I miss Colorado.

30-60 is high stakes in Colorado. I'm saying there probably isn't a sustainable market between 4-8 and 30-60. I don't think 30-60 would even be much of a game without the $100 betting limit.

Bad beat hit twice at the Isle last night about an hour apart. Table shares were $456, winning hand got $3648, losing hand received $7296. At least that's how it was paid at my table. I didn't wait around long enough to see how it paid at the other table. It doesn't seem like a lot, but it's the easiest one to hit (A's full of 10s). Each time it's hit they pay 10% of the fund, so they don't get the boom/bust scenarios the other rooms experience.

4 times in less than two weeks?

Yeah. Three is just under 48 hours. The two last night were 90 minutes apart.

I'm a fan of tournaments more than cash games myself, and have enjoyed the gates room and tourneys quite a bit when I have gone. I just like tournaments better, maybe its having a clearly defined beginning, middle, and end point.... or at least beginning and end. Can't say I care much for turbo structures though, too crapshooty. I took 8th in one a few weeks back (bubble argh!!!!!), then played in a deepstack noon tournament last Sunday which was a blast. Should have done it Saturday though, didn't realize it would run as long as it did, and had other obligations so shoved on a flush draw thinking if I won it would be reason enough to stay as I'd have a massive chip advantage, and if I lost I'd get home right when I needed to. The table had been stunned earlier when I laid down an open ended straight flush draw (I don't know why cause I knew the other person made either quads or a boat on the turn dropping my gazillion outs down to 2), so I think they we're a little surprised to see me shove with a weak flush draw (was like J something).

I think for me tournaments will be more profitable long term than cash games, at least deep stack ones where I can pick when and where to make my moves better than in turbos. Golden Gates seem to have the best structured ones as far as I can tell, and I think the noon is the best, though I played in the evening one once and it seemed like it might be ok.

I'm hoping to turn a living out of it over the next few years, but gonna have to change something up to get more table time than just a couple or three times a month. That 2+ hour drive to black hawk is a killer though. And cripple creek is just not as fun/active it seems.

Isle has had 5 Bad Beats in 12 days. Their Facebook page is advertising it has now hit 8 times in 72 days.

Thinking about playing the main event CPC. Anyone know which day 1 is more likely to be soft?

It's Blackhawk...it's ALL soft!

So much wrong in such a short post, it's hard to figure out where to begin. Long term, blinds do not cost you money. Everyone posts, and somebody wins every pot. The only thing that helps beat the rake is to build pots that exceed the size at which the maximum rake is taken, so that the rake takes a proportionally smaller bite. The smaller blinds simply mean that the players in the blind will be folding more frequently instead of checking (big blind) calling for $2 more, or defending against a raise. This means smaller pots and less action, fewer pots that get past the maximum rake point, and the rake taking a bigger bite.

Smaller blinds sounds like a good idea only to innumerate nits.

Well, the only saving grace is that a lot of $4/$8 players are clueless, and the clueless ones will just say, what the heck, it's only $2 (or $3 for the small blind), when in the blinds, but for decent players, what it does is make the blinds not worth playing with weak hands, especially the small blind, and especially if there is a raise. So instead of $6, $8, $10 or $16 going into the pot from the blinds, you will often have $3. This, of course, reduces pot odds and makes the other players with a clue play tighter, all of which keeps more pots from getting big enough to go over the maximum rake size.

Although I enjoy the $100 max SL games, and am starting to get good enough to win pretty regularly, I would enjoy a mid limit game now and then, but there just doesn't seem to be enough demand to get one going. A* and Lodge have certainly tried, and A* used to get $6/12 or $10/20 going once in a great while, but I haven't seen any lately. $4/$8 isn't really worth playing with the rake + BB drop in Colorado, especially with A*'s ******ed blind structure. $30/$60 is really beyond my bankroll, or at least beyond my comfort zone.

This!

If you mentioned a cardroom employee by name in this thread, please send me a PM so that I don't forget to ban you the next time I'm in front of a computer. Thanks!

Pretty sure it was a false name. The post he made was rather informative of a game that just started running on the regular in Blackhawk... And everything he mentioned about the dealers was very true, but should obv not use dealers real name... if it was in fact the dealers real name.

He also described another dealer. The privacy rule goes beyond just using real names, it includes descriptions or any identifying information. The point is to not identify specific individuals.

The easiest decisions I have when it comes to deleting posts are posts that say, "Not to derail the thread, but..." and "I know this breaks the rules, but...". Speaking of which, please shoot me a PM or post in the Moderation Discussion Thread if you'd like to discuss further rather than derailing this thread.

When does the lodge giveaway the WSOP seats the are promoting?

Hi Guys.

Hit the Isle last night and just wanted to give a quick report and thoughts.

I rarely make it up there to play. Work, family and distance make it tough. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised. Usually just put up with A*. But glad I checked out the Isle.

Started in the 1-1 game waiting for the 1-3 game to start. The former was muh. Lots of small pots, no action and personally felt it was a poker game where guys go to die. The latter was another story.

Tons of action, huge pots, tons of money on the table. Felt like a legitimate 2-5 game from Vegas other than the $100 max bet. Actually handcuffed me on several pots, because I could not immediately put a player all in when playing against a player with $800+ stacks.

It's true that this was just one night. But if the 1-3 game has even half the money that was on the table, it is still great.

Also, noticed the 10-20 list for the game next weekend. Strong. Hope you guys make it happen. Would join in but I'll be in Vegas!

Did the Bad Beat hit at Golden Gates the other day?

No, but the CPC main event concluded with a heads up chop for $38,000 each which is probably what you saw or heard.

I heard the there was a bad beat but not enough money was in the pot to qualify for the payout?!

How much money needs to be in the pot to qualify?

I think it's $10 at most places

Edit: up the hill that is

+1 more details please!

About 0% chance that I wouldn't know about it if that were true. $50 pot to qualify.