Is alcohol free in the poker room here? If not, what about at table games in the casino?

Also I know that at Bally's in Vegas, if you show a Total Rewards Diamond card at a video poker bar, they'll give you a free drink even if you aren't playing. Anyone know if they do that for Diamond at the casino bars here too? Thanks

Yes, it's free. I still remember that night with 10ish long islands

Heading to New Orleans tomorrow and hope to be at Harrah's tomorrow night and definitely Thursday through Saturday nights. How has the PLO been running? Anyone going to be around?

Hey all,

I'm new to NOLA and only ever played online poker, up to NL 1k before Black Friday.

Looking to do some grinding at the casino but wanted to possibly connect with NOLA 2p2ers and possibly have a study group...

If anyone plays here regularly please message me or reply to the thread!

Thanks,
M

Probably better to look for Harrah's NOLA under Venues and Communities page.

thanks

nm

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Visited last week. Good time, but I had some questions. What the hell is the buy in for 1-3? I had people sitting down with $800-$1500. Super confused. I was also curious as to what was going on when someone missed the blind and there were a few hands with two small blinds. I didn't want to ask and out myself as a tourist, but I haven't seen that elsewhere. Can someone explain?

Don't remember what they do with missing blinds, something weird and different to every room I've been in. Max buying for a new game is 300, but you can match stacks at any time. So basically do what you can to not sit down in a brand new or fairly new game.

Harrahs NOLA uses a moving button. So there is never a dead button. You can looked more details but most simply the button always moves to a live seat. But all players still have to pay their blinds in two consecutive hands. So you can have blinds on or behind the button.

It is different but personally once your get used to it I like it. More money for n the pot.

Flew to NOLA to play in these juicy games. Was a little miffed when I saw they are exclusively playing 5-handed with only 10 tables. TBH I should have researched that more. The city is still in phase 2 of COVID lockdowns, one of the only major cities still in phase 2 afaik. Although the mayor, colloquiallly known as Latoya the Destroya, may go to phase 3 on Oct 1st, and then the tables can go 6-handed. The casino seems relatively lively, all-things-considered.

The room only opens at 12pm every day and one $1/3 game usually starts right away. The second and third tables pop up by 3pm. On fridays/saturday nights they can hit 8 or 9 tables. There's a 4/8 limit game usually going eventually, as well as 1/2 plo. Sometimes 4/8 half-half. I like most of the dealers although a couple are slow. There are a few regulars to avoid but it's usually not an issue. I can't tell how juicy the games are because I haven't played much live cash in the past few years, although I am winning at 10bb/hr clip in about 50 hours and I don't think I've bluffed in a big pot once.

There was a list for 2/5 on friday and saturday but I don't know if the game ever started.

Any of you regulars alive? Surprised this thread hasn't been bumped since February.

If anyone cares. NOLA Harrahs will close tomorrow Sat evening at 6PM casino will close due in o hurricane Ida.

Planning a trip to NOLA in November, how many hours of $2/$5 in Harrah's AC you think it takes to get me comped weekend rooms at Harrah's NOLA?

Can’t really answer but always felt NOLA was tight for n giving rooms. We get free weekends but that is because wife is a slot degen. She is diamond elite (earned) and still doesn’t always get every weekend comped. Otoh her theo is good but not great though she does have vip hosts at three properties

I suspect would take some significant poker hours to get comped weekends in Nola.

Is this a joke? Are you asking about a comp on the rate calendar or actually earning enough comp $ in points and paying in points? If you're referring to the former, it's probably not possible. If you're referring to the latter, probably somewhere between 600 and 900?

Not asking about paying in comp $s. It only took me 133 hours of 1/2 at Borgata to get any two nights per week including weekends comped, so was curious how it works for Cesars properties

Borgata I believe is about the loosest of Mgm props for rooms from poker. CET Nola is one of the tightest iirc

I'll be in Nola for a week around Halloween. How many players to a table are they playing? What is the buyin cap for 1/3? Any additional information about the room? I play in DC mgm usually


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This is pre Ida and things could certainly change in six weeks.

Currently still closed from hurricane I believe.
When open whole casino is mask required. Not sure how strictly enforced.
Also casino is requiring proof of vaccination to enter. And they do check. Not sure if option for prior covid (prolly not) or negative test.
8 handed could even be up to nine now. They do enforce masks at table.
No railing allowed.
Not sure of buy in rules. Games can get deep and I think you can match big stack.
Forward moving button. Straddle anywhere but blinds but only 2x BB. I don’t think restraddles allowed.
Mostly holdem very limited Omaha and only 4 card iirc. Some half n half recently.
Mostly 1-3 with coupe of 2-5. Rarely 5-10. But again plays deep. Personally have played many $1K pots at 1-3 and couple over $2.5K.
Do get some 4-8 limit games but recently most of the limit seems to have been half n half.
Lots of regs and many are bad. Some bad for game but usually easy to change tables. Though that might mean changing to a nifty table.

Personally I prefer Beau in Biloxi but honestly I think NOLA softer and my EV is better in NOLA. Just not many CET rooms that I really like but that is just my opinion.

I am visiting NOLA again this week and I have a day set aside to hit Boomtown and Harrah's. I played Harrah's the last time I was in town and have never played Boomtown. I know that Harrah's is generally a better option but I have never been to Boomtown and I work at another Hollywood property so I want to check it out.

I see on Bravo a 5-10 Omaha game running at Boomtown. Is that Limit or PLO? High or HL?
I'm prepared to play $1/3 at Harrah's. What's the buy-in for that?

Looking forward to visiting your fine city again!

Not sure if boomtown is hi low. If bravo doesn’t say, I would expect hi only. I can say that it is limit. I have not played at BT since they reopened but pre COVID I never saw nl or pl games anymore. Not since at least their bbjp scandal. I have not seen anything to suggest this has changed.

As I recall the main game there was 4/8 or 4/12 half and half hi only. But maybe it is now 5/10 Omaha still not plo though that player pool is not rolled for 5/10 plo.

Not sure about the rake but the game is beatable, both holdem and Omaha. I am neither an Omaha nor limit wizard and I have beat the game albeit a miniscule sample size.

If you are interested in PennNat casinos and have access the a car you may wish to consider Hollywood Bay St. Louis 1:15 from BT and less from Harrahs or LB Baton Rouge 1:30. Both are nicer than Boomtown and have better games. IMO. BT really is a total pit of a casino. I have been in worse but not much worse. YMMV.

Be sure to check when any of these poker rooms are open. Pretty sure Harrahs is open 7d a week but I think they close at 2AM or 3AM. The others are likely not open 7d. E.g. Boomtown is only WThFSt closed sun thru tues.

If you decide to go even farther west to Lake Chuck, DM me. Might be able to meet up. Not only poker in common. I have some long ago history in SEPA also. But long before they had casinos.

As to Harrahs buy in iirc it is $100-$500 but you can match stack so it gets much deeper and plays bigger than I recall EC 1/3 plays. Though I never played in PA specifically

Ooh, tell me more!

Probably about what you would guess.

In Jan 2018 a dealer worked with a player to rig the bbjp. Jp was about $166k. Dealer stacked the deck and dealt the player the “losing hand”. The other player was not involved in the rigging.

The staff noticed something odd and withheld the payout. The state police, who are in charge of LA gaming, investigated and in Feb confirmed the cheat and arrested the two.

Only way I heard about was when I went there in early Feb they were only spreading Omaha. I was told they could not spread holdem until investigation completed. Whether they really could not or just did not want to spread holdem with no bbjp I really don’t know.

The other interesting thing was that before this they spread mostly 4/8 limit holdem with some 4/8 half and half. Since then Omaha or half and half became the main game spread. Seems the locals got used to Omaha and never really went back to holdem.

https://www.pokernews.com/news/2018/...kpot-29978.htm

Harrah's requiring masks? Do you still have to walk through smoking areas to get to the poker room?

As of this Wednesday, mask mandate (and proof of vax) in effect for the whole city. Casino has been nonsmoking since 2015ish...but there are outdoor smoking areas if you've got a hankering to stogie-puff.