All good, you are correct that it has lost a lot of popularity...used to get 3-4 tables on the weekend and now only 1. Doesn't run on weekdays any longer.

visiting my bro in Florissant, CO.. any poker rooms in the area? Looks like Midnight Rose is close by seems to be closed down.. any possible home games? Fly in the night of the 26th and fly out on the 29th.

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I’ve been up to Blackhawk several times in the past couple months and have been frustrated with the lack of predictability for getting an Omaha game going. Any ideas on how to get something set up on a more regular/predictable basis? For example, Wednesdays as PLO day or something to that effect.

So I was playing in a 1-3 NL game at Bally's on Saturday, and sadly, my QQQQ was beaten by a K high straight flush. Unfortunately, we were playing in the only poker room in Blackhawk that does not have a bad beat. Thankfully, we both won whatever the Monte Carlo payouts were for our hands.

Has anyone ever experienced a worse bad beat than that?

Just for reference, I started playing live poker in August of 2004, and average about 80 days per year. I hit my first bad beat in February of 2017 when my KKKK beat AAAKK for $9K. It took 12.5 years to get that first one out of the way. Then it took 4.5 years for me to hit another hand that would qualify for a bad beat on 9/11/2021. So 2 bad beat hands in 17 years.

Would you say 2 bad beat qualifiers falls within expected variance of playing 17 years?

In 8 years of dealing 40 hrs/week, I dealt 2 hands that would qualify for a bad beat. One was quads over quads (both players had pocket pair) and one was straight flush over straight flush (both players had suited connectors). Both were dealt in a room that had no bad beat jackpot.

Two bad beats over 17 years playing seems to fall in the expected range.

I'm likely moving to CO soon. How are the games here in general, and are any of the casinos better than the others? I'm a predominantly 1/3 player, but I'll dabble in 2/5 every now and then.

Monarch is the best room right now. Ameristar gets good action too, but their staff sucks and it’s dark and dingy in there.

Welcome!

I don't go up much, but in addition to what Jstarda wrote, Bally's (the old Golden Gates) is the tournament room, if you're interested in that.

Thanks J.E.

I haven't been to Monarch yet (mostly because I'd feel like a sellout leaving Bally's) but Bally's has had very juicylicous action since Colorado went no limit. Players are going bonkers losing their future retirement funds. It's quite incredulous! My 2 recommendations would be Bally's and Monarch. Isle is hanging on by a thread and does not have good action or table selection (1 NL game only is common) and Ameristar is old news (like an old mining town that died over the ages).

So there you have it folks.

Thanks all! Looking forward to seeing you on the tables.

Jesus is the series almost over? Blackhawk has been a ghost town since end of August.

If one can work remotely from anywhere in the U.S. or World, where would you relocate to for a great poker scene? I'm looking..

Apparently everyone's moving to TX (or has done so already).

Hahaha. Ghost town? You must not play NL

You only play Monarch aye?

Local angle on WSOP Main Event final table: Chase Bianchi used to deal at Gates and play Astar until he moved to Maryland 5 or so years ago. Friendly guy, he’s also Wizard-50 or something like that on 2+2 (I don’t think he posts here anymore though)

Unfortunately we won’t ever beat him because he has jeebus on his team

Even that magnificent beard wasn’t enough to overcome getting it in dominated. But great run Chase!

How are the roads driving back down to Denver in light to medium snow during winter months? I have a Nissan altima with standard tires

Standard all weather tires.... not a good idea. Drinking and playing for hours before you make the attempt home on standard all weather tires will turn into a game of Bumper Cars.

Is Bally's starting a 1-3 BigO8 game in the coming weeks? That's the news I heard

The way this year is shaping up, I wouldn't worry too much about snow accumulation on the roads, especially in the lower elevations of Clear Creek Canyon. That said, if the roads seem especially slippery, I would advise against taking U.S. 6 due to the risk of sliding into oncoming traffic. I'll always take my changes on I-70 due to having minimal risk of head-on collisions. There is a lot more roadway acting as a buffer in the event you get into a spinout.

No sudden braking, accelerating, sharp wheel turns, and you should be fine. Gear down to avoid the need for braking at all.

-RidePOLARIS

Anyone know when a big tournament series is coming through Blackhawk? Looking for $1000-$25000 buy ins. Looks like heartland poker tour is no more.

Mspt 1100 main event in 2 weeks

Where’s that at?