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Originally Posted by pokerfire
So, you actually think you'll get robbed walking to the cage inside the casino? Wow..if you're that paranoid you better not ever leave your castle.
Its most likely the other reasons the big game is slower. 2/5 now being a 1k max is probably the biggest. There is no reason for any player who occassionally would move up from 2/5 and take a shot at 5/10 to move up now.
I dont play 5/10, but i have a hard time believing a dollar or two of rake will deter them at this level.
A cumulative effect of all the little penny pinching policies by El Dorado might play a part in the overall traffic in the room. Add them all together. Inconvenient cage, restaurants closed, crappy comps, increased liquor prices, no more tourny's.
The bigger 2-5 game makes it harder to move up from 1-2. It would be nice if they made a 1-3 game with a $300 or $400 max buy in. As of now your choices are
1-2 $200 max
2-5 $1000 max
5-10 unlimited (and within an hour they all have $3000 in front of them)
So, if I'm a solid 1-2 player, the next game is literally 5 times bigger. That's a quantum leap. A $20 pre-flop raise at 1-2 happens two or three times a half hour (and is rarely called), while at 2-5 a $20 pre-flop raise is little more than a "pot-sweetener" and you get usually 3+ callers. Supposedly, "it's the same game", but changing your mindset from "$100 on the flop is an all-in with the (near)nuts" at 1-2 to "this $100 flop bet could be a c-bet with air from the pre-flop raiser in position" is not easy to adjust to. Where you once had fairly clear meaning behind a move, now you have almost none .
At the same time playing 1-2 with 6 guys sitting with under $75 and 3 guys at $200+ is just awkward. 6 guys are basically stack-committed if they call any $15+ pre-flop bet. Not much actual "play" when the table skews/polarizes like that. If they call and hit top pair, then the rest goes in, if they dont you just bet and they fold and it's boring. On Friday and Saturday nights these skews are less frequent but if you play at other times, this set-up is the norm.
A game inbetween 2-5 ($1000 max) and 1-2 ($200 max) would be great.
My biggest suprise is how they put in a water fountain! If I'm a waitress I'd be pissed, why spend $2 on a bottle of water anymore? They lose all those $1 tips from waterbottles. (and I always tip the waitresses nicely so dont bother. I usually buy a few beers when I play)