I play in 1 fairly formal home tournament that usually has between 2-4 tables (15-32 people). The host runs it as follows:
- Dr. Neau's TM with multiple networked monitors showing blinds, etc.
- TM handles assigning players to tables and reassigning them as other players bust out.
- Each table has 2 dedicated dealers that are players sitting across from each other. These 2 dealers alternate dealing each hand. After each round or two, the table rotates 1 seat to the left and 2 new dealers start up.
- By the final table, the host (if he hasn't busted out as usual
), will be a dedicated, non-playing dealer. If he's playing, usually someone else volunteer's to take over dealing.
In any of the MTT tournaments I played in, no one has ever commented on the fact that they didn't play as many hands as the other table. If you have a lot of newbies, make arrangements to have someone(s) you trust handle the dealing to start at the other table as described above. Just randomly assign the remaining seats around this person and yourself at each table. Nobody should have a problem with this especially if they are unsure of what they are doing.
