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I wish whomever worked on the chip storage cover frames under the tables would have mocked one up then sat in the seats and hopefully they would have realized what a poor design it was.. The frames they built are getting in the way of players feet sitting in seats 5 and 6 and also some of the dealers feet.
If they put a little thought into it they could have mounted them at an angle, maybe 45 degrees. That would have prevented them from hanging over thus getting in the players way.
Mike, if they haven't completed the installation of all the frames can you look into having them mounted at a angle facing the dealers seat.

Thanks
Ron

Paul Pierce was in the 25-25 game last night, almost certain the Bravo said it was only a $2k min buy in too.

I'm moving from a poker Mecca to the south Baltimore area. Haven't decided where to live yet but am excited to find out there's a big room close by. Now it's time to pump my roll in anticipation of the move.

Yeah... again, just a guess: Prime Rib prices have a much different margin (i.e. they're making 80% instead of 50%) leaving room to allow it. A $50 dinner has wiggle room; not so much a $10 one.

Since the year is coming to an end, I went to poker brush desk to ask them how many poker hours I have logged in so far this year. They told me I have 409 hours, which didn't sound quite accurate to me. My guess was between 250-300 based on my own logged information.

So i went to the customer service desk and asked them the same question. They told me I have 250 poker hours logged in this year.

Then i asked them how many more points would I need to accumulate to maintain my platinum status and told me that I can maintain my platinum status by accumulating another 250 poker hours or 100,000 tier points by Dec 31. They said I have only 1000 tier points so far this year. They also told me that I cannot combine poker hours and tier points together and that they are independent from each other.

Does this make sense or did they misinform me?

I recall reading on here some time ago that it's either X tier points OR Y poker hours, and that they are completely independent and can't combine.

ok thanks.

I just did a quick search and couldn't find a post where I would've gotten that from, so I could be wrong. Not very helpful I know

It is 100,000 Tier Points or 500 Poker Hours to become Platinum.
It is 500,000 Tier Points or 5000 Poker Hours for Black.

GolfPro

I asked the Live Rewards desk before, and they are independent limits, and cannot be combined. Pretty bad policy imo.

Did any one see the Tournament Schedule for November?

Mike any news on the same. Also, any exciting promo's for next month?

GolfPro

He answered you when you asked the other day.

What's a typical wait list like for 1-2 around 5pm Monday-Thursday?

Can be anywhere from a couple to 25/30. Usually they bring in dealers around 5 to open a few 1/2 tables. Never had to wait more than like 20/30 min around that time.

It's a few days until November and there's no tournament calendar up for November yet

Sorry for the repeated question.

Thanks for the response Mike n Lattimer!

GolfPro

I see the November Tournament schedule is on the Live website. Sorry to see that there are no non-holdem events during the month.

Me too. I'd love a HORSE, Triple stud, or even oe tournament (though I don't really like the O) offered ... It would need to be on weekend though because of work.

Does anyone else think 4-8 holdem would be much improved if they added a mandatory full kill? People won't play 8-16 but if they just added the kill to all 4 8 holdem games it would still be tagged cheapest available game that people were familiar with and would still play.

While personally I would prefer to play with a kill, I think a majority of the 4/8 players come to the casino with $100 or less they are willing to invest in poker, and once that is gone, they go home, or go play slots/table games. A full kill would (on average) make the losing players lose faster. That's good for the winning players, but probably not good for the overall health of the game.

The 8/16 game switched to 10/20 and it does run sometimes. There is usually a list on Friday and Saturday nights and often the game will get called, but it runs only occasionally since players don't get up from the other game they are already in. If more people signed up for the 10/20 list and showed up at the table when the game is called, the game would run more often. it would be nice to have something in between 4/8 and 20/40.

Fwiw, its pretty much a lock that the 20 (and 50, for that matter ) games are better than the 4/8. Worth taking a shot once or twice if you can afford it.

Better in what way? Lower percentage of winnings collected by rake/time?

Worse players (I find this hard to believe generally)? I can believe that the bad players there are more likely to be loose aggressive action players than 4 8 players who tend to be loose or tight passive. I've played with some 20 40 regs at the 10 20 game. They seem to have better reading skills than average 4 8 player as a whole. The really bad ones are lag tards who raise every hand.... While I almost never am first to enter the pot with a limp (except when game loose passive enough to get away with it) and I have been known to open raise a marginal hand from time to time, what struck me was they were playing nearly every hand (and raising). The game broke when the 20 started and I remember desperately wishing I could follow that guy... But one really bad day there would put me out of poker for months

So how is the game better?

Better in every conceivable way. Less rake, worse players, players care about money less.

That said, the game is likely going to be much higher variance than you're used to, so that's something to consider I guess. Also a decent chance you get run over if you play too tight/passive.

My point was just that the 20 game is def worth checking out if you're a decent limit player and are the type of person who doesn't mind taking an isolated shot here and there.

I'm tight but pretty aggressive. I sometimes have to shift gears when playing horse or 10 20 after 4 8.... Raises from a lot of 4 8 players typically mean they are very strong. At games with better players or just more maniacal players, they could mean lots of things. Once I figure out what raises mean, getting run over is not something I'm too worried about.