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Originally Posted by ladybruin
Aquaholik or anyone else that played,
Can you add a "trip report"? What time did you get there, how long did you play, were most pots limped pre-flop, what size were most pre-flop raises, raises usually take it down preflop, 3 bet frequency, etc.?
I got to the room around 6-6:30 pm, but had to wait for about 30 minutes for another game to start up, as I was 7th on the waiting list when I got there. Idk if you can call in, but I would recommend doing so, so as to not waste time.
I played from 7-11 pm, there's hardly any limped pots, standard opening raise was about $10 75% of the time, plus one bb for each limper, but there was the occasional open raise for 5x even 6x without any limpers prior. The 3 bets were not frequent at all.
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Originally Posted by FromACtoLV
So 3 people at the table had $100 more than the max buy in and the others had $200 less than the max buy in and that is shark infested? I'm not trying to be rude, I just don't understand your thinking.
Stack size doesn't always have a correlation with skill level. And yes, as lady bruin pointed out, I was making a point how much bigger the games play, as opposed to a regular 1/2 game.
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Originally Posted by ladybruin
Not to answer for him, but I read it differently than you. His second paragraph begins by talking about how much deeper 1/3 plays than 1/2. I play 1/2 off the strip, never have I seen someone buy-in for $500 even when available. It is also a blue moon when someone buys in for $300. I think he was saying "this is not your Grandpa's regular off the strip 1/2 game".
Yes, ty
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Originally Posted by psandman
I was there this morning. at 4:30AM they had three games.
I would not necessarily say the games were shark infested. But there were no casual players in the room. Everyone there was a poker player.
My game was not nitty (I was told one of the three was). Limped pots were not common but did happen from time to time. I will not be going back as I can find weaker competition ...... and I need weaker competition. I am not afraid of the players who were there ..... but I don't see this as a good situation. At my table there was only one player I considered weaker than myself. I am not a very good player .... but i am good at knowing who is better than me.
+1. Yeah maybe I went over the top with shark infested, but there are definitely no casual players.
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Originally Posted by pig4bill
Wat? You expected it to be mostly tourists? Tourists don't play in promotions that require 20 or 30 hours in a week.
Not really, expected it to attract mostly regs, but also bad regs. There's hardly any of the latter.