Mixed game still running strong every Monday and it's America AF out here!

Any rooms in the Austin Area spread a regular PLO double board bomb only game, or half NL / PLO, half double board PLO bombs?

Looking for $10-$50 ante's

The Lodge used to get a $5 bomb pot only game running but I don't think it's run in quite some time.

I believe TCH Austin gets a half hold em, half bomb pot game that runs, pretty sure I've seen that on Poker Atlas a few times, but never played it so can't speak to how full or how long it runs.

TCH regularly runs ROE, one round HE, one or two rounds double board bomb pots. Typically changes to PLO DBBP's later in the night. Also when it's two rounds of BP the dealer is always told we're on the first round so we end up playing 3 rounds a lot.

I've seen it on the board at the lodge but never seen it run.

TampaKn1sh, I know you asked a year ago but there is a bigO tournament at the lodge on monday night, and cash games at Red star most Tue and Thur and 52 social on a random basis.

Go into red star and talk to Big E and at 52 social talk to Dean, get on their list and they will text you when the game is going to run.

Yup, never played the Big O tourney on Mondays, was usually my day off, and now I can't. I started a 10/20 dealers choice mixed game over a month ago at Georgetown Poker Club that starts Mondays at 7pm and has been running strong.

I've been to the Thursday Red Star game but lately it's been pretty tight/nitty and one of the guys who works there last week tripled up early and then cashed right out.

Dean plays in my Monday mix game and I've played in his games at 52 Social as well, but ty for the headsup, appreciate you trying to help out with the games that are running in the area!

How crappy is the area around the Lodge? I'm dealing their next tournament series and debating whether to drive down or fly and risk walking a mile each way to where I'm staying.

It's not bad at all.
Typical suburbia, Dell HQ a couple blocks away.
I wouldn't be scared of walking a mile to it from any direction.

It'll be warm(er) in August. An umbrella's portable shade could come in handy.

Tonight is another 10/20 Dealers Choice Mixed Game at Georgetown Poker Club! We play Badugi, Archie, 2-7 Triple Draw, Drawmaha and tons of variants inbetween.

Those with a monthly VIP membership pay NO time charges at all on Mondays and we've been playing until 5am many nights so it's an amazing value. Hope to see you there!

Looking to get a regular 1/2 PLO game going at Georgetown Poker Club with buyins of 200-500 and no match the stack or straddles to keep the game from getting bonkers.

If you're interested in playing please let me know what days/times work best for you!

I've just been hired as Director of Member Relations for Georgetown Poker. I'm going to be working on scheduling some regular "daily" tournaments and looking into our promotions and cash games offered.

Anyone in the area looking to see us do anything specific I can bring to ownership?

So you have given up playing to promote?

I still play and vlog as well, but putting a lot of time into helping the room come up with events, promotions and games to bring in additional members for games.

Sorry to say and JMHO, that is a bad look. Setting up promos and then benefitting from same is a bad look. Propping games and then playing in th3m.

I'm not being propped to play in their games, I cover my own buyins. I also play in other rooms as well. And I'm fine giving up my seat in any games I'm in if there's no open seats and another member of the club wishes to play.

I've been playing a fixed-limit 10/20 mixed game on Mondays that we started back in May and it's been running like clockwork since. I'm working on putting together a 1/1 PLO game on Fridays.

I'm trying to create games that aren't going to break people financially and are accessible to everyone rather than catering to those with the deepest pockets. I've seen the 1/2/5 PLO game at another room with people sitting 20-30 thousand deep because it permits match the stack and unlimited restraddles. So the player who shows up with 600 bucks realizes they have no shot and they just turn back around and walk out the door.

I'm trying to create sustainable games that are fun and provide options for more recreational players to try out new games without getting slaughtered by grinders.

Also gotta ask, how do you feel about Doug Polk, Brad Owen and Andrew Neeme being involved as owners in The Lodge and playing in games there?

Don’t really know all the specifics of them. Maybe an occasional one off ‘chance to pay with big name’ stream might be ok. Still not certain. But generally, I don’t think it is good form for them to play in their room either.

Btw, props always play on their money. Shills play on house money. There are a couple of types of props in poker. There is the old classic prop. He gets a low hourly to play in games but he risks his own stack to play. He has no say in what games he plays in. Generally must be transparent he is a prop. This doesn’t truly apply to you even though you do risk your own money n

Another, more recent use of the term, is where someone who sets up a game, calls or txts folks to get them there at set time, builds a starting list, usually but not always paid by house to do this. Sometimes but not usually if house is paying them, play in the game. This is use of the term I applied to you.

You are being paid to set up and get these games going. You can directly or indirectly set the line up (find a fish you want to play, id the game he wants to see, get such going at a time he wants to play). You may not be doing anything even slightly questionable but you could and eventually some one will think you are. Ev3n if they never say anything to you, they might talk to others.

I understand what you are trying to do. I will even support and encourage you to do it. I would love to see more stratification. We used to have 1/3, 2/5, and some 5/10 NLHE. Now it is all deep stack 1/3. Personally this game is quite profitable for me but it is also rather boring. Since I don’t play to pay my rent/food, I find myself playing much less than I used to. Even though both my poker and life rolls can afford to buy in for $1000 vs $300 or $500, it doesn’t mean I always want to.

But also I am only sharing how some may see what you are doing personally, I would do the promos and game building (if you need to sit at first to get a new game going, meh. But after at most couple times, sit out. If game can’t make on own by then let it die).

When you want to play, go to another room and play. But again, only Jmho. I see this like floors taking tips. Nothing wrong may be going on but it certainly can look bad. Especially to someone who doesn’t have any historical perspective.

You are being compensated to set up and build out promos. Do you benefit from them? Note even if you can’t win a promo, you might still benefit from them

Come on down to the lodge in the next half hour and jump in this awesome Big O tournament.

Can't make it tonight? It runs weekly on Mondays.

Highly recommend.

That's fair. FWIW, the Monday games are free of any time charges to members who have a monthly VIP membership, which is why I created the mixed game on Mondays as those games tend to be much slower to deal some games and that way the members are getting a good value for it.

Also, I don't build the list/restrict/select players. The mixed game is completely open to any members and is always scheduled for 7pm on Mondays, first-come, first-served. I played one or two rounds last night before another player showed up and I gave up my seat to allow them to play.

This mixed game was started in May and I've been playing it regularly, but only came onboard as an employee of the room last week. But my arrangement with the room was that I would also provide vlog content of the game on my channel, which is another reason why I play.

Unfortunately I'm tied up in the mixed game in Georgetown on Mondays so never got to play the Big O tourney. But I play the Wednesday PLO "freeroll" (which costs $245 if you get all the chips) and out of 11 attempts have made the final table 7 times (albeit two of those times bubbling the money unfortunately)

Got two 2nd place finishes (one playing it out, one ICM) and just took 5th last night in an ICM chop again. That tourney's been good to me.

I'm considering making a trip out to the US to play poker next year for a month or so, probably Texas (although LA, Vegas and Florida are also possibilities I guess). Would be interested to hear if anyone has done this and what you did to keep costs down?

Hotels + Car rental seem prohibitive; AirBnB places seem to be running at $1k for the month minimum. Factor in Uber's on top and I don't think I'm getting through the month, including the flight, for less than $4k minimum. I haven't played (live) poker for a while and I'm just looking to get a load of hours in, probably at $2/$5 given how deep the games play in TX. Even with a higher WR, I might just be best off to stay at home in the UK and grind £1/£2 with a $4k head start....

Hi guys, I'm thinking of extending my stay for a couple days whilst in Austin to play Poker in the Austin Texas Cardhouse. The plan would be to stay an extra 3 days: Sunday, Monday & Tuesday.

How are the games on weekdays? I'd like to be able to play 8-10 hours if games are running.

I mainly play 1/2/5 PLO, but can do NL hold'em as well.

Thanks!

I haven't played in awhile at TCH Austin but I don't think they usually get much PLO action unfortunately, so you'd be looking at Hold Em unless something has changed I missed.

PLO on Sun-Tues is going to be at The Lodge

TCH Has a solid ROE Game 1/2nl with $5 Bomb Pots.