Yesterday was full of ups and downs. I ran my stack up to 1100 from 200 then lost a few big pots to end the day down 174$. All in all not too bad.

@flopdanuts: there were 2 monster plo hands that I won. The whale was tilted and was in no mood to fold any 4 cards preflop. I looked down at AAQ3 single suited and got it in with him for 2150 and a third player came in for 800ish. I scooped. Then I got AA87 single suited and got it in with the whale for 2500 each preflop. Scooped again. His hands were 4 unpaired somewhat connected like J974 and 4579 or something. To be honest I don't remember.

Back at it today to try and claim my 10k week. Gl us

Mission completed ladies and gentleman. I played two sessions yesterday. One short holdem session in the morning. It was brief because I brought a friend to the card room to interview for a dealing position. He hung around for a bit after as I turned a 325$ profit in a couple hours.
We then went back to my spot where we talked strategy and played 2 heads up sit n go's. First holdem which I didn't play well but ended up winning in a flip. The second we played half plo and half no limit 2-7 lowball single draw. Scooped that too when my friend shoved a 23472 drawing hand against my pat J and I held.
The second session was a plo game with the usual suspects in it. No whale due to him being temporarily banned for acting innapropriately in the card room. Anyways it was a very swingy plo session. I coasted up 1k like it was going to be a cake walk of a session. Then came the run bad where I got stacked time and time again. Right as I'm about to leave 6 hours into the session I go on a massive heater and go from being stuck 1400 to being 1850 winner in the span of about 45 minutes.
Although I have met my 10k goal for the week I still plan on heading out to the card room to grind out some 1-2 nl with the nitty old folks. #wholovesmore #two10kweeksinonemonth #4-20-2015willberemembered

Very nice! I guess the massive tilt finally got the best of him. Any idea on reinstatement date?

I have no idea, but My guess would be a month.

Uneventful day. I played about an hour of 1-3 nl and about 30 minutes of 1-2 nl. No action so I cashed in my chips for another day. 35$ winner buys dinner

All this time in card rooms the past few weeks has finally caught up to me. Flu like symptoms, dizziness, and nasea have me on the sidelines for now. Hoping it's just an24 hour bug.

Gotta get better for the weekday games!
I played Friday night and won a little over 1100. Looks like the temp ban is til May 7

What games were running friday? When I was there it was just 1-2 nl and 1-3 nl. Did they ever get a PLO?

PLO started around 6:30 or so and went til pretty late. A second 1/3 opened up as well. Also the small 100 buy in 5k tourny

Big time shout out to King Tut in the WPT 15k Championship. Glglglglgllglglgl

Great lineup in the card room today. 2 tables opened by 1030am and are both full. There's a former NFL player in the game, some friends, and some local regs. Great times.

What are the blinds in plo, and what is typical buy in?

The PLO is a 1-2-5 bringin. Buyin is 100 min and uncapped after that. Some people buy in for 100, some for 200, some for 500, some 1000, sometimes deeper.

TY.

Is the famous NFL player you mentioned earlier a former Super Bowl MVP Safety who has a road sign celebrating a nearby town as his place of birth?

Think I know who it is, passed it on my cycle to Creek Ent from Tallahassee last year...

Don't think it's JB

I wasn't thinking of that player, this player played for the Bucs, Bungles, Cardinals and the famous Quincy "Shanks" whose name I just love.

Subbed. I play occasional 1/2 at the Isle. Love that place!

Idk if I'm supposed to be naming people in this thread, so I won't do so... but I'll hint that he went to FAMU and was drafted by the Steelers in the 4th round.

Hey all! So I recently got back from my week in Jax/S Florida. I figured I'd do a little blurb of my thoughts here, since this will be one of the most likely place people will look for S Florida info if they search the forums.

We basically did Mon:Jax, Tue-Sun: Plantation, and then Mon: Jax again.

I've been to Best Bet Jax many times, so I'll just share my thoughts about the S Florida rooms as a first timer -

I went to Isle, Hialeah Park, Gulfstream, HardRock Hollywood. The only room I regret not checking out was Coconut Creek, but it just didn't line up with my schedule.

Isle - Definitely my favorite room of the trip. Comps seemed to be the best, room was comfy and spread out, tables were nice, room was bright. It helped that I was there the same night Multi-Action-Poker debuted, so I got to watch Micheal Mizrachi play that for a while. There was a also a sick 2k-uncapped 10/25 NL going near the front where multiple people were sitting on 20k+.

I will say I've never ran worse in a room.
enough BBV

Hialeah - This room had the nicest chips, tables, and cards. The room itself was also very clean and nice-looking. HOWEVER, I was the only one at my table who didn't speak spanish. The dealer and all the players were constantly communicating in spanish the entire time I was there. The dealer spoke to floor in spanish, and almost all the commercials on the house radio were spanish. I have absolutely nothing against other ethnicities, but I just didn't feel comfortable being the only one out of the loop at all times. The actual casino also had little to no dining options and was in a rougher part of town. I was creaming my pants over the niceness of the chips and tables (compared to the other rooms), but the language barrier and lack of dining will likely keep me from here in the future.

Gulfstream - This room was absolutely in the nicest area. Less than 2 miles from the 3rd biggest mall in the country, 2 miles from the beach. The area was loaded with everything I love in a city - beach, vast shopping options, vast dining options, etc. The fact that it wasn't surrounded solely by old liquor stores and empty overgrown lots for 5 miles each direction was a HUGE plus for me. The room itself was the epitome of decent. I don't even remember much about it because it was so decent. Not bad and not good. That said, I had absolutely no problem of any kind here, and would likely return due to its great location. The players seemed to mostly be older (which is saying a lot in Florida), so that's something to consider.

HardRock Hollywood - I'm not going to lie, this room was one of the biggest letdowns of the trip. Having been to the HardRock in Tampa, my expectations were sky-high. The room was cramped, dark, too warm, and just generally unattractive in every way. You also have to go outside the casino to get to the room, which I feel loses so much potential when it comes to gamblers playing on a whim. Most of the players here seemed like regs, and I just didn't feel like this was a room I'd ever return to, barring great promos. IIRC the comps were on the low side as well.



Overall - I currently live in an area where the closest room in 4 hours away, and I have a job where I can work anywhere, so I'm looking to relocate mostly for poker. I am strongly considering S Florida, as that is really the only destination that makes sense for me. I hate the cold (so nothing north of VA), Vegas is 2,200 miles from everyone I've ever known, and California REALLY isn't my scene.

That said, I was a bit let down by the choices in S Florida. Having played at Borgata, MD Live, and all the Tier 1 Vegas spots (hell, even HR Tampa), I guess I was expecting a bit more. I feel like all the card rooms in S Florida are C+ rooms or worse, and fine with that. I wasn't really expecting an "A", like Borgata, Wynn, Vene, Aria - but I was expecting at least one room on the level of HR Tampa or higher. S Florida is like what AC would be without Borgata, basically. I'm just extremely surprised someone with big money hasn't ponied up and opened a flagship Casino/Resort (ala Borgata) in S Florida, it's seems the market is GAPING.

I also posted this here to get second opinions. Maybe I'm completely wrong or just went on a bad week. Please feel free to disagree or call me an idiot. I obviously want as much information as possible before I decide on where to relocate to!

Keep in mind, you were there in off season. I enjoyed the games the past month while at the isle, you are spot on with hardrock. I'd give it a second go during season. I'm about to travel to Vegas and la, but likely will return to s florida after that.

I played at all those places in February and March for two weeks. I only played 1/2 and didn't play enough sessions at each place to really say but my favorite place was Hard Rock Hollywood. It seemed there was more action and dead money there.

I only played once at Hialeah and it was early in the day during the week when they had high hands so it could have been better during peak hours. I could see how this place would be intimidating to someone that doesn't speak or understand Spanish.

I also only played one session at Gulfstream. I didn't go back due to the promotional cut. They were dropping the promotional side just like rake instead of $2. A $50 pot would be cut 5+5. I'm pretty sure they cut an additional dollar to run it twice. I ran OK and won that session but I don't think the game is beatable in the long run with that much coming off the table in a $200 cap game.

I didn't play any at Coconut Creek. I played at West Palm Kennel Club and the games were soft but were $200 cap. Played one session at Mardi Gras and didn't go back because I just didn't like the atmosphere or the action.

My favorite poker room in South Florida was Hard Rock Hollywood and Isle Pompano would be a close second. I would just check Bravo and see which had the best high hand promotions and go there.

Planned an impromptu trip to biloxi this weekend. Got in, had a great dinner at Half Shell, and found 5 1-3 nl games running in the poker room. Hoping the action picks up this weekend but with the Wsopc tournaments going on in New Orleans it isn't too likely. I'll update if anything exciting goes down.

Played 0 hands of poker in Biloxi. Instead hit outlets, the shed, half shell, Mary mahoneys, and layed by the pool. My fiancé loved every second if it and have some additional bargaining chips when it comes to my wsop this summer.

Next trip is Tampa this weekend. For now back to Gretna for some whale hunting. Gl us

You Vegas bound this summer ?