Just got back from a 4 day trip to Vegas, played 2/5 at the Wynn, Venetian, Hard Rock, & MGM. As usual, I thought the best games (i.e., worst players) were at the MGM. Played at the Wynn one night & met a couple of locals who told me about a new game being played at the Hard Rock--below are the written RULES of the game!

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“TRASH TALKING” TUESDAYS AT THE HARD ROCK LAS VEGAS
Brought to you by Sanford the Donkey, Charlie and David
exclusively at the Hard Rock Hotel Poker Lounge
Main Game at TABLE 15

Every Tuesday night from 8pm until midnight!

Rules of the SO SO SICK game...

SLOW ROLLiNG ENCOURAGED!

Bad sportsmanship enforced.

Rude dealer expected.

No Limit Hold-em: Blinds $2 and $5

MANDATORY Hard Rock Straddle on the Button
$10 minimum up to an optional $100

Buy in $200 min to $3000 max

Recommended SHOT for everyone at the table whenever a full house wins (winner not included).

Seven Deuce bounty: $10 paid by every active player (unless missed blind button) to anyone who wins pot with pocket 7-2 any suit.

Spread the word! Obnoxious donkeys wanted!

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FYI: I think I was the only tourist at the table, and though I'm not inferring / suggesting that any collusion was going on, definitely most of the people at the table were locals and friends &/or at least knew one another.

VERY fun game, though the locals didn't do anywhere near the amount of trash talkin' that I did. It was their game, yet somehow I was the biggest loudmouth at the table, even though being loud & obnoxious is supposedly the whole idea behind the game.

Though it's supposedly a 2/5 game, it plays like a 5/10 and I'd say about half the table bought in for between $1,000-$3,000. My initial $500 buy-in was not enough to compete. Had a ton of fun but walked away a loser.

Next time your in Vegas definitely stop by the Hard Rock on Tuesdays, & by the way, very nice room! Second best poker table seats ever (1st place goes to the seats at the Borgatta in A.C.), well-illuminated tables, perfectly positioned TVs, all-in-all a very nice (though small) poker room, plus tons of young hotties everywhere!

Yo' "Pride" - deadheads for holdem' unite! See you on the Spring tour,East Coast.

Game sounds rockin' but a little over my bankroll. Oh well.

AW

I will be staying away on Tuesdays...

That sounds like a fun ass game to get drunk, play and trash talk the s *** out of ppl. Next time I am in vegas I will def. check it out. I pl;ay a small home game thats like that with all the trash talking to I am pretty good at it and taking it.

Not proud of it but I was doing this (giving advice, telling ppl they didnt bet enough to get me off my draws then I would hit it) at PH when I was there. So not so much trash talking as much as giving advice but being that I was the drunk guy no one would listen to me or take my advice. I was talking to one of the dealers about it the next day adn asked him if i was being a d ick he told me it was more that I was drunk so no one was paying attention. And the only reason I was eveing giving the advice was because I was drunk and having fun.

But anyway that game Def seems fun.

At Commerce they call that "Every Day."

LOL.

Definitely hitting up Vegas one Tuesday this summer.

I will be staying away from the Commerce Every Day.

Wow, that is awesome. I want to deal that game!

lol i would do so well in that game

This probably also excludes the dealer:

would we need to come early to make sure we get a seat? was the table full at 8pm?

Rules says that rude dealers are expected
I want to deal this game too lol
prob worst tips ever but sounds entertaining

Eh, I'm not much of a drinker, but it'd be fun to deal a game where trash talk from the dealer was expected. Years of pent-up frustration avenged!

Even in that game they probably would frown on blazing up.

I would deal this game for free.