1. In your spot, I'd pick the Oaks, unless I had eight hours or more to play. (I routinely - once or twice weekly - take transit to Bay 100, 2 hours each way, but I'm weird, and always have something to read in my pack.)

2. No, unless the 8-16 O/8 w/half kill at Bay 101 counts as "bigger."

3. Play 3-6 hold'em at Oaks, Bay 101, or any other local cardroom. It's a rake trap, but so is craps.

Sounds like I should phone around, but Oaks is likely the place to go unless I want to play 40/80+. Any other tips or tricks to know?

I look forward to anonymously meeting you all~

1. Yes, they will really start a game with two customers and two props. A large part of the player pool are lurkers - they'll call in, or even come in and play other games, but won't sign up, but when it goes they will appear and play 6-10 handed. If you start it, there's a decent chance it fills in an hour.

2. There are also 15/30- and 6/12- props so unless they're using 4 props (2 30/60 and 2 15/30) to hold a 15/30 down, it's usually not an issue. Also most 30/60 props want to play 30/60 so there's not much kicking and screaming when they get yoinked from 2/4 stud or even 6/12 LHE.

If you can't park in the lot, look north and west (towards Pixar) rather than south or east. Or use the valet.

If you leave with a lot of cash, make sure nobody's following you (walking or on the road). Do this whether you go to Oaks or Bay.

There's a decent number of friendly 2+2ers at both Oaks and Bay. If you want to meet up nonymously you can PM people.

If you're playing at the Oaks --

Do not pass MacArthur Blvd. Do not carry $200.

Play It Smart, Play At Oaks.

The Oaks is the only casino that I have ever played at where I wished I had come in a helicopter.

And bear in mind, I played 15-30 at Hollywood Park for over a year.

Definitely 3-bet the river. Never bother going for overcalls in live poker. It's silly.

And never slow down with the nuts on the river. Not only might they have anything, but I also like to punish the jerk not in the hand who inevitably announces that it's a chop and that you should stop raising.

Also, get the floor to admonish that player for showing his cards.

But no, you are not an ass.

physical chem bordering on physics wins this year, especially Betzig. but well-deserved and way better than this year's physics winners.

Definitely prizeworthy but I'm disappointed it's been a while since any synthetic work was recognized.

I check raised a lady late position flop bettor from the blind with A5o in a limped pot by accident on the 237 flop. It folded to her and she called. Then I bet the T turn. She called. I made my flush on the river and she folded.

Ive called by accident When I meant to raise. Ive probably checked and bet by accident as well, but how do you cr by accident?

I don't know really. I just threw out four chips instead of two.

Too many chips. I was once playing a four handed 60 game. Defended my blind with K6 and c/r a 996 board. Accidentally four bet and he disgustedly folded AA

yeah, and when are the lines coming out on Pinny? I like the amino acid guy, but not at worse than -200.

Pretty sure ChemBark (chemistry blog) publishes odds. Not entirely sure how he/she calculates the odds. I know he/she looks at stuff like who's won major prizes in the past year (and thus may be on the Nobel Committee's radar).

FWIW a couple of weeks ago at HG, a player raised the flop by accident twice. Just didn't realize it was only 1 bet to him and not 2. And it was clear from the hands he ended up showing down that it was, in fact, an accident.

So anything can happen when you aren't paying full attention to a poker game.

(I avoid this by verbalizing my actions, as anyone who has played against me can confirm.)

By tips and tricks, I was thinking 'avoid the Chinese food' -- not 'avoid getting mugged'. I remember Jeese mentioning good Vietnamese cafes in San Jose, so I think I might have to make a trip SJ to check them out.

I accidentally 3b an utg raise with k3hh pf. I try to always verbalize my actions and didn't see the raise. Thank God I was able to vbet when I spiked my 3 on a low board flop.

And FINALLY a decent night game.

I've accidentally 3-bet a bunch of times.

1. EP/Seat 8 has his nose in a book, says "raise," but doesn't put out chips. Seat 9 hears him and folds, Seat 10 folds, Seats 1 and 2 fold because Seat 10 folded, and I announce "raise" on the button/Seat 3. My chips actually hit the felt first and the dealer informs me that Seat 8 raised, and that my verbal declaration is binding, so I 3-bet as eagerly as I can pretend to.

2. Seat 9 mucks his hand into the space right in front of Seat 10. Seat 10 pushes the dead cards out to the dealer, and I in Seat 1 only see him pushing cards out so I think he folded, and "raise." Dealer calls out "3-bets" and I instantly knew what happened so I quickly put out a third bet.

I usually verbalize my actions too, but that’s not enough to keep me from screwing up.

I already have two bets out there on the flop, and it’s three bets to me. I announce “call”, and for some unknown reason I stack up my two bets that are out there, and put out another stack that same size. So I’ve actually made it four bets. The player to my left makes it a legitimate four bets, and I wonder out loud, “What did I DO?” The dealer said she assumed I was just really quick to call the fourth bet, and we continued on without a problem.

Was playing 10-20 a few years ago and threw out four chips to call on the river with TPTK. Unbeknownst to me, I had a dirty stack from a pot i had won earlier and one of the four chips was a quarter, so I had put out exactly 40.

He tank-called with two pair.

I'm sure this is answered somewhere, but I'm looking for a quick answer. Timed games, do you chop or play?

lol play