It played fine Lou. You cant see the other players cards to well on your screen but thats the only issue. Any word when they are going to roll out turneys and sit&gos?

Thanks Steamin. I agree we need to increase size of up cards in stud. Lots of images to deal with on the table that has finite real estate. We know about and are working on that one (with about 75 other things !)


As far as tournament play at Harrah's Cherokee, I know they are discussing this internally and when they let me know what they plan on doing, you and others in the thread will be first to know. Nothing to report as of right now.

Quick update. Cash game business is robust and growing. Great time a year for anyone to visit the beautiful smoky mountains of NC and play a littler poker. Azaleas are in full bloom. Hiking in the day and poker at night.


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Lou

I was coming up this weekend, but the rooms are double the normal price due to the bike rally. Glad I'm a poker player and not a biker!!

Lou..any word on anything new? I dont think I can make it up his week.

sick action in these games. cant wait for tourneys!

Pleeeease keep that PLO8 game going til I can get there!!! I played Sunday 4/26 and signed up for it but the list never got past 4. I'd love weekly reports on whether the game goes each Friday and Saturday. The only Omaha game available for signup was the PLO8 1/2, I was goint to make a point of signing up for all available Omaha games. Does PokerPro support HORSE??

No earphones allowed, by the way, Lou.

Just more of the same for now... pretty busy and crazy cash games. All you want of 1/2 and 2/5 NL and 3/6 limit. Occasional Omaha games on demand.

Tournament stuff still under construction by the Harrahs Cherokee. I'd be looking for a 2-3 event Tournament with decent enough prize pool guarantees, and over some Fri-Sun in the near future.

With only 100 tournament player max (or two hundred with 1A and 1B) I assume all seats will be sold well before the tournament.

I'll check and see exact times and day of week the PLO8 gets going.

Yuck on the earphones ban. I did not know that. Can't promise anything other than I will bring it to attention of mgmt with a passionate argument why as a poker player, I like rooms that allow it and don't like rooms that don't. I honestly don't know of any poker rooms that still don;t allow earphones.

Gaming laws are different everywhere. There certiainly could be some reg that though was not intended for this specifically, might be broad enough to sweep in the "do not allow" category.

Stay Tuned. News at 11

Thanks to all the 2+2 players who have been part of getting Poker cranked up and off the ground up in NC and surrounding states.

Lou

I dont like this idea at all, and will voice my opinion to the management. Tourneys on the weekends would be counter productive in my opinion, since the cash game action has been going so well on the weekends. And your talking about 100 person players tourneys? That would fill out all the seats?

There is a large group of cash game regulars, that probably dont care about the tourneys (correct me if I am wrong, if you are a regular). If there were 22 tables, then I could see it, but there are only 7 tables, and on a Saturday at 2pm , there is maybe 2 tables left open, with the all the rest already filled. Saturday at 5, there is a list.

I would suggest tourneys during the day starting at 12 on weekdays, etc, stuff like that. Dont touch the weekend cash games, there too juicy.

If it aint broke, dont fix it.

Whooaa.... my bad.

Cash games at Harrahs Cherokee are rocking and nothing will change there.

I was suggesting that at some point in the future there might be a once a year tournament, sort of like a NC Poker Championship. By no means did I mean every weekend or even every month.

All of that would have to be developed and approved by decision makers a the property. months and months away from anything, even from the point they decide they want to do it.

Since I can;t play we will have to decide who the second best tournament player is in NC

Keep grinding it out up there, Guitar. all is good. Sorry for confusion.

Lou

My opinion on weekend tournaments:
I have to agree with guitar on this. Either play tournaments during the week, afternoon hours, or hold off on tournaments until there are more tables, where people would have the option to play either cash game or tournament. I would say that more would rather play cash games than tournament if they have an option.

+1

Also see above response to Guitar. Our posts must have crossed in the mail.

Annual event if anything.

Keep in mind that there are still cash games during any tournament. That would def be the case at Cherokee as well given the strong cash game business already there.

There are alot of people that make a living just following the tournaments around and playing cash games only. Cash games always get better in a room during the quarterly or annual Tournament.

Lou

I have family in Franklin, NC and Mountain City, GA which is about half hour-45 mins from Cherokee. I visited them about 15 years ago not longer after it opened, expecting to play some roulette and craps, I was shocked when I walked in and it was all low limit coin slots. I dont play slots. There was no other entertainment at the facility, no alcohol, so I got "TF" out of there, only went back once to see if things changed (they had not). Surprised they even have beer and poker pro now. Those poker pro machines are weak. They had some here at the HR. No one played them for cash games, they ended up using them for low stakes sit and go's before they finally got rid of them.

Harder to get swineflu playing poker in North Carolina for the win

Uh, with all do respect. Harrah's Cherokee Casino looks a little different than it did in 1994.

It is a beutiful facility tucked away in the Smokies of NC and TN. Smokies are one of my favorite places in the U.S.

Plus with the $200MM expansion under way it is only going to get better.

You sir have a twisted mind, but for some reason I kind of like it

Sorry Clabbers. No electronic devices allowed on gaming floor. The players can go discuss with the Tribal Gaming Commission if you want, but I'd put my money on that reg not changing.

Lou

yo clabbers just curious if i played with you sunday? Only 3 1/2 tables running...most of the day i played on the first table (closest to the main entrance) and at the end of the night i played on the table at the other end....only for about 2 hours

i was in the big hand everybody was talking about the set over set over set hand...of course i had the bottom set there and still managed to come out $200 winner

ps i was one of the 4 players on the plo/8 game (Harry B)

Can't believe I found this on the internet. I was in the hand, I was the one with top set ( set of ten's). I've been looking for a hand like that for a month.

I would have stayed but the fiance was upset I went out there again, since I havn't spent an evening home in a week (I got to nightschool and play in a working band as well). I figured I made my money, take her out to eat, set myself up to gamble as much as I want this weekend.

well what the heck was the hand... don't tease us.

I had TT in EP, so I make it $10 to go, and 3 people call behind me. Flop comes 10 8 5, with two hearts. I bet $30 out, next guy raises it to $85 and the button calls. I instantly shove, and the next guy calls, and then the button goes all in. I being a total idiot and thinking all the money was already in, and just so jacked up on the hand, tell the button, well I have the best hand now, he said "you have pocket tens", and I say yes..... I guess the button went all in, and the 2nd guy still had some cash left. The second guy ends up folding because I opened my mouth. If he had thought for a minute (like I should have), then he would have called for the side pot ($150 more).

2nd guy had set of eights and the button had a set of fives. The pot was $1017 bucks.

Again , I apologize for opening my mouth about my hand, and affecting the hand. I am usually pretty good about this stuff, but the hand was insane crazy. I apologized after the hand as well. I saved the button another $150 bucks though, but the second guy should have called, he was just so concerned about the main pot I guess.

nice pot!!!

you only cost yourself the $150, so sort of hard for anyone to make a claim of some sort of angle.

stuff like that happens everyday in every poker table in the world every day, especially with such a huge pot. I am sure your adeniline was juiced up right about when first caller, called your shove.

well i think what was confusing was that you were all in and the other guy just called....so i move in for like $150 more and right after that you said you had the nuts....i guess he thought he was calling just for the main then and couldnt win...

so it worked out for me though! i mean i still lost like $300 in that hand but i moved to another table and ran my $150 up to $550 and left

nah he didnt lose any money....only 3 players in the hand and both of us called his AI so he got max....he just screwed the other guy out of my $150

I was there; far table, close to restrooms. I didn't see the plo/8 game; that's my favorite game. I play it on Friday nights; it's 9-10 handed on Friday nights.

bobaby

oh, I misunderstood... but you didn't convert the hand in the pokerpro hand converter (kidding... no such thing yet)

Think about getting an email with all the PokerPro hands you played. Can't see anyones cards but what was exposed on the table in the hand (NOT LIKE ONLINE HH)

so back to the hand. what did the guy who lost the opporunity on your $150 do, did he take it OK, or make a big deal out of it?

Lou

getting the option to get HHs would be pretty cool. why couldnt you see the hands that went to showdown but were mucked when they lost? i tried that once at the table and couldnt figure it out...so im not sure if thats possible

and as far as the other guy in the hand...i really dont think he ever figured out that he was like 99% to win the side...he left soon after so who knows

First you have to understand the IWTSTH rules on PokerPro.

On a manual table, you can technically ask to see ANY hand that was still in after river bet.

Most people don't do this as it is considered rude. Some still do on occasion. Rule is on the books to help deter and spot collusion. PokerPro has a much more elegant and effecient way to spot cheaters.

Now, lets look at online HH. You automatically see every hand that was in after river, and dont have to ask.

On PokerPro, all cards that have to be exposed are (we follow last agression rule as do most rooms). Others have an option to show their cards or not.

So, PokerPro HH would only contain your hole cards, cards that had to be shown, and any other cards that players in at the river chose to show. Player mucked cards are never seen in PokerPro HH.

See the difference ?