The 2/5 game is .70 per hand.....this is a buck a hand.... Not much more invested. Maybe it would be good elsewhere but in Colorado, if one prefers no limit to limit, the lower the stakes, the closer it is to no limit. If you want to play a bigger limit game, fine, but I prefer no limit.

2 shuffles per hand? Good luck with that.

Well good news, it looks like there has been a ton of interest in the ante only game. We put it on the game list and people were flocking to the front desk asking about the game. Hooray! I was surprised at how much interest there was.

It's kind of cool that I'll forever be known as the man who changed blackhawk poker, and perhaps the entire world. I would assume a monument would be erected as well, not only to stand as a symbol of me as a great individual, but as a revolutionary!

Hurry in today to get in the game. It's the only happening thing going on in 'these parts'

Is it running? I am looking at Bravo Poker Live and it is not on the list...

Well, no. We only put it on the list to gauge interest. Still acquiring approval from upper management and gaming. The road to a great game is a long one, my friend.

This game/structure doesn't need approval from the Division of Gaming as there isn't anything in Rule 10 that says it can't be spread. It only needs to be written in their House Rules.

Correct! But, it's still a formality so that all the i's are dotted and t's crossed.

Boom!

The poker room needs to get it going then. No more excuses. I can't wait to see it in action.

I wrote the house rules for the new ante only cash game at the lodge lastnight. The room manager is going to pass them on to his boss and on to gaming for approval. This is a required part of the process to spread a new game. Once it is approved, the room manager said he would approach the lodge marketing department to design some posters and flyers to advertise the new game. Walk-in traffic, combined with interest online will hopefully get the game going once it's good to go.

Also, the lodge combined their tier 1 and tier 2 bad beats into 1 big bad beat = $500,000. There is also a $15,000 room share. Lastnight we had flopped set over set twice and did the math to determine we were 1,012 to 1 against hitting it each time. Oh well, close as we could get.

It's 989-1, fwiw

So how do you deal with people who miss hands? Dice? Deal for the button each hand? What did you come up with?

OK the best I could come up with is a missed blind button when you miss a hand and post a extra dead $1 ante on your first hand back. So if you miss 1 or more hands you must ante $2 when everyone else antes $1 on your first hand back.

So here is my plan... I take a piss from utg and miss 3 hands every orbit. It costs me 8 bucks a round instead of 10 ant I am playing most hands from better than average position.

This. As much as we already have a problem with the obnoxious people playing 1 hand then walking around for 45 minutes, I can't help but think this will be even worse.

Why not just make it a time game?

Alright all of you lovely Colorado players, here is what the grand master has come up with ---> ME

If you miss a hand, you will be anted just like you were in a tournament. This will eliminate people from abusing position and sitting out on hands. If you go on an extended break and don't want to pick up, there will be a maximum of 1 round of forced antes while you're away. We're going to order numbered lamers that will be given to players to mark their position from the button when they miss so the dealer knows what position you missed a hand(s).

$10 to take a get lunch or take a dump? $3 to pee? or did I read that wrong?

No different than paying a time rake. You're paying a time rake even if you're not playing at the table. If you don't want to pay while you're gone, pick up. I certainly wouldn't go to dinner for an hour and ante $10 but some people don't care. This game is meant for people that want to play, not leave every other hand and walk around, hanging around just to hit the bad beat. That's one of the many problems with the games today in blackhawk. Too many walkers. It has to stop. I have been at tables recently where there are 4 people walking. Seriously? The dealers don't even enforce it. Enough

Enough!!

PLEASE VOTE!

Golden Gates just posted the CPC schedule for December 1-24... 2 ante-only events!

http://thegoldengatescasino.com/poke...ampionship-5-0

3 ante only events and some other interesting events as well. omaha hi, omaha 8/b, all in or fold, bounty, etc. Nice to see they brought out some new stuff based on player interest.

I know most people in black hawk are cash game players, but wouldn't it be much easier to try and get an ante only turny going instead. It could revitalize the tournament scene at the lodge and be much easier to run.

There's a tournament scene at the lodge?

No way. I think the whole point of this is for something different to play in the cash game setting. A tournament might only be once a weekend while a cash game might run anytime. I'm not concerned about something that might only go once a week.

I think the problem comes down to human nature. Everyone looks for faults in things and likes to argue their case, and that's what Congress does - which is why nothing gets done in this country. Instead of making the missed hand dilemma a bigger deal than it needs to be, why not focus on the bigger issue... a new game in a small, stale town full of non-inventive poker players stuck in the same old routine.

Dare to be bold. Think outside the box. The ante only cash game hasn't been done anywhere in the nation. We are it!

Damn I should be a general

$1 or $2 is reasonable, $10 is outrageous. RIP your game, general.

I will play your silly game, but only if you make the antes 50 cents. At 50 cents, it is still a bigger game than 1-2. $5 dead money in the hand instead of $3. The problems with $1 antes are multiple:

1 -Non structured limit poker sucks. The old guys (who still play the 2-10 game because they learned poker when the betting limit was $5) are the only fools who will disagree with that statement. Colorado has a bet limit of $100. With $10 in the pot to start the hand, you are at 100 too soon. if a hand is 4 bet, you are there pre flop. If the hand is 3 bet, you are there on the turn. If the hand is just raised, you are there by the river. There are many limit games in Blackhawk and if you want a limit game, play 10-20. If you want this to somewhat resemble a no limit game, the antes have to be smaller.

2 -Big games are not as popular as small games. The largest number of tables in every casino is always the smallest game running. It will be more difficult to get a game going that is over 3 times the cost to play than the most popular game in the casino.

3 - It is too expensive to piss because of the rule to pay for every hand missed. While it will solve the walking problem, it is too punitive for the average guy who has to take a piss. Not everyone shares your contempt for walkers to the point where they are willing to pay to stop the problem. Why don't you just use your markers you ordered and say if you come back in a worse position than you left in, no charge.

As far as the 50 cent chip problem, that is a piss poor excuse used by a weak manager. There in nothing in gaming that says cash cannot be used. Casinos across the country use 50 cent pieces (issued by uncle sam) for smaller games all the time. They are free to use and available at the local bank. Fact is that if they wanted a game like that they could do it. my guess is that they don't and they are keeping a few loyal customers happy by running it till it inevitably dies.