Interesting, I would love to have stradles and business, that would be great if Parx decided to add it. Ari what do you think?

Still don't think anyone talked about this. Any difference from before the expansion? Thanks

I can only comment on 2/5 but tonight there were 8 tables of 2/5, more than there have ever been, and there were certainly many good tables when you have that many to pick from. Sure, all the regs were there but they end up being more spread out. I think the games have gotten better but obviously not where they were at opening.

Glancing at 5/10 and 10/25, the game didn't seem that soft but I don't really know since I get crushed at those tables when I take shots.

Thinking about heading down to Parx. Anyone know any additional details/tried this bus route? Website available? How often do the buses return to NYC? How long is the trip? Weighing driving vs a very cheap bus option...

How bad is the clientele? Is it Greyhound to AC sketchy? Or just Academy to AC (really not sketchy at all)

From what I've seen the bus is mostly Asian's coming to play in the new downstairs pit games. Doesn't look too sketchy, Idk about the schedule, but they seem to run fairly often, the return trips from Parx are all listed on the board downstairs, seems like there is one every hour and they go to Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.

By "business", I take it that you mean things like running it twice? I'ld be totally against that, simply because it would slow the game up ALOT!

Let's just play poker, and leave the fancy "business" stuff to the really high end players in Bobby's room, etc.

Thank you and Happy New Year everybody!

Lee

Heading up there today around 1pm for 1/2nl. Is calling ahead necessary? If so, how far ahead is optimal?

Not necessary.....but try like 10 minutes before you arrive just to eliminate almost any wait.

Guess I got that right



I'm guessing they didn't get the comp system updated yet?

How is that any different ? The blinds are 1 - 2 - 5.

If anything that makes the game $1 bigger than standard $2 - $5 blinds.

In a standard $1/$2 game the typical opening raise is $7 with a raising limit of $10. In a $1/$2/$5 game that Parx is spreading now, I have no idea what the standard opener is, but the limit jumps to $26. A $26 opening raise in a game where the buy-in limits are as low as $100 is silly.

Not that I can afford that game anyway, but if I wanted to do $200 coin flips, I"ll just go down stairs and play blackjack.

To post the game as a $1/$2 PLO and have the buy-in limits for $1/$2, but really spread it as a $1/$2/$5 is disingenuous.

It seems like an obvious attempt to deceive players.

There is no 3rd blind. It is a bring in. The open is 5 to 20. The max buy in for the game is 500, so it plays deep post flop. 1-2 plo usually plays with a 5 bring in. I'm not going to go into why here but Jeff Hwang has some excellent posts on the subject and I highly recomend them.

By making it a $1/2 with a $5 bring in we are just making it easier for the dealers to count the pot and making the game run alot of smoother. If you are "bringing it in" you can make it $5, 10, or 15 preflop. $100 min buy-in is silly but whatever. Depending on whether a home game is running or not I will be at Parx tonight hoping to play some PLO. If not, have a safe and happy new year all!

Open should be to fifteen if there are no limpers. In Hwang's game @ the V, the blinds together counted as $5, so if you were to bet pot UTG, the bet would be $15. (Maybe Ari has decided on different rules for the Parx game.)

I really dont think this is usually true of 1/2 PLO games. I believe it is a recent innovation of Jeff Hwang's invention. If you can open to 20, it does sound like this is much closer to a standard 2/5 game than a standard 1/2 game. I have no problem with the game's structure per se, but it sounds like an awfully high stakes game to be the entry-level PLO game in a casino, particularly considering the variance inherent in PLO.

That would make sense if it was being played as a $5 bring in, but its not. If being played as a $5 forced bet UTG. That's my problem with the way its being done.

And the effect on counting the pot is marginal at best.

But the side issue to all of this is that I believe it's killing the chances of ever seeing the game grow at Parx. PLO at the 1/2 level has the chance of drawing in NL1/2 players and guys interested in trying out the game. I've personally sat in on the game at 1/2/5, seen those guys come in, sit one rotation and leave because the way its being spread. Last night the game was 6 handed and two guys left when it went to 1/2/5.

The game ran 35 minutes as 1/2, then maybe only another hour at 1/2/5 after all the short stacks busted. Then...no game. I'm not sure how that benefits anyone.

Meanwhile there were two full tables of O8 going

If there's every going to be a chance for 2/5 PLO ( or higher) being spread at Parx, then they're going to have to cultivate players and bankrolls. That happens by establishing a regular running low limit game that's accomodating ( meaning that the regulars should do their best to no insult and run of newbies).

Parx should two tables, even if they're short handed tables. A regular running PLO 1/2 ( 100-300) and at peak times a PLO 2/5 ( 200-1000). In 3 months both games would run regularly.

There's so much wrong in your post I'm going to take it point by point.

1. It's not a forced UTG bet, UTG is free to fold, bring it in for 5 or Raise. I don't know where you're getting this from, but its just not true.

2. 1/2 NL players are not the target to grow PLO, they don't have the bankroll and the game will bust them quick. The target for crossover is 2/5 NL and higher. Even 1/2 PLO with no bring in is too big for the average live 1/2 player.

3. The game ran from 730-1030 last night, so 3 hours not 1. The Five bring in was added on 12/22 and there has been no decrease in the number of days/hours the game has run.

http://www.taeyeonkim.com/parx/index.php?game=plo12

1-2 with a 5 bring in runs every night at Rivers in Pittsburg, there's no reason it can't do the same at Parx.

This was how it was originally, but last night all the dealers were saying yesterday each blind counted as 5. Im fine with it either way, but some clarification from Ari would be nice.

If 1/2 PLO with no bring in is too big for the average 1/2 player, isn't the same game with a 5 bring in (essentially a 2/5 game) too big for the average 2/5 player?

I am a 2/5 NL player myself (and also play 15/30 and 20/40 LHE), and I have enjoyed playing 1/2 PLO on several occasions (including once at Parx w/o the 5 bring in). But 2/5 PLO is too big and has too much variance for me, particularly since I do no know the game very well. If the game is played with a 5 bring in and a 20 opening raise, I am not going to be playing in it...and I doubt many 2/5 NL are willing to dip their toes into the water at those stakes.

If you are targeting "higher" players, then good luck....but seeing as how Parx usually only gets one table of 5/10 NL going, I don't think this player pool is really big enough to draw from.

Well why don't you sit at 1/2 plo and let us play 1.2.5 noone says it has to be played with the bring in. But everyone agress and the game does run much smoother. Some of the dealers have a tough time counting the pot...I know the bring in helps me...and I don't mind the action the 5 brings in either

I said this in an earlier post, but I have no problem with the structure of this game if there is already a lower stakes entry-level game out there. If I had the option to play in 1/2 PLO w/out the bring in, I would play in it. But does that option even exist now? Does Parx ever get more than one table of PLO at any stake?

It would if you put all the effort in to getting a plo 125 gaming going as all of us did. Constantly asking floorto call the game/playing short/texting regs ect.

How crowded does everyone think the room will be tomorrow night? Huge wait list or no?

1. Come on Brian that's ********. I've played with you for hours and watched you badger the player UTG for not posting the $5 blind pre-deal.

3. Here's the irony about last night. The game ran from 7:30 until about 8:05 when you got there, with the opening bet being about $7 on average. You showed up, made a shitfest out of things, reduced the table by two, and ran the game into muck as a $5 limp-fest.

The only saving grace was watching you drop $500 before the game broke.

If it makes your hourly rate better to divide -$500 by 3 hours instead of 1, then who am I to argue Especially after you bought my lunch this afternoon.

Last night there were 5 players at the table playing $1/$2 and happy.

Brian showed up and insisted that it be $1/$2/$5 and, literally, drove two players (dead money) off the table.

The problem is that's its not longer "what ther players agree to". The default position is a $5 bring in.

Quite simply, I don't have a problem with the game. Just post it for what it is, a $2/$5 game and make the buy in appropriate.

To come to brians defense...he usually loses 1 or2 buyins before he win 4 or 5