Gambling comission's monthly meeting is on the 17th .. so i'd suspect if there is going to be a change it will happen then.

I attended the meeting for the gaming commission ..

No specific updates regarding outdoor card rooms .. except that they expect the capacity limits to apply.

Does that mean that 25% capacity is what they are allowed? .. or 5 per table capacity? .. they didn't expand on that.

I guess we'll see what happens by the end of the week.

Anyone have any updates on live games? full tabless still? Tent capacity lowered?

I haven't gone to Fortune for a few weeks, but a quick check of their website shows that they are running at the same capacity as before.

14 tables of 7 handed.

I really miss playing poker, but at the current infection rates, i can't risk other people in my household just to have some fun.

Just look at the death rates and you will feel better. Also look into PCR tests and their cycle rates and what it was designed for.

Zero 4/8 games? Seems highly improbable.

Funny even something as simple as a webpage showing what games are running is being questioned.

That's an odd way to interpret the post. Didn't even cross my mind that the information might not be accurate.

What would make you think that?

Everything is a conspiracy

Not improbable IMO. W tables only running 7 handed and a $7 total drop there’s a realistic chance that all 7 players could be down money after a couple hours of play without a single winner. Eventually one way or another players will stop playing in these games.

I’m probably biased, I’ve played live poker exactly once since the pandemic started and it was 8-16 at Fortune. While I was impressed w what they did w the tent, the action in the 7 handed game was horrible and all I could think about was how much rake I was paying trying to win a $30 pot. 4-8 obv even worse.

Just few months ago, there was a discussion that 4/8 players play for many reasons and apparently fun was mentioned as one of them.

And rake was of no concern.

So ya, you are biased.

The whole point of my post, is I've looked at that app almost daily for years, and I'm certain that is the only time I've ever seen between noon and midnight there wasn't a single 4/8 game, let alone 3+. So that's what makes it improbable.

You guys are nuts. No game was running that day because the rake ate up the entire player pool? ****ing lol.

No one said anything about rake eating up the 4/8 pool.

But that's basically the issue here. You randomly yelled that something is improbable and everyone comes up with their own take of what that means.

And then it falls off tangent into some crazy rabbit hole.

Here is where we at right now.

Explanations:

-Website is wrong.
-Rake ate the player pool.

-Rake is too high for 4/8 game? Was this really discussed, or just simply eliminated because "it's nuts to think rake at the entire player pool."

Lol, yelled? What the hell are you talking about?


Would you not agree if a game or multiple run every single day, (which it does) it would be unlikely to find a given day that it wasn't? Thus improbable?

What is hard to understand about that? Do you know that improbable doesn't mean impossible?


No deep explanation required.

An event that occurs once in 500 or more trials is improbable.

Hah, never mind dude. Had enough fun, if you can call it that.

You didn't theorize why there was no game running, you thought I was implying the information was intentionally deceitful. I asked for clarification on that outlandish viewpoint, you gave none.

A total of one other person has posted since. He posited that indeed there wasn't a 4/8 game running in the early evening because of rake. Which is simply preposterous.

In the post you quoted, I did quantify something being "highly improbable". An event that occurs less than 1 in 500 times to me would qualify as such.


If we were to transport back in time to any random single day in the last four years (save during the closure) I would bet my entire roll at heavy odds that if we were to open the Fortune app that evening we would find at least one, and likely 3+, 4/8 games running.

If you can't understand that, I don't know what more there could be to discuss.

I'm not sure if its just me, but the image you posted isn't showing.

I have a little bit of hope that it might be humorous as a saving grace.

sigh --

just sitting twiddling my thumbs at home waiting for the infection rate to drop below 200 before heading back to fortune ..

one thing the pandemic has done for me .. (aside from inflating my bank account because i can't go anywhere to spend money) is given me perspective on my poker playing ..

as soon as travel is safe .. i'm going to austin to play in their NL games .. -- seattle could be a nice poker destination if we had reasonable rules

life is too short to just play spread-limit your whole life ..

Haha. I wish you luck!

I didn't mind it too much in the 1/3. The 300 cap factored into play only a handful of times over a few years. Granted its a huge deal in the 3/5.

Red Dragon is doing an hourly comp thing, $1/hour I think.

The 1/3 PLO tonite was a crazy thing to see, maniacs with infinite bankrolls clashing with Ukranian elders with seeming limited knowledge but there to play.

Hand of the night I wasn't in was the guy who 3-bet pf 50bbs with A399.

Ended up 666 bb, my personal best so far, I think. But I took a beating the last couple of months, so yeah.

Red Dragon is back indoors! You'll still need your warm weather gear.

No more games breaking at 10pm!

This is a rather odd thing to post, but Red Dragon has a lot of daily drink specials, from $3 to $4. I'm not a poker drinker, but I overheard the staff discussing future drink specials so I figured might as well try one out as they put effort into being creative with the drinks.

(Even though RD doesn't seem to have many drinkers)

I got the Orange Creamsicle, and it was super fun and tasted exactly of the name. At $3 it's a fun treat, not too boozy.

One thing that players complained about when Mavericks took over Caribbeans is how they took away the drink special.

Caribbean had one of the cheapest drinks anywhere around, especially on the Eastside.

Given that as the history, I doubt RD is actually providing any value in its drinks.

How can you complain about value in a $3 drink?

I expect one shot of booze, and for it hopefully to not be gross. The drink was prepared carefully and perfectly fine for the price.