I think this is already happening right now. Snookers seemed to decline alot since Black Friday anyways. Last Sunday there where only 59 people to play the $100 tournament.

It would be pretty sweet if we all could meet up on the opening day of Cadas. I always wondered who Atari Rob is and Who Screaming Asian is. as well as others

Yeah game is 50-300 buy-in. Just started playing again last week, game was pretty good as far as I could tell, a few 500+ stacks, lots of rebuying, lots of talking at tables, etc. They've had two tables running the nights I've played.

When I last played there during the summer of 2010 I thought the games were good but a little tougher than at the casinos. Not sure about now.

curious, what do you mean by clocking your play?

+1

People learning your tenancies after many sessions, why I move around after I feel people are starting to catch how tight I actually am lol.

LOL, I don't think I've played a hand of holdem since July. suiteddeuces got me hooked on PLO8 and heck even LO8 at greektown. I found there to be a huge gap between good O8 players and bad ones, which made it very low variance. Last August I started having friends coming up to me saying that I've been ignoring them, which is true since Black Friday I would grind during the afternoon and go out at night. After a few months of being social again I totally miss poker so I hope to get my grind back on, especially since I've drank away my bankroll the past two months. Hoping we could get a 1-3 PLO8 gaming at Cadas Room on the weekends. Im usually hanging out at the brewery down the road or every so often bringing down the house at Wellington with my rendition of "ride captain ride" by the blues image

Here is a web page I found about the announcement of Cada's room opening and there is also a Facebook link but since I don't have Facebook I can't check it out.
http://www.rounderspokerroom.com/default.asp

Booked

Apparently I need to learn plo8. Judging by this thread, it seems like there is tons of dead money.

@banana its the low and people sticking in pot size bets with just an 7 hi low and no redraw or going to the felt with AA high, the pampa game on Wednesday converted me.

@Jose nice find, hmmm the guys who ran the room at fountainview are running this. Well I will say that the old fountainview room looked nice at least. Never had an issue with the floor there, I think they do play around town. But that room was always dead, and I really don't hold much hope for the tournaments being any better then snookers

I heard a rumor that no one told the poker room that fountain view was closing. So they went to open up the poker room like any normal day and someone locked the whole building without telling anyone Anywho they seemed ok guys and ran things alright. At least they have a name to draw in business, I wish them luck.

Ah, that's what I figured but hadn't head that terminology before.

If you decide to go up to the heidelberg thursday send me a pm, i'll prolly be heading there around 1030.

Guys, you still have to remember that this is a charity poker room and still must follow the Michigan Gaming rules for millionaire party rooms. Bounty tournaments have not been allowed from the beginning and were re-clarified over a year ago with a bunch of other rule changes that they are not allowed.

As much as you like your turbo tourneys, it will be up to the room if they want to run them because they take up dollars towards the $15,000 max chip limit and they do not bring in much profit.

A room can make money on 3 nice cash games running at least 6-8 hrs. The bigger the cash game, the quicker the chips go, and if the BIG game only runs 5 hrs. because the chips are gone, it only made 5 hrs. worth of rake. I have made more money for charity's running 4 tables of $100 max. than i ever did running the big game.

Want you want is a room run as professional as possible, with consistent rulings and a floor that controls the room, the dealers and the players.

just my 2 cents

I haven't noticed a decline, I played the $50 last Friday I believe the field was >120.

And fwiw I once met screamin asian, he looks like the FTP ninja avatar.

From what i've seen tourneys are a cash cow, people that bust tend to jump on the cash game tables to try to recover their entry fee.

I talked to one of the guys who said he used to run Rounders. I think this is the same people right? he said that the Land lord didn't pay the rent. So the bank forclosed on the property and they where the ones who locked the door. He said he would of never closed it in the first place as he was making money.

of course i am sure i butchered the story up some how.

+1 to that!

Meh i could live with out antes. it just makes it so you have to open up your range with a bunch of calling stations. while the better player have to fight the luck boxes

Welcome back, bro. Glad to hear from you again!

+1 solid post, cash games are the money cows. They'd love to be able to fill the room with 1-2 and maybe a RxR 2-5 game. Charity rooms just can't run anything higher then 2-5 without selling the max chips.

What you said at the bottom is all they really need to do. Be professional and have consistent rulings and a room where the floor can control the dealers and players. I only went to Rounders maybe three or four times, but I never ran into an issue with the floor or noticed anything odd.

I got an email from a friend that said they already have a charity lined up for Thursday.

And no, it's not just because of the avatar. Okay, maybe a little.

Thanks, I like how this thread has evolved. Real glad some of you decided to hit up the WSOP event in Indiana. Besides the HPT, the Michigan tournament scene is pretty abysmal, which is sad because there is a huge player base.

I directed some friends to this thread from Facebook, sure enough one of the comments

"Love the picture, your hot"

Charity Room players don't know how to adjust to antes. Still need the 'good structure' part.

I only ask for antes cause it tilts me when someone (usually an old nit) get amazingly lucky to build a huge 50bb stack early on and sits on it til the blinds get to 5k/10k, if they are gonna sit around and wait for monsters, they should pay for it.

As much as I think it would make a better tournament, it would be a painful experience for both the dealers and players. Most of the players have no clue about an ante, and half of the dealers are bound to screw it up.

I agree. Antes only work online. The delay will dive you nuts.