Played there for the first time tonight. Pretty weird the cage lady wouldnt sell me the $1200 I wanted to buy in chips. Said it against the rules because I could sneak them onto the table in excess of the maximum buyin. Told her I just wanted to keep them in my pocket to top off.

Didnt need them anyways so many people sitting at 2/5 with even less than $200. Was a pretty lame table.

I was told the same thing and then I asked to speak to the floor manager. He got in my face and asked me why I needed more than the max buyin. I said I didn't want to slow the game down.

He then says, "What's stopping you from cheating". When I laughed at this borderline accusation he said "What do you think this is, online poker?"

I haven't been back since. I used to play their "high stakes" but refuse to grind there anymore. That bald manager is a total ******* and thinks he knows how to run a card room.

I also have plenty more horror stories/rulings in the past that would take me hours to type out.

Went up this past Sat. night and played until around 2:30. 2 tables of 2/5 going and it was normal silliness, but it was even "worse" than normal, and it was at both tables so I know it wasn't just my group of people.

2 people who knew what they were doing, 1 so-so player, remainder were mouth breathers. Lot of money on the table though - had to be north of $10K at one point. One guy had $3K+ in front of him for a while (he left with about 10% of that).

Certainly more action than there used to be here. If this is standard, it's a worse minefield than even HR now - but if you can dodge them it would be very profitable. (I left down $30 after 7 hours, but can't complain given how the cards fell.)

BTW, I really didn't know that someone could limp $5 and then call $140 pre-flop with 7-8 off, but apparently they can. You just gotta love poker...

music to my ears.

Does anyone know if they will allow players to start interest lists for stakes not currently offered. The gap between 1-2nl 60-200 and and 2-5nl 200-600 is pretty large IMO. I think a 1-3nl 100-300 could do well there on the weekends.

They probably will not. And even if they did, you stand a better chance of being struck by lightning than them opening a game if so much as one person on the list is sitting at another table already.

Went up on Friday after July 4th. Very odd...they had a bunch of stud tables going and literally had to be 30 people on the list. Someone said it was something to do with tickets or something for a FH or better that got you into a drawing for something, but I didn't ask/care. But if anyone is looking for what I assume plays like a "limp any cards" stud game, head on over there...

(One 2/5 going early afternoon and then a second opened up later. Games played same as last report. I'd also be willing to bet good money that whoever was in the 7 seat at table 25 with the hat and headphones reads this board. If so, good playing. That was me in the 10.)

I've heard they don't open more stud games because all those players are already on 1/2 limit or 1/2 NL tables, instead the open tables that get waiting players on the tables. It's kinda messed up but then again I don't play stud so screw it.

Stud is the new 2/4 LHE. The new promotion is: get a full house, get put into a drawing on Fridays for $500 an hour or something like that.

I just got a shiver up my spine and had a flashback to Jax card rooms circa 2009.

Ah, what fun we had 8 to every flop....chasing the dream betting 1/50th of the pot on the river.

Hi, I'm looking to play mid-high stakes ($1k buyin+) PLO games- how often does PLO run these days and what stakes? Thanks!

To answer your PLO question - they rarely have a 5-5-10 game going, but there was one about 2 weeks ago. Ended in someone threatening to throw a chair. I was playing the 1-2-5 game after a tournament, its the same 8-12 players who want to gamble. If you have PLO experience, you will be ahead of 9 of those people.

I played there 5 days a week the past 2 months (that or Derby). Once you become recognized as a reg, the game goes downhill. Just not enough transient people, but the level of play is fairly low level (I still level myself there).

They were probably suspicious of the 1200 purchase because they have no games that run that high on any regular basis, bringing out black chips is like a big thing there. I have gotten to know the floor, TDs, and dealers and they are genuinely nice people. If you want a laidback 2/5 game, go there. Everyone buys in for 2-400 and it plays like a deeper 1-3 to be honest.

can you explain the transient people comment? i don't get how someone showing up 2 times makes the game run LESS often than that same person showing up 10 times.

Things I saw at SKC in 5 hours on Saturday:

- Someone shoving 450 into a dry side pot with 150 in the main
- Limping for 5, then calling a raise and reraise to 145. With 80 behind.
- Calling a 150 pot size bet on the turn with 4th pair and a gutshot (which he then hit).

Much fun.

On the report side, I got there around noon and the 2/5 didn't even start until around 1 or just after. I would have thought that it would start at opening, but I guess not. We were sitting there with 7 on the list for the longest time, but 4 of them were playing the 1/2 and they didn't want to cause that table to be short.

So they moved the $40,000 drawing day from Friday the 30th to the 31st: The last Saturday of this month. Will there still be any promotions running on Friday?

I am not saying the game will play less often, but it will be the same 10 people, still willing to gamble, but is more of a home game. Hard Rock has a 2/5/10 where you will get a lot of random gamblers - people don't make the trip to Sarasota for the poker. I see transient people (snowbirds) as better for the game even if the game runs less often. I walk into the room and see the same 9 people playing 2/5NL on weekdays and that's why I don't play it that often, I wait for PLO to open. I still enjoy going there because the floor/dealers are great. Waiting for season to get back here so there is more action.

I just got back from there a few hours ago, they had a Friday drawing at $500 an hour for 10 hours, and $4000 an hour today, the place was packed. People were shortstacking to stay in a game since you have to be playing for your name to be called. Though there was not much money in the game, it was easier to get people off hands because they didn't want to go broke before the end of the day (9pm) when the last 4k drawing was done.

I'll second that. Went up last Friday for a couple of hours. All of them obviously knew each other. Terrible game. It's like they were 9 old women having tea around a card table. No action and even less fun. It wasn't like that the last couple of times I was there, and so I agree that even having 2 or 3 unknowns at the table would help loosen it up. (Still, this is why I generally drive an extra 20 mins to HR...)

As I aside, I thought that I heard someone say that Sam is leaving?

Yeah, Sam is actually gone now - I think his last day was a week ago today. I'd rather not go into the details publicly on this forum, but you are free to PM me if you want - I can tell you what happened.

As far as 2/5 goes, Sunday night randomly reopened a table, got on it. A few drunk gamblers were on, open raising to 55 with no straddle present (lol). It was not your typical 2/5 night, everyone buying in for 400+ and reloading whenever they were low. It wasn't 9 rocks min-buying and sitting there to cooler someone.

I'm amazed at how much bigger $2/$5 NL is playing now with the $1k cap. It seems like there's more tables running too.

To give a little update, most Fridays have a 5-5-10 PLO game running, sometimes a private game as well. 2/5 like Larry said is 200-1K now, I think its better for the game. They are running a Thanksgiving tourney series which includes an OFC tournament and a 40K guarantee with multiple flights. New management is open to new ideas and will spread games on request more easily than before. They are trying to get a 1-1-2 PLO game running, and SNGs are running well too.

OFC is going to be a blast. Hard to believe that they will get enough players, but will be great if they do.

2/5 game is also better as Lic says. I was there last weekend and it was silliness, as it was the last couple of times I've been there. Raises preflop by the end of the night were in the 50-60 range and were getting called in 4 spots. Only 2 people at the table bought in full, others seem content to rebuy for 300-700 at a time and essentially flip coins post-flop. You can actually play fairly snugly and win without much drama, because there are maybe 1-2 other players who are actually paying attention. Hard to ask for much more from a game...

Only real complaint was that I got there around 6 last Saturday and it took me 2 hours to get on a 2/5 table when they finally opened a second table around 8 pm. One table was running initially, with 6 on the list. Same thing happened the last few times I was there. Frankly I think that this is the main reason a lot of people who would play here more often (myself included) go to HR.

I like a lot of the changes happening at SKC (run it twice, must move tables, 200bb BIs, ect), but when are we finally gonna be able to call a clock in cash games?

How has the PLO been here lately ?

Where are you able to do this?

Call a clock on someone in a cash game? No.
But I mentioned the fact that I thought players should have that option to a dealer yesterday and was told that the rule is already in the book, although no one knows about it or uses it.