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Therefore, if limit is your preferred game, it is worth an extra half an hour drive imho
Or, you can always play Wednesday $80 or Sunday $100 NLHE tournaments at Parx if you wanna practice NLHE w/o putting a lot of $$$ on the line

Good point. I might have to take a trip to Harrahs and check it out. Sands in Bethlehem is actually slightly closer so I'm going to look at that too.

I've been wanting to play a tournament. I only ever played one live tournament at the Excalibur in Las Vegas about 10 years for $35. Took 5th to double my money. I wish Parx had some tournaments with a lesser buy-in.

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Originally Posted by danspartan

Sands in Bethlehem has a 3/6 limit game. That’s probably the closest to what you are used to.

16,000 posts as an occasional 2/4 player- wow!

I'll check out Sands too. I thought that was a little too far, but turns out it's closer than Harrahs.

I haven't played poker since it was shut down in the US. Post count isn't really indicative of poker skill, especially when this site has many subforums.

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07-19-2018 , 09:15 PM

#10877

fishtails

centurion

Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 167

Parx is buying Showboat??? Bring back bowling and the House of Blues....

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07-23-2018 , 11:37 AM

#10878

giverofbadbeats

journeyman

Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 204

I’m looking to go to Parx in August for Big Stax. I usually stay at the Holiday Inn, but it’s a little pricey this time around. Has anyone stayed at the Extended Stay, Radisson, or Best Western? If so, are they any good?

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07-23-2018 , 11:49 AM

#10879

borg23

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 14,992

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Originally Posted by giverofbadbeats

i've stayed at the extended stay and raddison
raddison is nicer, but both are fine as long as you aren't expecting a 5 star resort.

pro tip use priceline.

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07-23-2018 , 02:43 PM

#10880

tuds38

grinder

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 522

What!? They closed down Earl of Sandwich and are replacing it with a "gourmet grilled cheese" place.

What a cooler, that place had good food and prices and reasonable speed.

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07-30-2018 , 05:14 PM

#10881

jc315

adept

Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 1,049

anyone here play in the parx big stax tournaments? the structure is very good for those stakes. are fields the typical soft fields?

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07-30-2018 , 11:29 PM

#10882

eastcoastgrinder

journeyman

Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 276

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Originally Posted by jc315

anyone here play in the parx big stax tournaments? the structure is very good for those stakes. are fields the typical soft fields?

30k starting stack
45 mins level for 1-15.
60 mins level for 16 forward.
90 mins level after the final table is reached.
Breaks at 6:30pm for each Day 1. 75 minutes dinner break.

( I actually wish the B would copy this structure).
Will be using the "popular" Big Blind Ante format.

While the field can be consider "soft", expect alot of notable eastcoast player to show up just look at the result for past FT or run deep.

https://parxbigstax.blog/2018/07/01/...xxvi-schedule/

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08-02-2018 , 12:13 AM

#10883

Billy723

adept

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,084

Wow 500+ entries today for the $300 flight A. Is that normal for the 300s? I can't remember.

That means maybe 1k entries for the last flight D on Sat. I guess I have to change plans and head up this weekend.

Let's get that 100k score guys GL!

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08-02-2018 , 10:16 AM

#10884

CohibaBehike

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,651

Heading to parx saturday. Big Stax are some of my favorite tournaments of the year.

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08-05-2018 , 03:20 PM

#10885

OMGClayBacon

newbie

Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 18

Planning to make a trip to the northeast. Should I visit Parx, MGM Harbor or Borgata?

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08-05-2018 , 03:25 PM

#10886

Alpha Fish

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,823

yes

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08-05-2018 , 04:32 PM

#10887

johnny_on_the_spot

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 11,608

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Originally Posted by OMGClayBacon

Planning to make a trip to the northeast. Should I visit Parx, MGM Harbor or Borgata?

Look at the websites and see if tourney series are happening when you plan to be in the area. Regardless if you play cash or tourneys, if there is a series, that's the one you should choose.

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08-05-2018 , 05:14 PM

#10888

OMGClayBacon

newbie

Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 18

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Originally Posted by johnny_on_the_spot

Look at the websites and see if tourney series are happening when you plan to be in the area. Regardless if you play cash or tourneys, if there is a series, that's the one you should choose.

I'm planning to come mid august. I see that MGM Harbor has the Potomac Poker Open and Parx has the Big Stax series. I assume the Big Stax is the busier one?

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08-06-2018 , 09:43 AM

#10889

FrankyRizzo

adept

Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 971

anyone know around how many they get for their 560 survivor?

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08-07-2018 , 03:34 AM

#10890

Katman

adept

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 708

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Originally Posted by FrankyRizzo

anyone know around how many they get for their 560 survivor?

They got 120 last August.

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08-07-2018 , 01:52 PM

#10891

kneehall

enthusiast

Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 94

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Originally Posted by CohibaBehike

Heading to parx saturday. Big Stax are some of my favorite tournaments of the year.

Same! Should be a lot of fun, especially w/ BB ante

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08-13-2018 , 09:28 AM

#10892

FrankyRizzo

adept

Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 971

finally made it out to the new room this weekend...room is gorgeous, way brighter and better than old room. chairs are super comfortable. i dont like the smoking section you need to walk by. do you always get charged for drinks while playing? i dont remember last time i was there. i ordered a Cabernet and she said 5.50? no shot.

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08-18-2018 , 08:12 PM

#10893

aislephive

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 19,317

Am I the only one who hates the chips at Parx? I pretty much play 2/5 and 10/10 exclusively with $25 denomination or higher chips now because of how annoying it is to count out bets with the $5s constantly getting stuck together. Maybe it's just me.

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08-19-2018 , 12:59 AM

#10894

eastcoastgrinder

journeyman

Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 276

So now at Parx you can ask for a table transfer and seat down with the minimum buying. Saw a bunch of fish table hopping like crazy in the 2/2 PLO. Thanks to whoever come up with that bright idea of allowing players to chip down.

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08-19-2018 , 02:42 AM

#10895

T1967

centurion

Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 175

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Originally Posted by eastcoastgrinder

You've always been able to do that.

Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

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08-19-2018 , 05:58 AM

#10896

Katman

adept

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 708

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Originally Posted by eastcoastgrinder

Pretty sure you can't do that. ....get floor involved when you see this.

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08-19-2018 , 07:15 AM

#10897

eastcoastgrinder

journeyman

Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 276

Just got confirmation that the rule has always been like that.

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08-20-2018 , 08:24 AM

#10898

borg23

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 14,992

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Originally Posted by aislephive

I hate that ten dollar chips exist there
It's beyond stupid

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08-20-2018 , 08:49 AM

#10899

dinesh

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 4,406

$10 chips are perfectly cromulent in the 40-80 game. They are used in all rooms that spread these games.

I suspect they are also fine in the 10-10 NL, 10-10 PLO, and 10-25 NL games, but I don't play those so I'll leave it to those who do, and you may be one of them.

The $5 chips (and maybe others, I'm not sure) have been sticky lately, through some combination of ****ty humid weather and age of the chips and degree of use and cleaniliness of the chips.