| Re: Max seating for NLHE?
For ring games we max at 10 players to start. 84"x44" table, and the 10 poker chairs we have fit comfortably around it.
However on Saturday we had a single table pre-registered 10 player tournament and a good friend was in town for the weekend, so we squeezed in 11 by busting out a folding chair. It was a little tight at first, but since it was a tourney, there is inevitably one aggressive player (as there was in this game) that busts out (with the add-on) within the first hour, making room and getting the table back to 10 quite quickly.
11 was tight, 12 would not have fit, and 10 seems just right for the room around the table we use.
I would never do 11 players at a ring game, just because of the limited table real estate for chips and drinks, as well as elbow room. | 
