ehhh, it's just a guy who has trouble with losing a big pot so makes himself and his ego feel better by pointing out how he was right and the other guy was wrong and wants everyone to see that's really quite good despite the loss. happens all the time.

it's wishful thinking during the slow time of the year to pop the minimum up. The room is already slower than usual during this time of year.

Spontaneous 5/10 popped off last night around 3am or so, don't know how long it ran, but action was pretty insane.

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I'd like the min to go up to 300. Don't think you'll really lose too many players. I think most of the budget types moved down to 1/2 when they raised the max. People will still buy in for the min to try to hit a big score.

You definitely were not at the same 2/5 table as me the other night then. lol I was there Friday night, craziest table I've ever played on.... I played for about 5 hours, every hand was straddled to 10, I'd guess 118 out of the 120 or so hands I saw had a MINIMUM preflop raise of $30.00, with usually 2 to 4 callers (Would legit guess maybe 2-3 hands total didn't make it to the flop all night, even with those raises).....minimum postflop bet was usually $40 to $60 and I saw MULTIPLE calls on the river of over $100.00 with just ace or king high... There was these two huge fish that just kept going at non-stop raising and re-raising each other with nothing.. If nothing else it was fun to watch, and very profitable if you actually hit some hands.

Also, about the $200.00 min buy-in. I hope they keep it at that..Usually throughout the night there's a few fishes that buy in for 200, lose, rebuy once maybe twice and leave... $200.00 is still enough to matter and think it probably accounts for 10-20% of the players on the 2-5 tables and 90% of the time are fishes.... It's not like a $1-2 table where someone is only buying in for $40 and it's just pointless... All they are doing is hurting themselves buying in that low in my opinion. No real profits if you hit a monster and no real ability to get someone off a hand if you miss. Let em stay, I'll take someones money $200.00 at a time all day everyday.

I love the guys that post on here saying up the min to 300.00 when they are minbuyers themselves....

Did it ever occur to you that maybe he wants to buy in for the minimum AND for he wants to buy in $300?

Oh, never thought of that did you?

I like it. Sounds like a Monty Python bit.

He may also be interested in a fish license.

(No offense to the owner of the balls I'm busting, btw. I honestly have no idea who we're talking about.)

Someone mentioned that Omaha tables are taking all the high hand money. Why is that? Is it different than up here in Jax where you have to flop it to be high hand eligible?

They are not taking all of it, just a disproportionate amount. There is no rule that you have to flop it in Omaha. Their justification is that you have to use 2 cards in Omaha, and only 1 in Holdem...lol.

Oh and their other justification is that the qualifier for Omaha is quads, while for Holdem it's aces full of jacks...double lol.

Coming down here week after next and playing a couple nights. What's the 2/5 max buyin? Not planning on playing it in particular, just curious (don't really want to get in weird straddle battles making it 5/T a lot. If this doesn't happen, tell me). Does my player's card I got from playing at the Hard Rock in Ft. Lauderdale work here? How are the games in general, or does the poker room just suck in all shapes and forms?

This thread has an FAQ (first post of the thread) that answers at least one of your questions.

Very good for both my buyin and player card questions thanks

Nah, the room doesn't suck, just the promotions. Lack of actual rules can be a problem also with supervisor rulings and such, but if you know what you're doing and protect yourself, then you should be fine. Plenty of poor players, especially on weekends, and plenty of tables to choose from at 1/2 and even 2/5.

2/5 200-1K
5/10 500-2500

night games are going to be better than day games with better selection, however it's the slow time of year for the room. 5/10 will go every Friday/Saturday and sometimes during the week, but not lately. Yes, the player cards work the same, but you can not combine the comps. They are separate for each facility.

Here's a question I was thinking about.. When someone gets a "hot seat" pay out, do they still tip the dealer? I would think so just on principle/practice but was wondering because technically your not even dealt anything for it and the folks up front actually put you in the seat.

I'd hate to be wondering what to do when I hit it tonight.

Most people don't ime. I'd say maybe ~20% of the people I've seen win it tip, but the sample size isn't that big. Someone asked a dealer at a table I was at if they get tipped for the high hands and he said maybe half the time, but he obv has an incentive to increase the percentage.

For me it would depend on the dealer tbh...if it was someone I like I'd prob throw them $20. The dealer that was asked above was one of them fwiw, so maybe that's also part of the reason he has a higher percentage.

Why does the website still have July tourney sked posted? Anything more current that I cant find?

Weird. Yesterday they had August & September posted, as well as the promos & a link to the blog. You can find the latest info on the blog site:
http://shrtpoker.com/

This morning early (Monday morning) we had another confusion about whether $500 chips play in 2/5NL. A player put one out in his stack, the dealer said it didn't play. A few of us questioned that, and the dealer said they just put it out in a meeting two days ago that they don't play. A supervisor was called, just to clarify, and after some back and forth, here is what allegedly the "official" policy is:

if you come to the table with a $500 chip, you can have it as part of your stack, and it plays. Of course, it must be visible. But lets say you bet with the $500 chip, and it goes into the pot. If you win the pot, and get the $500 chip back, then it continues to play, and you can keep it in your stack. However, if you lose the pot, and the $500 chip is passed with the pot to a different player, then the $500 chip no longer plays, and it must be turned into the dealer who will break it for the new "owner". I know that sounds weird, but that is exactly what the rule is. The $500 chips play for the first person to bring them to the table, but not for people who acquire them by winning a pot.

Then to confuse the issue more, the supervisor said that they don't play at all during the day shift, but that "they" (I think meaning the supervisors) are "working" on getting them to play all the time.

Then, a couple of dealers later, a new dealer sits down, and calls for a supervisor without telling anyone why. The supervisor shows up, and the dealer goes "there's a $500 chip; it doesn't play and needs to be broken". The supervisor goes "yes, it does play, as long as the it stays with the first person who brought it to the table". As you might expect, the dealer has a pretty confused look on his face, and says "OK".

So I suspect you will still encounter various rulings on the $500 chip depending on what time you play, who the dealer is, and who the supervisor is.

On another note, I learned today that Scott Foxworth, the official THR 2+2 rep, is no longer working for the THR. I haven't noticed that they've replaced him with any other rep for this forum. And they said the poker director's office was moved from where it was near the poker room to upstairs with the executive suites, wherever that is.

I tipped the brush who brings you the money for hot seat. they are the hardest workers other than the custodians who sincerely appreciate a toke when cleaning up around the table.

They actually had a meeting about the $500 chip situation and created more confusion.

How hard is it? No need for any denomination bigger than a hundo at capped 2/5.

Chop it up immediately for anyone who feels the need to bring one to the table.

Problem solved.

I was at a 2/5 game Friday evening when a guy colored up $1000 in red, and specifically requested-- and was given-- two $500 chips. Incidentally, he had zero blacks, a couple hundred more in red, and $150 in green, so of course those 500's were well warranted. But he was drunk and gambling, so I say give him whatever he wants-- especially since one of those 500's was funded by me on a cute little KJJ flop having AJ vs. his KJ, but hey, at least he only had 100 bb's at the time. Poker is fun for ev-ry-one.

why is there any need to do anything with the 500 chips in the first place? its a chip the casino has. it should play on every table in the casino. seems pretty simple.

Are the FAQ still accurate?
Will I be able to find a 2/5 and probably a 5/10 PLO game the last Friday of September?