:

1st place — grand prizes from Poppa P (cutters, lighters, ashtrays, travel humidors, merch, cigar packs, and more) + 50% of the remaining pot.
2nd place — 1/3 of the remaining pot.
3rd place — 1/6 of the remaining pot.

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