Yeah, I know. I'll be there sometime soon for a couple of shots at it, probably this winter, when I work up the nerve. I was watching a couple of hands this past Saturday. One guy had about 30 stacks of between 15 and 40 chips (maybe $5k or $6K total) - it was a beautiful castle of red chips. Someone explained to me that he's the guy who never folds preflop. I'm sure he's good for the game when he's running cold, but if he's running hot, look out!

The exact same jackets as last year?

It was close to $9k at some point and they were purchased. Stack sizes don't matter but all the red is good for the game!

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A buddy of mine wants to head up tomorrow night. Is Halloween and more or less hectic than a typical Friday?

It's not a day off work for anyone, but you can probably expect more partiers.

Thinking about taking a trip up there and staying at Hampton Inn. Not planning on renting a car, any opinions on the wisdom of walking back from M-Live to Hampton late at night, or is there some kind of shuttle available?

They have a shuttle that will get you if you call. Cab is quicker.

Walking through the mall to get their is good exercise, walking back at night - i'd pass.

Thanks Greebo. I'll let him know.

Follow up since I don't usually play Friday nights. Wait time around 8:30-930ish probably a minimum of 20-30 minutes I guess?

Oops we did add a $100 NLH Tournament Sunday Nights at 5:15

Is the jacket promotion for 20 hours for November still on? I don't see it on the MDL website under poker promotions?

Yes it is. I'll check the web page Monday


Thanks

Mike

Nice addition Mike. As soon as I saw that I was thinking what if there are more people for the Deep Stack event. But, this is after 5 hours, so, by then some of the tournament tables would be free.

I am planning for the Satellite for the Live 500. Nice to see you brought back the hyper turbo on Friday's, they were popular.

GolfPro

Apologies if this has already been asked and answered (could not find it in the threads in my search).

I am considering taking a few shots @ 5/T at MDL. My friend warned me that it is filled with folks who are staked by a few people and they tend to wait for the few rich fishes. I am just playing for fun (and for the side-income) so I do not want to end up in a game where staked horses/teams have an unfair advantage.

He also advised me to take up 2-2 PLO instead as it was safer. Thoughts?

If I am being paranoid, can someone who plays 5/T give some pointers on how it plays vs 2/5?

Thank you!

Whoever told you that is just plain ******ed. I play 5/T mostly, I am staked, and I sometimes play with the person who is staking me and I play him like I play anyone else. A majority of the top 10 biggest pots I've ever played have been with him or people that I live with. Soft play doesn't exist to us.

If you see anything suspicious or suspect any kind of collusion, immediately alert the floor.

The reason you couldn't find anything on this is because you are indeed being paranoid. Many people from a wide variety of backgrounds play the 5/T game, some good, some bad. Because the swings can be big some people are backed for that game but they are in no way teaming up to get at rich fish IMO.

As for how it plays vs 2/5, like any other increase in stakes, expect an increase in skill and aggression overall. But it will vary from table to table.

2/2 can also be fun to play. I have played it far less often than any other game at MDL though so I don't want to comment on it's, "safety." I'd guess it is just as safe as any other game though.

For the love of god people it's 5/10 not 5/T.

I'm just wired to put a T in place of 10 because of how many HH's I constantly type up and look at.

Everyone knows what we're talking about. Don't be so OCD.

Just a personal pet peeve of mine. Outside of HH's T should never be substituted for 10.

Post is 6/T at best.

Uhhhhh define safer. Not sure what you mean here. It's far swingier than any NL game and can play as deep as 5/T esp later at night. 2/2 players are more terrible tho

Safer as in more difficult to team up, softplay and basically cheat in PLO.

Thanks for the input everyone. Will take a shot once I get a few more buy-ins.

As someone who used to be staked several months ago, I have experience with this. A misconception many people have is that staking is related to collusion/softplay - this is not true.

In a staking deal, the backer gets a portion of the profit that the horse makes. That's it. If two horses happen to be playing at the same table, there is no benefit to softplaying each other. It is in each player's best interest to play for himself and himself only. Winning 500 from a random player is the same as winning 500 from another horse - there is no difference.

This is entirely different from collusion/softplaying, which does not require a staking deal to happen. Family and recreational friends who play recreationally are much more likely to softplay and inadvertently collude.

+1 to what others have said about horses playing together. There's no advantage for them and you'll have just as much fun as you would playing anyone else.

As far as PLO being safer, that's just not true. It's very easy to set up a simple and effective cheating system between two players. If I were going to try to cheat with someone I would choose PLO hands down. But I highly doubt there is any actual cheating going on at any of the games at MDL, it's pretty much a non-issue.

Dropping in to play some poker tomorrow - first time. Anything I should know?

Flush>straight.

But seriously, you'll be fine.

Get your rewards card from the live rewards desk instead of in the poker room, you get more free stuff that way.