It's 1 bet and 3 raises. On the first betting round, the big blind (or the bring in for stud) counts as the 1 bet.

Am I correct that max bet is 500 and you can bet 500 regardless of pot size?

In the 3/5 game. In the 2/3 game, the max bet is $300.

Would a player accustomed to NL feel hamstrung by the betting structure?

I don't find it a big problem in the 3-5 game with the 1k max buyin - it's a a lttle different when 5-10 goes (not much recently) and stacks are bigger.

And at 2/3 it is never a problem since the max buy-in is $300 and two players would need at least $800 and get into a big pot together for someone wanting to bet more than $300 and have it potentially affect the betting size.

Also note that different casinos in the area have different rules for spread limit regarding # of raises allowed and stuff like that.

I do not feel you find true no limit in any of the lower blind games do the fact of the limit buy in is set. So if you want to talk no limit or play no limit there has to be no restictions on the size of player buy ins. Let the players deciede on the risk of loss. There should only be a minimum buy in.

Most of us agree with that, but don't control the structure of the games

Why can you bet 1k/hand blackjack at CAZ but only 500 for poker?

The house has to be concerned about the long term viability of the games. I'm pretty sure the $500 bet cap & buy-in caps are good for the games, keeping some players in action far longer than they would last in an uncapped NL environment.

You can see the end results in how hard it is to get a 5-10 going nowadays. Back in the $150 bet cap days it was very common to have a full 5-10 and a must move going at the same time. Of course if the economy was better, it would obviate all of this, if real estate comes roaring back you'll have full high stakes games in all categories.

As I understand it, under the compact, the casino is very restricted on the number of tables that can offer a bet of that size, and they sure aren't going to waste them on poker which earns them no additional money for higher bet sizes.

Edit: I'm a little off here. The amount is listed in the compact amendment between the tribes and the state in 2009 and it is different for blackjack and poker. See section 3m here https://gaming.az.gov/sites/default/...entGeneric.pdf

The number of tables limitations is determined by stakes. Only ten $500 max bet tables for poker are permitted. Only ten $1000 max bet tables for blackjack are permitted.

Yes thats what happens people loose to much at one play and before you know it no more games.

Latest high stakes scam is for a high stakes player to suddenly remember, upon the breaking of his current game, that he should have been first up for some other game but his name had mysteriously fallen off list. Same guy remembered twice on last three days that his name fell off list at least 2 hours prior.

Angles like this will just continue till they replace their awful system.

I'm guessing the next game is not 3/5 as its regs spend more time watching the list than they do the action.

Same person twice? Time to speak to a senior manager. I don't think changing to Bravo is going to fix this, could be wrong.

AND, an all-in raise of half or more of the previous bet or raise reopens the betting for the original bettor.

If A bets 100 and B goes all in for 150 or more C calls B, A can re-raise.
If A bets 100 and B goes all in for 149 or or less C calls B, A cannot re-raise.

If if becomes heads-up before the cap is reached then the cap on number of raises is removed.( some rooms the round has to start heads up for the cap to be removed, not the case at TSR)
Another thing to remember( all games)
You can add to your stack (between hands)for any amount up to the max buy-in as many time as you like as long as you have at least one chip.
There are no short buys if felted.
Once you go all in( and lose...) you must then come in for the minimum for the limit to continue to play.

Yesterday was one of the big high-hand promos w/ the room packed and today it was a ghost town. Employee consensus is that 'everybody' was all pokered out. I think that they ought to offer the promo once/wk and have it on each of the days of the week by turn so that people who can't get there on a particular day (like me) get a shot at it.

The yellow chip promotion is no longer running.

Or until the floor people wise up. 2 hours? Sorry, bub, bottom of the list.

New chairs are in, boys and girls.

Description so I don't have to wait another 2-3 weeks for whenever I make it back?

Rolling chairs?

Adjustable seat?

Same as always?

New chairs don't swivel/roll/adjust etc..similar to the old ones just newer and more cushion.

Definitely more stylish. More comfortable too but they sit much higher than previous ones and will take some getting used to.

Wow you guys should go on boycott. Those are banquet chairs again. They are saying fy. We do not care what we do to your health come give us your money.
sick sick sick they must hate their customers.