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Originally Posted by Dante1126
Ok, been awhile since I've been back into live poker since the Net scandals and thinking of heading up to the city more. Just wanted some opinions on best casino to play, tourneys, and curious about the cash games. How does the 1-100 spread limit play? How much to buy in for, what kind of br, etc... Thanks.
The Lodge runs tournaments 10am, noon, 3pm, 7pm daily. Your original buy in goes 100% to the prize pool. The $60 tourneys also have a $5 dealer add on (+T2000 chips to the starting T6000) and up to two $10 rebuys (which go to the house). The $100 tourneys have a $10 add on (+T5000 on top of the T10,000 starting stack) and two optional $15 rebuys. Great numbers for the players. Check out their website for the schedule as to which times have the $60 vs $100. Top three finishers of each tourney are eligible for a $5k free roll (last month they chopped at 20 - each pocketing $250).
The Gates runs tourneys at the same schedule with the same buy in amounts but without add ones or rebuys. They just take 25% for the house. I'm not clear why they get as many runners in those tournaments (bad vig compared to theLodge) as theydo, but they tend to have larger fields.
The Isle is looking to make a splash in the tourney side of things, to build on their WPT success these last two weeks. They've revamped their schedule, with events running three weekdays (Tue, Thur, Fri? I'm not 100%, from memory.). Check their website as well. The room is a bit less established, so dealers and floor may not have the same experience level as the other places (which comes purely from conversations with other players -- I haven't played there yet).
I have a large pref for the Lodge's room (especially STAFF!) over the Gates
for tournaments. Solid cash players will point to the Ameristar as to where the prime action is, though all four rooms have at least a table of $1/$2-$100 "NL" running.