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it's like 95 percent he kept it

I finally had a chance to sit at the 4/8 O8 half kill game last night for a few hours. Had never played the game before so I was a little nervous but had a blast, and managed to book a decent ($180) win.

The atmosphere was totally different from the NLHE tables. Much more relaxed, and generally much less confrontational/competitive between players. I had never played limit before, but it was a nice change of pace to not have to plan every hand around potentially getting all in.

The median age at the table was about 70. One grumpy player in particular who would do stuff like argue over who got the extra dollar in a quartered pot, etc, but overall very pleasant and I’ll be back next time I get the chance.

On a similar note, Encore has 6/12 stud listed but I’ve never even seen an interest list. If anyone else wants to try it would be good to try to get a list going.

Has anyone played in the $240 7p Survivor Sunday?

Is it $2000 payouts for 1/10 players or something else?

Yep, 2000 for top 10%

Going to try to get the 8/16 mixed interest list going around noon tomorrow (Sunday). Let’s have some fun!


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good luck, was at encore all today and couldn't get 8/16 or 20/40 going

Horridly loud announcements all afternoon Sunday from the main casino floor. Some kind of promotion. Sounded like a monster truck announcer...hard to believe that's the kind of image Encore is going for. Real huckster stuff.

Rumor bigger $$ poker tourney coming by Black Friday...
Regular $200+ events drawing a mixed crowd who in general I'd say are slightly better but a bit more relaxed than the FW scene. Finally cashed in a couple more of them Friday.

Drink service has been good. Food continues to be very good, if a bit pricey as well.

Looks like Thursday's guarantees down to $5k?
I thought they were $10k...?

A few minor dealer blips but floor has been overall excellent.

I've played 4/8 O8 a few times and I agree, it's a lot of fun and people are very social. I'm curious, does 20/40 O8 ever run?

Is it the case every time a tournament is labelled "Survivor"?

Survivor tournaments always have a completely flat payout structure. It's frequently top 10% get 10x, but could be whatever as long as the payouts are flat.

I've never seen anything but 4/8 O8 run - once was on and saw a 8-person list for 8/16 O8, but they wouldn't call the list, so it never ran

I definitely saw the 20-40 O8 run before. More than once.

$360 buyin, $60K guaranteed on Poker Atlas for Nov. 29th.

Thinking about playing the tournaments below this week-end:
Both tournament on Friday
Sat 300$
Sunday mid-day tournament

Anyone interested to put in place a point system (very similar to POY) for this week-end only? Winner takes XXX$?

That would make the week-end grind more fun!

20-40 ran often when the place first opened back in July/August but many players tried to move it to include 20-40 hold'em and 20-40 stud to combine the player pools and it seems that the hold'em and O8 players were receptive but not many stud players were and eventually it was changed to Stud8 and that was more fun and then once draw games were allowed they added Badugi and Triple Draw but it seems 20-40 is too high for some and 8-16 is too low for some as well so maybe 15-30 is the way to go or 12-24.

Some of the guys playing big like 40-80 and 80-160 don't want to sit at 8-16 but might at 15-30 or 12-24 not to say I want them to sit there because they try to play way too fast for the new players. I realize newbies are going to be slow in many of the games trying to read the board, their hand, or trying to figure out how many to draw, etc... and it is just all a part of the game.

From acquaintances who have good pit play and get free rooms you can book 2 separate nights.

My real question is what is going on w/ the 2-2 PLO8 game which was running Thu-Sun most days? I was out of town the past two weeks and perhaps the game was about me being the fish and so it ran less? :-)

I saw on Poker Atlas it started much later and ended earlier, etc... I will be back this week.

Thanks. Not sure if I'm going to use them or not.

So although I've been here a few times already, Saturday night I stayed here for the first time, and also ate here for the first time. Thoughts:

The rooms are ridiculously nice, probably the nicest room I've ever stayed in. Big bedroom, big bathroom, top quality. Even the little things are great, such as the 4 free waters, free toiletries, bathrobes to wear, etc. There was even an umbrella in the closet, which I'd never seen a hotel offer before, but lmao'd as it was too perfect given the recent water leak.

Holy **** is the food expensive. First meal was at Waterfront. I got chicken skins, sliders, and a large beer. Do. Not. Order. Chicken. Skins. They're not even worth $5 let alone $12, what a ****ing waste. Sliders were excellent, and the beer selection is great. But with tax and tip the total was ~60! JFC.

Second meal was at Burger Bar. Got a burger, tots, and a beer. Minimum cook level was medium-well it seems, but I still found it juicy enough, was delicious. Total after tax/tip was ~40. Sigh. So $100 for 2 meals, and in each case I started getting hungry again less than 2 hours later. I had enough points to cover both meals, so only the tip was out of pocket. Still, seems excessive.

In hindsight, I really screwed up food-wise in 2 different ways. 1, I should've just gone to the buffet for $20 - even twice, would've been way better deal. 2, I shouldn't have paid with points, since the $20 buffet deal can only be had if paying with points. I cost myself 4-5 future discounted buffets.

For most future visits, I don't see myself staying long enough where I'll need to eat unless I can do the $20 buffet, or unless I'm running well enough where I won't mind spending a bit more.

I played Saturday and ate at the buffet for the first time, the $15 compdollar lunch special is the nuts.

I thought the buffet was excellent, everything I had was good except the crummy salad selection. All the asian and italian food was good (awesome pizza), they have a ton of desert options too. Nice spread, well worth $15 compdollars. No idea how the dinner menu differs from the lunch.

I played it on Saturday and it died really quickly as half the players were waiting for a PLO seat to open up

I got an unfortunate ruling from the floor today. I want to post it here so people know to be paying close attention while dealers are dealing hole cards.

I'm playing holdem and I'm in the SB. The cards are shuffled and I'm not paying attention to the dealer as she deals. I look down and see 3 cards in front of me, and I'm a bit confused. I'm trying to figure out if one of the cards is a stray card from someone mucking. After a second I point it out to the dealer. She apologizes and realizes she dealt me an extra card so she brings it back to be used as the burn card. While this is all happening, a guy in EP raises preflop.

Another person at the table claims this is a misdeal because the dealer was unaware what happened and therefore has no idea which of my 3 cards was the burn card. The dealer ends up calling the floor over.

Here's where it gets weird. The floor hears the situation then proceeds to tell me that MY hand is dead because I did not alert the dealer immediately, and I allowed a signification action (the EP raise) to occur before I said anything. Therefore I need to forfeit my SB. Obviously I start arguing with this ruling, and thankfully the table has my back. They all say I pointed it out as early as possible (although it is debatable if I said anything before the raise came in or not - I was confused for a moment). Eventually the floor backs down and calls it a misdeal.

After the ruling, he comes to me and says that in the future if I allow a signification action to happen before alerting the dealer of a misdeal, then my hand will be forfeited. I don't feel like arguing so I just tell him it's a stupid rule and get back to the game. It should be noted that EP players could have already started taking actions before I received my 3rd card (presumably it was dealt to me after button got his last card).

Overall I love the poker room and rate it highly. However this is the 2nd or 3rd terrible ruling I have received from their floor guys, and this one is easily the worst. To punish a player by making them forfeit their blinds on a dealer's mistake is just flat out wrong. Not to mention, this ruling can easily be angled by EP players at a table if they notice what is going on.

Moral of the story - always stay focused

The Black Friday tournament has a $60k guarantee. $360 buyin

I have to disagree, this was not a terrible ruling. Not even in the realm of terrible rulings. Protect your hand.

This is a standard rule in most rooms. Players must protect their hand at all times. This includes another player mucking into your cards or the dealer taking your cards before they're folded in addition to receiving too many cards.