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Originally Posted by 3Rivers
Just got this update from the Bellagio Poker Facebook :
Bellagio Poker Room The new limit games have been a great success. There are currently three $40-$80 games, two $20-$40 games, and one $10-$20 game in progress. Bellagio is also offering double comp points for these games through February. Come down and join the action.
At one point it was 3 40/80 games, 3 20/40 games, and 2 10/20 games. An 80 game also got going late but I doubt there was still 3 40 games at the same time.
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Couple of thoughts:
Still not sure how this is all going to play out. I was initially hoping the 10/20 game just would never go and basically it would be the same crew playing slightly higher. I thought there was a chance of this because I really don't see any of the 8/16 regulars leaving the Venetian for the Bellagio. After tonight I am a lot less confident this will be the case.
If I still played live mostly, I would be slightly worried (more as a 20 player than 40). I like the time charge at 20 for a few reasons. One of which some of the 15 regulars aren't going to like, which is the stronger players are going to refuse to chop now. This might send people towards the 10/20, which as people alluded to would divide up the shrinking Bellagio limit population.
Last night the 20/40 game (at least the one I was in) played more like a 30 game than a 15. I talked to someone I'm friendly with at the 10 game for about 5 minutes and it seemed more like a 4/8 game than a 15 game (I guess it would have been a bad 4/8 game but you get the point). Like 60% of the table was strangers as where the next two levels are like 2 max per table most of the time. Granted it was one of the busier weekends on Vegas so I'm not sure on how much to infer from this although the 20 game being tougher is probably not a good sign.
I'm not sure what to think about the Venetian trying to steal the 15 game. Its a great move by them, but as was previously mentioned, I'm not sure splitting up the limit action between properties is the best answer. There just isn't the player pool for that. I suspect maybe the V does steal the 15 game and the 20 and 40 at the B becomes two varying degrees of toughness of the old 30 game.