I hope during Heartland next month we can get a 10/20 running somewhere. Otherwise 4/8 or 30/60 are your options for limit.

Played live casino poker in Colorado today for the first time since moving here over two years ago. Drove up to Cripple Creek and played a 40 dollar tourney at the Midnight Rose - was good entertainment value and it was really nice to play again.

Was hoping to see a 4/8 Omaha8 game and maybe play for an hour, but both the Rose and the DE only had interest lists going and I really didn't feel like sticking around (was early afternoon still). Anyone know if this game gets going more towards the evening on Fridays and Saturdays? Thanks

The only Omaha 8 game in Colorado is at Golden Gates in Black Hawk

Damn. Thought I read somewhere that Cripple Creek gets a game going, but then again, I tend to be wrong. Knew about the game at the Gates, looks like that will be my only choice. Thanks for the info.

Omaha really struggles in the Creek. However the Rose is dumping their Omaha bad beat on St. Patrick's Day beginning at 9:00 a.m. The qualifier will lower every half hour beginning with "Aces Full of Kings." The total amount is just under 3K.

The Rose is also doing a $10,000 added Free Roll at the end of April. All you have to do to get in is provide them with your e-mail address. They'll send you an e-mail which you'll have to bring in to sign up for which night you can qualify. The finals are on Saturday.

Interesting change of rules at Ameristar: out of turn action stands. Does not matter if action changed or not. Example from 2/5 game saturday: seat 8 raised to $10, seat 9 thinks, seat 1 calls. Action on seat 9 witch raises to $20. Dealer rules that seat 1 can not pull $10 back.

Is this actually enforced room-wide now? I've seen A* dealers not let people pull early action back before, but only when it was the guy's 13947th time doing it and/or was clearly an angle (and it wasn't a reg the dealer liked - needless to say, I've only seen it happen once or twice).

If this is a consistently enforced policy now, then that's awesome. I'm sick of all the people acting out of turn.

That might be a good excuse to make the drive and play for a bit, thanks for the info

I was told by the dealer, that it is their new rule as of last week

Pretty crappy rule if you are in seat 1 and cant tell half the time whether seat 8 or 9 acted. WTF kind of angle can the guy in seat 1 make if he cant even see seat 9 that he is trying to angle. If I am there in seat 1, I slow down the game by asking every time if it is my turn to act.

What if it is dealer error and he gestures to me that it is on me?

Another crappy rule and yet another reason to avoid Ameristar.

I played A* yesterday, they are going to allow button straddle as soon as they can change the house rules. As if the 2/5-100 needs more action...

So is there any rumors floating around about the WPT Regional tour coming back? It was well-run, and I've love to see it come back.

WPT staff, if you're reading this: Colorado poker players are used to satellites for large events. The main event was sparesely attended, and every satt was maxed out. Have a few less satts, and a few more of the large, 150-300 qualifiers.

Since when did Ameristar actually start enforcing house rules?

Pay attention. If the 9 seat is concealing his cards/chips and/or not acting in a clear manner that makes it obvious what he's doing, then that needs to be addressed. If it's clearly a one-off mistake that's not your fault, I'm pretty sure you'll get your bet back. If it's that big of a deal, avoid the 1 seat.

I'm not sure many people are going to sympathize with you for ditching Ameristar because you want to maintain your ability to freely act out of turn.

You have taken my point out of context. What do you think "another crappy rule" means? I will give you a hint... one of many reasons. I have not acted out of turn for months or years, but I can remember doing it - and it was a mistake and not an angle. I specifically remember doing it from the one seat and can identify with the example in the OP on this subject. Clearly this person was punished for something that was not an angle.

The main reason I don't like the rule is because it comes under the heading of be nice to the fish. If someone is learning the game and sitting at a table he/she is overwhelmed. This is a common mistake for fish, and to make them lose a bet over a technicality that only applies in this room is ridiculous.

It is not that big of a deal, but it is one of many reasons to avoid the place. A* would rather have a rule that makes the dealer's and floor decision easy - rather than standing up to the colluders and anglers while giving a pass to someone (typically a newbee) out who is making a common and simple mistake.

The bolded is very common when a casino hires an inexperienced floor staff (often pit people). It is easier for them to have a rule and blindly enforce it rather than using judgment to make a ruling in the interest of fairness.

I'm so sick of all the "let's just let anything go so we don't scare the fish" BS. For starters, it's just so arrogantly dismissive. Get over yourself. People have to learn the rules and how to play the game in a manner that doesn't detract from it. Acting in turn is part of that.

More to the point, you have to have a rule before you can enforce it. I'd hope there's still room for judgment, and I expect that there is, when it's obviously a mistake and/or a brand new player who doesn't yet understand the rules. In this case, let it go and tell/remind the player the rule.

I agree they shouldn't just be blindly enforcing 100% of the time, but there has to be a rule or you have nothing to enforce any fraction of the time.

Sign-ups are already going? I may have to call up there and get more info.

I asked about this earlier today. Apparently, the initial entry is free, but it's a $60+R after that. I didn't think to ask how/if the rebuys were added to the prize pool.

Ok, here is update. Dealer was wrong. There was change of rule. But it states that out of turn action stands only if actions did not change. Cleary in my old post action changed. I was not in the hand so floor was not called. Talked to floor this saturday, they apologized and promised to talk to dealer that made the wrong ruling. I also have to apologize for "raw" news.

So, I have the week off work and figured I'd use Blackhawk as my base for exploring the Rockies in the north part of the state.

Isle of Capri is offering a poker rate of FREE with 6 hours of play, or 3 hours of "$30 - 60 play" Sun-Thurs.

Couple of questions. Do they have $1/2-100 running consistently enough for me to clear this? And by "$30 - 60 play" do they mean 30/60 limit? If so, is that actually running? If not, wtf do they mean?

30 60 never ever runs. Good luck getting 6 hours

What do they get running nowadays? And who do they think they're kidding with a 30/60 promo?

The Isle is an absolute joke.

I actually stopped by there the other night ( I don't know why) and they actually had TWO games running (miracle). One table had an avg chipstack of about $50, the other table had a couple spewtards with over 1k+, floor refused to seat me at that table. See ya. If you're a winning player, you're at the Ameristar, plain and simple.