The Lodge is part of the feeder system for the One Drop satellite $1M buy-in for the WSOP: Poker News article. There is one more satellite round leading up to the June 3rd satellite final, with satellites to the satellite (to the satellite in LV) running "daily" (I don't think so) for $130 SNGs -- award 2 seats, and then twice weekly on Wednesdays and Sundays for $120 (award 1 seat per $565 in prize money, $100 of every $120 buy in goes toward the prize pool). They had sheets in the room last week when I was visiting.

I played 4 8 flhe there once on a saturday. It was a fluke, but if you ask to start a list, they will

Recently moved to Denver from the San Francisco area (where I played mostly 1/2 & 2/4 NL) and was curious how the play is in the 1/2 game at Ameristar? Played table games some at Ameristar, but no poker yet and it seems to be the consensus place to play in the area from what I've read in this thread.

Not necessarily questioning the quality of play, as that doesn't seem to vary much from place to place, per se, more curious if the games lean more on the passive side or not? The games I played in CA played pretty big relative to the blinds, so I'm curious if the games out here in Black Hawk are the same? $15-20 preflop raises with multiple callers was generally the norm.

Also, assuming the $100 max bet (per bet?) applies in poker, too?

Welcome to Colorado! I am a LHE and LO8 dork, but I have dabbled in the 2-100 games and have friends who play them all the time. $9-$20 opening raises are common, but it's really the 2/5 game that plays pretty big. Yes the $100 max bet applies to poker. The 30/60 game's kill goes to 50/100 instead of 60/120.

Thanks for the info, Thousand. Figured the $100 rule applied. Heard the wait times are pretty brutal right now with the BBJ pushing 500k.

No problem. Colorado has a very weird poker scene that's still developing since the legislation last year. Vegas is a quick flight away.

Wow! Ameristar actually had a 10/20 game yesterday. It started at around 3:30-4:00 in the afternoon and had about a 7- to 10-person list through about Midnight, when it started dying down a bit (4/8 and 1/2-100 were dying down, too). I left a 6-handed game around 1:15. 4/8, 2-100, and 5-100 also had open seating by then, though, too.

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I'm not sure I'd call it "still developing," either, except to the extent that it evolves just like any other market does. It seems to be fairly settled down at this point.

Wait times at Ameristar are brutal, which is why I rarely go there even though I'd like to play there more. There is generally always a 1/2 game going at Golden Gates (across the street from Ameristar) without the crazy waits, however. First table generally starts ~11am. It's mostly popular as a tournament room, but cash games run too.

Time flies I guess, haha! I didn't realize it was that long ago. I've been going to Bellagio for my 10/20 LHE action. I would love to have a 10/20 here.

I'm thinking longer term than you are.

Do the long waits have anything to do with the BBJ being so high right now or is it just normal weekend traffic?

It's both. Ameristar is usually pretty busy, but the huge BBJ just adds to it.

FYI, you can also call the poker room and get on the list up to an hour ahead of time. They stopped allowing that for a while, but it's back now.

In that case, then I'm not sure what markets aren't still developing. Even Vegas is quite a bit different than it was only a few years ago.

A tiny market like Black Hawk with huge recent legislation ($5 to $100 cap) is going to be far more affected than a larger market like Vegas. Even just a year or two ago the 30/60 was at Lodge, now it's all Ameristar. This is a textbook developing market.

Does it look like the 10/20 game is going to stick?

Can't tell for sure. It's still developing.

Oh I see what you did there!

lol

Im saying lol cause your first post ever is a shameless plug about an Isle promotion. The former Isle poker room manager was already banned from posting in this thread I believe. I enjoy checking in on this thread but not to constantly read things about a poker room that struggles to hold a single table of 1-2-100 on weekends.

and then deletes his post.....

He didn't exactly delete it. You might say it was purged when 30 seconds of investigation returned his job title at Isle.

I've seen some transparent shilling before (in this thread, even), but that was pretty close to the top of the heap.

What are most players buying for at the 30/60 kill game????

Yeah. For real, though, the mix of players did seem to be a bit more sustainable than when it used to run before and was mostly people waiting for the 30-game (and bitching that we should just make it a 30/60, not to mention carrying on with all the usual bigshot diva BS). There were a few people waiting for the 30-game that didn't stay for long, but there was a healthy number of people who actually intended to play 10/20 all night as their game of choice. I think if they'll give it an honest effort, this game can stick once word gets out that it actually does run.