If you got the bravo app you could find the current BBJ status at a moments notice...

I have the app, and the BBJ listed there is 3 days old.

It's going to be very close - not much $ is going towards the main BBJ at this point - it will take a while to get > 260k. Right now the backup BBJ is > 120k. Wee.

Also, gotta be careful about going to get food at the grill while playing during busy times. A buddy of mine went to get food, waited in line forever, eat quickly and returned to having his chips picked up. He was put on bottom of list behind 40 people. They need to give a fella a reasonable amount of time to eat dinner during a 12 hours session. Not like he went to the steakhouse. Just wanted a burger.

How picky are they about you bringin in a backpack with your own food in it? I mean I would prefer hot food sometimes, but it sounds like its not a realistic option here due to the long wait both in the poker room and the restaurants.

I haven't had a problem bringing a backpack. Haven't tried loading it up w/ sandwiches or snacks aside from a few granola bars. I wouldn't think it would be a problem but who knows.

A reg tonight said he is the one who got them to get 5/10 and 10/25 approved. Plaques are made.
They want 2/5 capped at $500. 5/10 capped at $2k and 10/25 uncapped
They all were saying capping 1/2 and 2/5 would do wonders for # of games running. And they compared it to Charlestown, which apparently caps its buy-ins. Food for thought.

1/2 is already capped at $300, right? How would capping 2/5 at $500 'do wonders' for # of games running? (not doubting, just don't understand exactly how it has an effect on that)

When you say "they" want 2-5 capped, is "they" the casino or regs? And if it is capped, are they talking about also doing away with the 100% rule?

It is $300 max for new tables, but anyone can also buy in up to 100% of the big stack if someone has over $300.

i play 2/5 and i think a cap would help the amount of games at 2/5 and the reg/fish ratio. fish do not want to sit at 2/5 with 300-500 bucks when 5-6 other ppl have 1.5k-2k in front of them.

+1

And if they are forced to sit v 1k stack they may go broke sooner. Might as well have 2/5 un capped and 2/5 capped.

Capping the games is terrible for the good players. The casino benefits most from doing this.

Capping is terrible for the good players in the short run. Keeping a player pool with fish will be good for the overall health of the room, though, and will allow good players to keep playing against fish longer. Yes, the casino will most definitely benefit from this, and in this case, the winning player will as well.

Also, this will most likely force the 5/10 & 10/25 to be spread more often for those looking to play higher. Hopefully the casino recognizes this and allows the higher games to go off and not have 25+ 1/2 games going during peak hours.

I think the good recreational player benefits the most from this: pro grinders will need to play higher to make their nut, opening up the 2/5 game to a higher % of fish.

I'm in favor of this decision.

I'm in favor of capping as well. Played in a 1/2 game yesterday where a reg sat in for $800 and half the table was $400+ deep. That's super intimidating for the rec player that sits down for 50bb.

Pretty much all of this. There is no incentive for 5/10 and 10/25 to run when there are two 2/5 games w/ avg stack of 2k. If 1/2 and 2/5 are capped @ say $300 and $500 respectively, it would force 5/10 to go off to play deeper (and it can be uncapped or capped at say 2k) and 10/25 can be perm uncapped for the room's "big game."

It's super terrible to have a 36 table room with 4 3/6 limit games, 2 2/5 NL, 1 1/2 PLO and 800 1/2 NLHE. (check my math there)

But you get the point - if something isn't done the entire room will be 1/2 and 3/6 all of the time. Once people become complacent, it will be harder to change this. Kudos to some of the regs for speaking up.

The only reason I have not played 2/5 here is because everyone I talk to that plays 2/5 says you need to have at least 1k to sit in.

This is why I never played at Gemini. I wanted to play 1/2, not 5/10.

lol @ capping any 'rake heavy' game ever. No 1-2 player at Hollywood Cbus should ever want that game capped. EVER.

i think a cap of 1k at 2/5 would be good

Yes, worst case I suppose.

This is BS. You don't need anything of the sort...you can win by adjusting your style to your stack size. Would I sit down with $200? No, but that's true of any game...playing with the min buyin severely limits your ability to maneuver. But $500 against stacks of $2000 plays just fine.

ok obviously we know that is true! that isn't the point. fish don't know that's true

2 5 is fine with 100% I doubt any 2 5 reg wants the game capped (and I am not referring to you guys who are taking shots) ,I sure dont ,always nice to play deep if fish runs hot .we better get the money before they walk out of the poker room because the pit isnt worried about long term sustainability. 2 5 is drying up fast already not ever going to be much bigger games except for special occcasions or when organized which has nothing to do with 2 5 100%. Cap the 1 2 at 200 and force people who want to gamble bigger to move up and maybe we will see better than a 10 to 1 ratio on 1 2 to 2 5 games running. Would be gross if casio made 2 5 500 cap rake already sucks and ask any regs if they think there will be bigger games that end up running regularly, not a chance

So the 2-5 game is already drying up, but you don't want a cap? What's this game going to look like in a year? A cap slows the bleeding and it makes the game more attractive to the fish who don't want to see 2k+ stacks at the table.