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07-13-2021 , 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by AKQJ10
I'm getting back to playing post-COVID and now find myself near Cincinnati. Do any games show up at the Hard Rock besides small-to-mid NLHE and PLO? I've been watching Bravo for a few days and that seems to be almost all of it.

I have been looking for motivation to actually get decent at NLHE though so "lack of anything else that won't trash my bankroll" is good motivation.
Late response, but they rarely spread higher than 2/5 NL. 5/10 has popped off a few times, but very sparingly.
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02-28-2022 , 12:17 PM
Hi all, I see they have the Lucky Hearts Open this week. Does anyone know if they run their normal cash games on Friday and Saturday nights during this series? I see they have 3 starting days for their main, but I have no idea how many entrants they get and if they have space to run the tournament and cash games. I've tried to call a couple times, but no answer when connected to the Poker Room.
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02-28-2022 , 01:25 PM
Looks to me like they have just under 200 in the Seniors event currently with 5 cash tables going. There's also a satty to the ME running that started with 39 entrants (assume mostly seniors)

So it looks like they have over 30 Dealers in the room right now. Can they sustain that all week? That is the tough question for post-CV poker rooms. I'm impressed that they have that many working on a Monday.

The assumption in most poker rooms is that a 'special' event will trump normal cash games, but I've seen a trend where they will leave at least 2-4 cash games running no matter the demand for tournaments, making those Players sit on the wait list.

I also called but they probably aren't taking call-ins for cash during this week, so that will have to be a change in mindset for a cash Player. GL
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03-01-2022 , 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by answer20
Looks to me like they have just under 200 in the Seniors event currently with 5 cash tables going. There's also a satty to the ME running that started with 39 entrants (assume mostly seniors)

So it looks like they have over 30 Dealers in the room right now. Can they sustain that all week? That is the tough question for post-CV poker rooms. I'm impressed that they have that many working on a Monday.

The assumption in most poker rooms is that a 'special' event will trump normal cash games, but I've seen a trend where they will leave at least 2-4 cash games running no matter the demand for tournaments, making those Players sit on the wait list.

I also called but they probably aren't taking call-ins for cash during this week, so that will have to be a change in mindset for a cash Player. GL
Thanks for the info, much appreciated!

I've only played once since COVID arrived, planning to make the trip up Friday afternoon for an afternoon-early morning session, would just be super bummed if my first poker outing was sitting on the rail for 3 hours. If you play again this week would you mind sharing?
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03-03-2022 , 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by scottp4braves
If you play again this week would you mind sharing?
You can see 'clocks' when you log into the Bravo App and enter the room tab. That is where I get my intel most of the time. it's cumbersome because it's 'real time' and if you forget to look at it the information it is probably gone. Almost zero rooms take the time to post tournament stats anymore.

I'll be in Cincy for the Labor Day festivities, but I keep tabs on a lot of rooms in the Midwest from afar. GL
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03-06-2022 , 08:23 PM
Another TOO LONG Review by me...

We visited Cincinnati Horseshoe, oh nope I mean Cincinnati Jack Casino dang it nope...

Ok seriously we visited Hard Rock Cincinnati on Saturday, Feb. 26th 2022. This Poker Room has been our "Favorite" Poker Room on a regular weekly basis since its original opening back in 2013! When this room opened it hired all the other great dealers from the other local Casino Poker Rooms on the River. It was & STILL is an All-Star cast of really great, fun, knowledgeable & personable Dealers! Our recent visit once again did not disappoint when it comes to the Poker Room. With this visit to Cincy it was so relaxing to not have to figure the pots or keep action going! There are so many long time Dealers here that should be RUNNING other Ceasers Properties Poker Room as Managers! Honestly the Worst Dealer at this place is almost as good as the Best Dealers at most places. Although he wasn't there that particular night this Cincy Poker Room Mgr Chris had everyone on TOP of their game that night! The Poker Room Cash Cage was FULLY OPEN to Buy or Cash Out Chips until around 2am. There was(2) 1/2PLO tables & (1) 5/5PLO table with about (3) 2/5NL Hold'em tables & a plethora of 1/3NL games to sit in until you get your desired seat. The Casino is thankfully NON SMOKING! There are plenty of -EV table games spread throughout the Casino for you Degens. There are 4 nice places to eat but on this Saturday night at nearly 9pmthe wait for Hard Rock Cafe was 60min & the High End Steakhouse wait was 90min. There is a great Pizza spot that was packed & less wait just wasn't feeling Pizza. Now being on a Saturday night I HIGHLY RECOMMEND planning out major bathroom trips to as early as possible! I'm sorry BUTT all the bathrooms got really nasty on this Saturday night. I literally felt bad for my shoes just walking in there late it was disgusting.
So in closing we definitely HIGHLY recommend this Poker Room! They have great weekly 10k Guar Tournaments on Wed/Sun! Their monthly 50k Guar on 1st Saturday of the month is always over the Guar! They mix in random Poker Series' from time to time & with all these on their schedule the Cash Games are packed with Trny players playing Cash Games...
Enjoy your next trip to Hard Rock Cincy Poker & no I was not paid for this Review lol
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05-09-2022 , 11:43 PM
I'm curious about visiting Hard Rock Cincinnati in the near future.
Does anyone have recommendations on safe hotels nearby?
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05-10-2022 , 11:39 AM
While it may not be considered 'nearby' we've stayed at The Drury off Sharon road in Sharonville often with good success.


MODS .. probably want to change the title of this to Hard Rock from Jack .. GL
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05-10-2022 , 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by answer20
While it may not be considered 'nearby' we've stayed at The Drury off Sharon road in Sharonville often with good success.


MODS .. probably want to change the title of this to Hard Rock from Jack .. GL

Yep/I stayed at Drury Inn Sharonville at my visit, 2 thumbs up!. maybe 20" to casino and safe, plus they offered free happy hour ( 3 drinks) and happy hour food every night.
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05-10-2022 , 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by crsseyed
Yep/I stayed at Drury Inn Sharonville at my visit, 2 thumbs up!. maybe 20" to casino and safe, plus they offered free happy hour ( 3 drinks) and happy hour food every night.
And breakfast .. We've not stayed post-CV but I heard that they plowed through CV with pre-packaged food, so assuming they are still doing something .. and pop corn/drinks til 9-10PM.

We stay at Drury whenever we can and they seem to have the most trained/professional staff of any chain. GL
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05-10-2022 , 02:56 PM
The last time I stayed near the casino, I picked a hotel just over the bridge in Kentucky. It can be less than ten minutes away. Several reputable chains, depending on your desired price point.
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05-10-2022 , 04:52 PM
I've stayed across the bridges but not for poker. Think it's a nice spot.
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05-10-2022 , 07:44 PM
good recommendations, thanks dudes
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09-06-2022 , 08:05 AM
Probably need to change the name on this thread to Hard Rock ..

Another great weekend of poker (mostly) .. stayed at Drury off 71 (exit 19) to be close to King's Island. Due to the non-stop risk of weather we didn't go downtown for the fireworks on Labor Day Sunday. But that did allow me to play another session of poker!

Friday and Saturday I was able to play both 1/2 and 2/5 PLO most of the time and these games are up to par for most of the PLO games I've played. A few strong Players complaining about the weak Players (when they suck out) and plenty of action.

Sunday night I was unable to get onto the only PLO game going (1/2) and boy did I 'suffer' in both 1/2 and 2/5 NL games. Super nitty with very little action unless it was a polarizing jam on the River. I had Players slow playing almost all their big hands (AAx4, KKx3, QQx2, AKs, setsx4) and ended up losing the minimum unless they were short stacked.

The staff was great as it looked like they had decent turnouts for all the tournaments they offered. A $400 ($50k gar) on Sat drew in 177 entries and paid $16K up top. It did appear they were running a bit short Sunday night but everyone was working together to keep the lists moving and trays full. It's probably difficult to add staff for a holiday Sunday but I don't think anything really suffered too much.

The only negative I came away with was the excessive volume of folding out of turn with the Dealers really doing nothing about it.

I saw a lot of the same Players and Dealers that I've seen for years.

One of the easiest venues to get to as well .. off and back onto I71 is incredibly easy.

I made out really well in PLO, so the minor loss I took in NL didn't sting as much. The only real cooler I had was one that I probably shouldn't have paid off anyway when my KT ran into KQ on KQJKT. I would absolutely go nuts if this were my regular room with all the slow playing of monsters, but the PLO would 'save' me .. at least right now. GL
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09-18-2022 , 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by answer20
The only negative I came away with was the excessive volume of folding out of turn with the Dealers really doing nothing about it.
That's surprising to me. Im by no means a regular, probably only there 3 times or so a year, so could be more common than I realize. Im not sure how most casinos handle folding out of turn, but every time Ive been there the dealer has always called the floor to the table for it and the player gets a warning. I cant recall a player doing it again, as its almost always seemingly an honest mistake where the player couldnt see another player had cards or something. Though sometimes if the room is really busy, the floor never comes over, and the player gets off without a warning.
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11-28-2022 , 10:52 AM
Man how things can change in a short period of time ..

1) Player grouchiness was at an all time high

2) Definitely some Dealer turnover .. with some Players not having the patience for it.

3) One Dealer actually calling out a Player for not tipping after a large win

4) Slightly above average 'colluding' type table talk, especially when two big stack Regs got HU on Turn or River (a la home game feel)

5) Dealers allowing 'action accepted' bets in PLO in multiway pots .. ie, allowing a Player to bet 300 into 180 unless another Player spoke up about the correct pot/bet size. One Dealer actually stating 'You guys just let me know how you want to play it"

I've had a pretty good November and I was ready to go after it this past weekend a bit, so to speak. But after sitting down and feeling/seeing the vibe I basically just sat there going through the motions in both of my session .. even 'not' going to the room one night due to lack of enthusiasm to play in this room.


On a positive note .. They have just started to spread 5-card high PLO and it did run. Could just be a way for Players to sit down in an effort to get in a game instead of waiting for their main target game, but it was running 2-3 nights over the long weekend. GL
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04-21-2023 , 12:19 PM
Wondering if the 5/5 and 5/10 plo go everyday for at least 8 hours each? Thanks
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04-25-2023 , 03:11 AM
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Originally Posted by IntheFold
Wondering if the 5/5 and 5/10 plo go everyday for at least 8 hours each? Thanks
I thought 5T used to go mon, wed, fri but I noticed it did not go today. Anyone know if that is still the schedule? thanks!
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05-01-2023 , 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by IntheFold
Wondering if the 5/5 and 5/10 plo go everyday for at least 8 hours each? Thanks
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Originally Posted by SurfGrappleSmoke
I thought 5T used to go mon, wed, fri but I noticed it did not go today. Anyone know if that is still the schedule? thanks!
You can keep an eye on it on the Bravo site although you might have to create a free account. I've certainly not seen big PLO going 8 hours a day but I'm not looking for that game. Thursday night (during HE Jackpot Madness) the 1-2-5 PLO was 6- or 7-handed and was the only PLO in the room. Back when I played there occasionally on Saturdays last year, the 5-5 seemed to be pretty active on that day.
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05-01-2023 , 03:52 PM
I usually think complaints about jackpot drops are kind of overdone but I can't believe how long it took me to wise up about the HR's hold'em jackpot structure. At peak hours -- Saturday, maybe also Friday? -- they're taking the same rake but have a pathetic payout, just some "jacks-and-fives" (get it? Jackson 5?) quad deal that I've never seen hit.

Meanwhile, not only does this subsidize a pretty nice high-hand regimen on off-peak evenings, but somehow the rollovers from unclaimed 45-minute periods all go into one particular spot at 10:45pm Thursdays. So in essence just by playing those 45 min a week I can skim off EV from the $2 jackpot drop of those poor suckers playing on weekends like I used to. Maybe 15 tables, 7- or 8-handed, vying for a payout that's been between $3000 and $9000 the nights I've been. If no one makes aces full of jacks or better by 11:30 they go to sudden death, so one of ~100 players is going to win eventually.

Granted, folks start wanting to get enough money in the pot and then check everything down, which I will agree to do because I don't think it's +EV to be the guy who insists on playing real poker. And granted I'm giving up a skill edge by flopping a set of aces and checking it down in hopes of spiking my 1-outer to $6000 or whatever it was last week. I'm told they used to have a 4-8 limit game eligible for the same jackpot but apparently folks wised up and realized that game is the nuts for jackpot chasing, so they disqualified it and the game died.

Also some sort of smaller jackpot on Monday mornings from 6 to 7 am -- was $2100 today.
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05-11-2023 , 04:15 PM
I dunno how much that HH rollover jackpot tonight is, but $5000 seems pretty typical.

So my pocket deuces are like 200:1 to make quads not counting backdoor. If it's say three minutes before the 11:30 end and quads aren't posted yet, or if we're into sudden death, then I can call any raise up to $25 even if I plan to fold everything but quads at the river. Obviously that's not the case because pure set value is worth something depending on stacks etc. It's kind of fun to play NLHE where I can think like LHE and just be fishy and chase a lot.
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05-12-2023 , 07:30 AM
Casinos love promos since they 'cause' Players to broaden their range, which makes the games more PF action orientated. Then OTF you get a ton of bet/fold spots when Players miss. These inflated PF pots generate 2-3x the rake a 'normal' b/f Flop would and you move onto the next hand just as quickly.

From a Player's POV, there is some very real +EV aspects that 'allow' for these range adjustments .. as well as the opportunity to steal pots OTF if the table is playing passive when they miss.

I played a PLO hand one time where 'I knew' my opponent had Turned quads but I had both a quad and Royal draw (2 cards) that would've triggered the BBJ. The math was good to call off and I told the table that they all owed me $100 since I was taking one for the team, so to speak. GL
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05-15-2023 , 08:26 AM
I wondered when this was going to happen. Rollover HHJ was $3000 at 6-7 this morning with three tables going (so average $125 in equity just for playing that hour). No one makes aces full or better by 7:00 so they go to sudden death. A few minutes later one table announces quads and another a straight flush within seconds of each other. Apparently they had to check surveillance to see which hand started first, which seems far preferable to arguing over who tabled cards first or whose dealer yelled first. I don't know which one won.
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05-16-2023 , 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by AKQJ10
I wondered when this was going to happen. Rollover HHJ was $3000 at 6-7 this morning with three tables going (so average $125 in equity just for playing that hour). No one makes aces full or better by 7:00 so they go to sudden death. A few minutes later one table announces quads and another a straight flush within seconds of each other. Apparently they had to check surveillance to see which hand started first, which seems far preferable to arguing over who tabled cards first or whose dealer yelled first. I don't know which one won.
happened a couple months ago during the thursday night rollover sudden death. i don't think the timing was quite as close as it was monday morning, but the floor at the time ruled that whoever showed down a high hand first was the winner. inconsistent rulings between morning and evening floors is pretty common in my experience though.

the straight flush high hand was shown and announced first, with the quads on my table getting shown down probably the exact moment as the other dealer is yelling high hand. surveillance comes back that the quads hand started 2 minutes before the straight flush hand, guy on my table gets the promo. while they were waiting for a ruling the quads guy practically begged the straight flush guy to chop it up but apparently the other players at the table told him he was a lock and he said no deal so maybe a little karma.

the real bad beat came for the dealer who dealt the straight flush. he tipped her 500$ as soon as he tabled his hand, and she had to push it back to him while they waited for a ruling that ending up going against him.
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05-17-2023 , 05:24 AM
talked to the dealer about the tip she had to push back and i heard wrong apparently. the straight flush guy tipped her 1000$ that she had to push back
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