Colorado Poker (Black Hawk, Central City, Cripple Creek)
10-27-2014
, 06:40 PM
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As a purist, I'd say yes. I'll offer an example to the contrary. We have family in Albuquerque and go down the the balloon fiesta every couple-three years. Back in the day, they had 10/20 LHE and 20/40 LHE, each with half kills and often a couple tables of O/8. I believe they have unlimited stakes at the casino, but those were the limits they ran. The room had a bunch of other, smaller limit games. I don't think anyone ever really talked about the place, but for the week of the fiesta, I can't imagine a softer game to be reliably found in the US. Those games were always good, and they were there every year I went.
As NL became popular, the LHE games went away (or down to 4/8). I think I saw at least 2/5NL with a mandatory 25 OTB? Something like that -- the game seemed to have several stacks > 2500 maybe a couple much deeper than that. There were probably several NL games 2/5 or bigger. Room was now even more full of 1/2NL than ever it was of LHE games. During the good times, those NL games looked pretty soft with tons of big pots and multiway action.
I wasn't there every year, but I think those games lasted 3 or 4 years. They don't exist now. Last time I was down there, you had two 1/2NL games going full of nits playing < 100BB stacks. I think maybe a 4/8 O/8 with a half kill was kind of going. I can't promise you that the big NL games killed the room, but it is pretty easy to suspect that people got in over their heads and broke in games that were A) way too big for their bankroll and B) way to easy to just get crushed by better players.
All this tl;dr to say, be careful what you wish for. You get an uncapped 2/5 and maybe a 5/T NL on the weekends and maybe the once a month 5/T or 10/20 PLO game going, you may manage to have a few people just win all the money. I suspect Denver just can't support those games, because people just aren't rich enough to lose like that. Sure, I'd love to claim that unlimited gaming is better. Still, it might be the limits that have kept the games good for as long as they have been.
+1 Not in BH. I watched the 30/60 O/8 game at Venetian that he's talking about. Tried to get BigBadBabar to play it, instead of going to dinner with us.
As NL became popular, the LHE games went away (or down to 4/8). I think I saw at least 2/5NL with a mandatory 25 OTB? Something like that -- the game seemed to have several stacks > 2500 maybe a couple much deeper than that. There were probably several NL games 2/5 or bigger. Room was now even more full of 1/2NL than ever it was of LHE games. During the good times, those NL games looked pretty soft with tons of big pots and multiway action.
I wasn't there every year, but I think those games lasted 3 or 4 years. They don't exist now. Last time I was down there, you had two 1/2NL games going full of nits playing < 100BB stacks. I think maybe a 4/8 O/8 with a half kill was kind of going. I can't promise you that the big NL games killed the room, but it is pretty easy to suspect that people got in over their heads and broke in games that were A) way too big for their bankroll and B) way to easy to just get crushed by better players.
All this tl;dr to say, be careful what you wish for. You get an uncapped 2/5 and maybe a 5/T NL on the weekends and maybe the once a month 5/T or 10/20 PLO game going, you may manage to have a few people just win all the money. I suspect Denver just can't support those games, because people just aren't rich enough to lose like that. Sure, I'd love to claim that unlimited gaming is better. Still, it might be the limits that have kept the games good for as long as they have been.
+1 Not in BH. I watched the 30/60 O/8 game at Venetian that he's talking about. Tried to get BigBadBabar to play it, instead of going to dinner with us.
10-27-2014
, 07:09 PM
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After having several friends run into rocks or have rocks fall on their car/truck, I've taken I-70 to exit 244, then the short stretch of 6 to 119. I've found 119 to be much less dangerous with falling rocks than US-6 from Golden to the 119/US-6 junction. The parkway is just too bad on gas for my Jeep so that's why I compromise and take 70 to 119.
From 285 and Kipling to Lodge it's almost always 45-50 min. Not a bad drive at all Of course, the drive home sucks after a losing night. We all know how that can be sometimes.
From 285 and Kipling to Lodge it's almost always 45-50 min. Not a bad drive at all
Of course, the drive home sucks after a losing night. We all know how that can be sometimes.
10-29-2014
, 03:31 AM
10-30-2014
, 06:37 PM
I should note, I don't care if the amendment passes. I would never travel to that part of Denver metro to play, and it's not any closer in time to travel there than Blackhawk. I live in W. Lakewood near 285/470. Used to live in Golden, and will be moving back there soon.
It's the overall political/corporate machine that bothers me in this country. EVERYONE does what is in their best interest. Yes, even volunteers at the local Salvation Army or food bank are doing so for their own self interest. People that volunteer feel personally rewarded with happiness and a sense of humanitarianism. These ARE forms of self interest.
The whole gamut of excuses why amendment 68 is bad for 'Colorado' and 'Colorado residents', said by a group of gambling establishments whom have all the stake in the world on the amendment, has no legitimacy whatsoever. How does the average person not understand that basic concept? How can any person see any political ad and take anything it might say into consideration in deciding who or what to vote for?
Are people that much like 'sheep'?
It's the overall political/corporate machine that bothers me in this country. EVERYONE does what is in their best interest. Yes, even volunteers at the local Salvation Army or food bank are doing so for their own self interest. People that volunteer feel personally rewarded with happiness and a sense of humanitarianism. These ARE forms of self interest.
The whole gamut of excuses why amendment 68 is bad for 'Colorado' and 'Colorado residents', said by a group of gambling establishments whom have all the stake in the world on the amendment, has no legitimacy whatsoever. How does the average person not understand that basic concept? How can any person see any political ad and take anything it might say into consideration in deciding who or what to vote for?
Are people that much like 'sheep'?
11-03-2014
, 06:44 PM
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Polling as reported in Denver Post is No by a 2:1 margin. No big surprise, people are not generally in favor of increased access to gambling, 2+2ers notwithstanding.
Here's a link:http://www.denverpost.com/election20...=hot-topic-bar
Here's a link:http://www.denverpost.com/election20...=hot-topic-bar
11-03-2014
, 11:30 PM
11-03-2014
, 11:31 PM
Pot is not looked down upon since many people have smoked at some point in their life, with no long-term negatives. Isn't addictive like crack or meth or heroin, your typical Coloradan (i.e., white men and women) smokes (or vaps or eats) it. Violent crime associated with harder drug sales is essentially non-existent at MJ dispensaries. And not much domestic violence is associated with pot, I don't read stories about some guy that had a tough day at work, stopped at the dispensary, then went home and beat up his wife. More like "stopped at the dispensary, then Taco Bell, went home, and fell asleep".
11-04-2014
, 01:28 AM
11-05-2014
, 01:09 AM