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Originally Posted by Captn_All_In One thing I would do is establish table captains. THese would be players that you know, who also know the game and can handle situations at that table, if they need they can come to you for a ruling... |
I'll second the table captain rec...get at least one solid player at each table to make sure things run smoothly. And definitely print up a bunch of copies of the standard rules you want to follow and have people read them as they mill around doing the buy-in and such. I think the first few times you have to expect that novice players will make some errors--muck out of turn, flip over cards too early, and so on. Just correct them, make sure they understand what they did, and move on.
As far as dealing if one card is flipped up during the deal, I say keep on dealing as if it didn't happen then give what would have been the burn card to the player that got the card flipped. Flipped card becomes the initial burn card. You can certainly go other routes as you mentioned, but this I think this method keeps the game moving along the best. Regardless of which method you choose, stick to it once you go with it.
I'd also highly recommend getting some type of software, beit tournament director, tournament manager, or whatever. It makes the whole process of worrying about blinds, managing the money and payouts, and all that administrative type work much easier.
Big tournies are a lot of work, but also a ton of fun. Good luck and have fun with it.
