What would be the best way to keep two cash games of the same stakes balanced?
We are a small club and usualy just have two games running. The way we currently do it is that once the first table is full(9) we start a waiting list and will open a second table with 4 players. Any new players go to table 2 before they are allowed to join table 1, and we try to keep them balanced as best we can without taking players from table 1.
When we eventualy get down to 10 players we merge tables.
The problem is, our players always want table 1 to be full, meaning table 2 will most likely always be short handed. Doing it this way would mean if there was 5 players on table 2 and a seat becomes free on table 1 the player who has been on table 2 the longest moves to table 1, table 2 is back down to 4 players and if one players leaves the game is broken again.
Would it not be better trying to keep two games running by leaving 8 players on table 1, and 5 players on table 2?
Any suggestions