bump

any nice changes made?

also, how often do sngs run, and what is the fee like?

the 1/2 game at Star is now a 200 buy in which makes it a deeper, better game. standard of play is still variable. I've found Saturday afternoon can be brilliant, with day tripping pensioners etc.

weekday afternoons are full of regs and far tougher. weekend evenings, it's worth changing tables because the variance is stunning sometimes. plenty of drunk fish

2/5 table very loose and suits a patient TAG.

wait time is normally OK for 1/2 but often there aren't enough 2/5 spots

not too sure about SNGs

is it worth playing 1/2 at star city if we can buy in for 100bb? Or is the rake still too obscene?

rake is $5ph table charge and then 10% of pots max of $8.

100BB still goes pretty quickly with 4+ limpers and callers on every flop. Nobody likes to fold. I normally take 2 or 3 buy ins for add ons.

not to mention how much starcity is butchering the place with the renovations to accomodate more slot machines/bacarat tables or somthing,feels more like a RSL club now imo. Pretty sure they don't have SNGs

Bump, anyone been around there lately? Do they have sitngo's? If so what are the fee and stakes like?

LOL at anyone thinking poker can compete with slots.

10 banks of slots > 10 poker tables by thousands per day in Aus.

prob best 500nl game on planet

not saying a poker room can compete with slots, but it's kind of ridiculous that they've plastered every corner with slot machines most of which are not being played anyway. well damn i miss the old poker area , right in front of ur face as soon as you got up the escalator with 2 bars, food, balcony, toilets all within 5m. The new room sucks **** imo , anyone know if its here to stay? i remember hearing it was only temporary when it was first built.

Star city in Sydney runs a P/L Omaha high $1/2$ game Fri and Sat nights, (Sat is best) kicks of about 2100hours but most players just play N/L holdem until table is ready, they like to fill as many of those as possible as the casino makes more money on those i suppose. Buy in is between $100 and $300. They also run a $5/$5 PLO Omaha game that has a $500 buy in that the pros play, the $1/2$ game is soft I suppose, anyhow I find I can come out ahead most times which is more than I can say for my N/L Holdem play. Very good game. Commission is capped at 10% or $10 and there is a $5 hourly timecharge

What's the traffic like on a friday night? I'm heading there around 10pm with a couple of friends. Am I staring down the barrel of a 2 hour wait?

10pm will be fine they will be keeping tables open

but i think getting there around midnight-1am could be bad because they might be trying to close some tables

I am heading down to Sydney for a couple months and was hoping someone could provide a little more detail with respect to games at Star City.

From what I can tell from this thread, there is a 1/2 and 2/5 game (200 max buy in and 500 (?) for the 2/5). Do they have a 5/5 or 5/10 game? Do the 2/5 games run every day/night? I'm just trying to get an idea of what games there are so I can get a sense of how much Aus Dollars I should bring.

Impressed: From memory they have 1-2 (200 max), 2-5 (500 max), 5-10 (not sure about 5-5 i know they had it but not sure if now) NL.

The games run every day, when i've been there on friday night or on the weekend all the games were running. Usually a few tables of the higher limits and lots of tables of 1-2.