well i'm currently travelling around the states for work and been lurking in the B&M to find cardrooms. Contemplating to drive 8-10 hrs to AC for the long w/end, i decided to stay put and try out the poker palace.
http://www.thepokerpalace.net
Ambience:this place is a bingo parlor that coverts to a poker room on some days, Saturday and Tuesdays, they have a 'dedicated' poker room of about 6 tables and during tournaments, they put poker tops on normal tables. They have 4 small TV's in each corner of the poker room, there doesn't seem to be any drinks service - i was only there for 45mins
Spread: they run 1-2 NL (100-300 BI), 2-5 NL (200-1000 BI), 5-10NL (300-2000 BI). I got there a bit before 1pm on Saturday and they only had 3 games of 1/2 open. Most people brought in for 100-200
Rake: $8 per 30 mins for donation + $2 @ 10% for bad beat bonus + tips! Hence the reason i only stayed for 45 minutes. Apparently they normally have a 2/5 game later in the evening so might try that out - the rake is the same throughout the different blinds
Competition: It is a fairly soft game, most would see the flop, barely any would c-bet, people would call with mid pair and overlook 4 card straights/flushes etc.
If anybody has a home game around this area and need another person i would love to join, i'm here until monday where i have to drive to whitesville, nc. If not i guess i'm just hoping a 2/5 game starts there tonight. I'm willing to drive a couple of hrs for a game.