The 1-2 NL players are nice to fill up the game, and hopefully intro them, and get them to keep playing, but I wouldn't call them marks, I'd really like to build the game so it runs 24/7 like NLHE.


Sometimes they hit and leave to play NL, but just as often a bunch of them sit and dump 2-500 and leave cursing to themselves. Hopefully either way more players will get into the game.

I like to gambol, pushing around stacks with marginal edges in a smal game is a fun way to blow off steam for me, and its a lot easier to get it in when there is 50 pf, than 12 obv. I don't play professionally, so I'm not there strictly to maximize my edge. I'm really just looking for an action game and lots of big pots. Generally there are 2-3 people that buy in for the max, 4-5 that buy in for 2-300, and a few min buy short stacker's. Most of the times a few hours into the game we get most of the table fairly deep stacked.

What I would really like is to get the 1-2 game going every night and start to build a regular 2-5 plo game, or even a half 2-5 plo half 5-10 NLHE game. Now that would be sweet.

Well maybe not the only way

All good stuff. And I like the half/half idea.

See you there.

Plo Tonight. 8pm.

How many runners? 10? (seriously, nice job)

As you probably figured out, I couldn't make it down. Next time!

Don't tap on the glass

102 players......I rivered broadway, player rivered aces full. We got all in on the river.

I stopped in to the room on Saturday, from 1:30 till about 7:00. First time sober in a poker room (first time ever was drunk as a skunk dropped $10 at a table, realized I didnt know what in the world I was doing, and left, thank god).

I dont really have anything to compare it to so I hope this dosent sound one sided. Didnt win anything, just sat short stacked at $80 to see what it was like playing live. I will say I learned a lot, and that I need to be more aggressive when I play. It just seemed like I couldnt catch a hand to go my way except for staying in with AQo and catching KJTo on the flop to beat out AAA which was cool. Thats about all I had in 6 1/2 hours.

Liked the room alot, and I was good as the whole time I was at the 7 seat, and had skinny people to my left so there was plenty of room, and the $1.50 Draft special was a plus, but may have been my downfall

All in all, was a really cool experience, learned alot, and hope to become a frequent visitor of a fine establishment.

So, you've read my new book?

"Recognizing the Nuts and Betting Into Them"

this would be great. anything to spark some interest in PLO would be good.

I'll be there for PLO tonight.

Just wondering if there were any thoughts about the suggestions in my looong post. In short, (a) draw for button at start of game, (b) immediate move from must move game into open seat (unless just paid blinds in which case play button then move), (c) roll call before opening new games. Thoughts?

I'm in favor of drawing for the button, but it's such a small issue I don't care too much about it.

As for must moves, it should be the floor's discretion how much leeway to give a player (but the floor has to stay on top of it and not let the player dawdle).

Roll call is a good idea, but the desk staff have to be sure to turn and scan the room when calling names, which doesn't seem to happen as much. (Usually it is the great floors who note my name being called and come to ask me whether I want to switch games.)

Is anyone still having problems seeing comp money on Parx website? I can't see mine yet. I went to the poker desk a few weeks back and asked to have them put on card. The floor did it on their computer and said the money was there. Some one mentioned the poker room card is different from the main casino card. Could this be the problem?

agreed on drawing for button, but also agreed it's so minor that I don't really care too much about it.

must moves - at a minimum, you should be allowed to play the button before moving if you happen to be in the blinds. Also, if there is an open seat in the main game and a wait list on the board, then just stick the new player in the main game rather then wait for the must move player to move and then calling the new player to the must move game. What's the purpose of that? Must moves should only be a must move if there is no list, IMHO. I never understood why main game folks get so uptight when they play with an empty chair for 5 minutes...

I'm not a big fan of roll call because I'm willing to play shorthanded. If there are 10 people on the list and they roll call and 5 answer, then they won't start it. However, if they just try to start it without a roll call and 5 show up, then I'm more then happy to play with 5. With that being said, I wouldn't oppose a roll call, though.

btw, speaking of this - I went down Saturday, got there way too early @ 11:45am and put my name on $8-16 and $15-30 hoping one of them would start soon. Come 1:00 there were only 6 people on the list. I asked the floorman if he would call the games to try to get it started. I was happy to play either limit if 4 or more people showed up. I figured it would fill up once it got started. He said he wouldn't call it because other people won't play short handed. I asked how do you know if you don't try? He said he knows from prior experiences. (which, btw, we did play 4 handed 2 weeks ago to get it started...) Anyway, I got annoyed and decided to leave :-( Went to the Borgata instead. I had a good time at the B, but I really like $15-30 as a limit, which B doesn't offer. I later saw on the internet the game started around 2:00ish. If I had any patience, I could have made it another hour...

As of 10 days ago, the two systems were still separate, and the poker room had to manually move your comp money from their system to the main parx system before you could use it. Could be that it's been unified since then, but given your experience, probably not.

I'm having the same problem. . .

The systems are not bound together yet (poker room, casino) so you are accruing them in the poker system but the main system can't see them yet. Hopefully soon.

I'm running terribad at parx. Just went again yesterday and had another big losing session.

I think somone at parx has a voodoo hex on me the way the hands have been playing out (cooler after cooler after cooler)

Is there any chance some stud, stud h/l, or HOSE games will get spread post-expansion ?

Here's hoping yes. I know a number of players including myself who'd be interested in hose...so I would think so...although who knows how regularly.

PLO roll call for tonight? Only 2 on list right now

8pm make it 3...if you have to start short you should

Rooms dead, several tables still...not a good sign

Thank you gentlemen. That's pretty much what I was thinking. I have a feeling when they get it combined , my 3 RB sandwiches worth of comps are going to be expired. Oh well, no roast beef for me!!

As of 7pm there was 18 tables spread. I would hardly call that "dead".

But what do I know , I'm just a caddie