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05-29-2017 , 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by pk_nuts
To win a high hand you have to put money in the pot. To win a hot seat drawing you don't. It could have the effect of encouraging nittery. I think you are just being a contrarian are have not really thought out your argument.

For the 5000 hot seat giveaway next month. It will likely be profitable to just sit at a 1-3 table and just post blinds and never play a hand. 8-12$ an hour with a chance to win 500$. Hell you can spend the majority of your time away from the table pay no in rake and have the same chance as anyone else. At least with high hands you have to put money in the pot. The more hands you play the better chance you have to win.
You're right.i didn't put much thought into it. Mainly b/c I could care less what they do. I will say that I highly doubt people will sit n fold every single hand(ok well 4/8 limit yea)to win around a 1/200 chance(ex 20 J.P.E. tables all full). Nobody is playing 1/3 or 2/5 to pay blinds and fold everything.

As to the "nittery" factor,taking your point as %100 correct, people do this for high hands now. I've personally witnessed multiple times players fold a QQ,JJ etc facing a $7-$10 raise b/c they can't hit the HH b/c it's quad A's or a straight flush for ex.
Other people do exactly as you described now. Fold everything except limping with suited connectors,or pairs that can make a high hand.

Neither is perfect,but to think my idea would encourage "nittery",it would only maintain or lesson what goes on now. While making these j.p.e. games play somewhat more normal.

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05-29-2017 , 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by psujohn
No my beef is with promos that apply only to full time players and exclude recreational players. IE someone with a full time job generally can't play 25 hours during the week.

Partly because I pay into these promos and have no chance to win them. Partly because I disagree that these kind of promos bring people into the room who otherwise wouldn't be there.

It'll never happen but I'd be curious to see what would happen to traffic at MDL if they just turned off all promos for a time. I guess they have during big tournament series in the past but I never tracked how that affected the cash game action.
It looks like you won't have to worry about this for June because on Fridays & Saturdays they're doing 1p-11p $2100 split between the top 4 high hands every hour and 11p-7a $250 high hand every 30 mins.

My guess is MDL's traffic would drop if they got rid of promotions.
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05-30-2017 , 02:11 PM
Yeah the freeroll isn't of any interest to me but it's for such a small dollar amount it doesn't matter much. My gut reaction didn't take that into account either and was before the announced the rest of the monthly promos.

My feeling is still that the promos don't really draw new people into the room. It's probably bigger than any one room but poker these days seems to be trying to pull people in from a fixed set of people who are already regular or semi-regular poker players. It's more about getting someone who was planning to play already to go to one room over another. And regionally I think the majority of the poker playing population has a strong preference for one room over another (usually because of geography) or chooses which room to play using factors outside of the promos.
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05-31-2017 , 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by psujohn
And regionally I think the majority of the poker playing population has a strong preference for one room over another (usually because of geography) or chooses which room to play using factors outside of the promos.
True for some but not for me. I live 9 miles from MGM National Harbor and 45 miles from Maryland LIVE. I played exclusively at Maryland LIVE this month due to the $1000 high hand each half hour with Royal resets promo.
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06-02-2017 , 10:09 AM
June 2nd Half Rake Si-N-Go Madness.

Any feedback on if there is much interest and if tables are filling quick???

https://www.marylandlivecasino.com/s...alf%20Rake.pdf
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06-02-2017 , 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by ThomAce
True for some but not for me. I live 9 miles from MGM National Harbor and 45 miles from Maryland LIVE. I played exclusively at Maryland LIVE this month due to the $1000 high hand each half hour with Royal resets promo.
Just out of curiousity,how many did you win?

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06-02-2017 , 12:23 PM
Z2H13 I am not sure about Thom, but, I hit three of them last month.

Also, I hit a nice one on the DDB machine with the streak bonus.

Irrespective of what others think, I am pretty happy with all the rake back I received from Live. That was one of the reasons for me to play at that room.

Also, as poker players we should be able to adjust to the different type of players and styles.
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06-03-2017 , 06:33 PM
just need to say the room is unbearably warm today and i'm leaving because of it
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06-05-2017 , 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Zero2Hero13
Just out of curiousity,how many did you win?

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Unfortunately, none in May. But since the inception of the high hand promo, they have been very good to me. I've honestly lost count of how many I've won.
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06-05-2017 , 05:15 PM
anyone receive their gold streak bonus today?
(I haven't )
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06-05-2017 , 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by dropnloads
June 2nd Half Rake Si-N-Go Madness.

Any feedback on if there is much interest and if tables are filling quick???

https://www.marylandlivecasino.com/s...alf%20Rake.pdf
june 2nd only?!
I didn't even know about it.

mike, make this all month long!
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06-05-2017 , 07:16 PM
11:15am $65 this Sunday and 3:15pm freeroll, how late is the freeroll registration?
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06-06-2017 , 03:17 AM
how many players did the 20k freeroll have this past sunday? just curious.
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06-06-2017 , 04:01 AM
A few things...

-If we could get more cage people at night that would be great thanks.

-I had a dealer tell a player who asked to switch two seats to the right after the button passed him if that was cool. Dealer says yes. Player is now sb waiting for the button to pass so he can move. As dealer is about to deal the first card he informs the player he has to move to the cutoff and post another bb after he just posted. Player does it anyways. Full disclosure: I was too high to comment at the time I just kind of looked on in shock haha. I am now as well so I hope this came out coherently haha. I don't want to mention the dealer by name but if anyone wants to pm I can clarify.


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Last edited by Rapini; 06-06-2017 at 07:59 AM.
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06-07-2017 , 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by AA Suited
anyone receive their gold streak bonus today?
(I haven't )
I assume you mean the portion we get about every 2 weeks? I still have the pamphlet, and for some reason this week is skipped - I can't remember if it's next week or actually skips 2 weeks, but clearly thought "I wonder why they're skipping?"
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06-07-2017 , 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by BMoreE
I assume you mean the portion we get about every 2 weeks? I still have the pamphlet, and for some reason this week is skipped - I can't remember if it's next week or actually skips 2 weeks, but clearly thought "I wonder why they're skipping?"
It's not every two weeks. I was similarly perplexed when I tried to get mine this past Sunday, but apparently it's on the first and third week of every month.

Now, I am platinum and on Sunday they told me that the streak bonus was going to be available on Monday morning. Maybe golds may have a slightly different timetable or something. Check again with Live Rewards to make sure.
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06-09-2017 , 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by BMoreE
I assume you mean the portion we get about every 2 weeks? I still have the pamphlet, and for some reason this week is skipped - I can't remember if it's next week or actually skips 2 weeks, but clearly thought "I wonder why they're skipping?"
they also skip Aug 7
wtf tricky schedule?
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06-12-2017 , 09:39 AM
any more info on the upcoming live legends II tournament series in July?
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06-12-2017 , 02:28 PM
Anyone know if the ac is back on?


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06-12-2017 , 04:30 PM
Last night when I left at 2AM, temperature had gone back down to normal.
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06-19-2017 , 12:46 PM
Are the results of Live! 100k god multi flight tournaments posted anywhere?

Anyone know the rough payout percentages for this tournament?
Thanks.
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06-20-2017 , 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by flopshot
any more info on the upcoming live legends II tournament series in July?
Saw this when browsing around Twitter: https://twitter.com/golfpokerpro/sta...53408631844865

Looks like a decent schedule, will definitely try to play a few events if I don't go busto in Vegas the week before.
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06-24-2017 , 07:28 PM
about how many players for day 2?
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06-27-2017 , 12:20 AM
Has anyone noticed that the 100k that Live has every month (including this past weekend) is a 390+60? This seems ridiculous.
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06-27-2017 , 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Crazy Joe Davola
Has anyone noticed that the 100k that Live has every month (including this past weekend) is a 390+60? This seems ridiculous.
should be 390+35 with $10 add-on for dealers?
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