Another FYI, last time I was at Hideaway (December 2010) they raked $4 plus a $2 jackpot drop--most Seattle-area rooms are at $3 + $2. Not sure if that is something you care about though.

Sorry in advance for the dumb question . . .

What is the minimum age for the tribal and non tribal casinos in Washington? Gonna be moving back to Seattle soon and hoping to play live alot. Somewhere I saw muck was 21+ but on some site *not the mucks* it said 18+.

Thanks

The shoreline card rooms/casinos are all 18+ and all the tribals are 21+.

I don't know if they get any bigger games going but I am 99% sure Clearwater is a tribal casino that is 18+ and has a 1-3 spread game, not sure if they ever get bigger games going? Quickiest to take a ferry to get there but since you are under 21 its an option

Unless you play plo do not play at the Sno. Games there have gotten tougher and the floor remains incompetent.

Does anyone know the rational behind the max bets in WA card rooms? ($100 non-indian, $500 indian)

Not sure which way you're trying to get this question answered, but:

* If you're asking for "why do the limits exist", I think they claim it's to protect the players from losing all their money on single bets; protecting the gamblers.

* If you're asking "why is the Indian Casino limit higher", it's because the politicians get more $$$ from the Indian Casinos.


See WSGC information on the pilot project for upping the limit to $100:

Was wondering if it is a casino rule to keep fish in action like small capped buyin games in LA or a legislation issue for "protecting" us from ourselves. Sounds like it is the later.

FYI, HA game went yesterday at Tulalip. 5-10 Holdem, 5-5 PLO. Attempted to run 20\40 limit Stud8 but failed.

afjasfjhas 20/40 stud8 are you kidding, i will prop that game up

Dito, we had 5 but one guy wanted 6 min. I think the floor announced it as a joke but 5 people wanted to play.

Any mixed games going these days? I miss the 10/20 game at Parker's. I think I was beating it for 3bb/hr over the 6 months I managed to play it.

Will drive to any 10/20 - 20/40 HORSE game although not really looking to fill a game with 2+2ers.

Haven't checked up on this thread in awhile but it's 500 statewide i believe. I played in a 4-400 spread game at hollywood (shoreline) about a month ago. For those asking about games, action at the non-tribals has been strange for the last year and a half. The drift had a regular 300 spread for awhile. Hideaway was running a really soft 100 spread for a minute. I just drive up to shoreline and bounce around from room to room because you never know what might be running.

Also is it confirmed that Parkers is closing? +1 to kyleb's earlier sentiment. The 4/8 game back when "Uncle" Jeff was usually floorman was where i got my start. I went up there back in Feb of this year on a whim to play 8/16 and Justin remembered my name and i probably haven't played there since everyone started offering spread games. Pre their 10/20 game which no longer runs (they did have an omaha game going though 6/12).

Yeah. The split-pot games at The Hideaway are LOL; a good regular can beat even the ridiculous rake for 4-5bb/hr I'd bet. But the stakes are just too low to justify going for any other reason than just fun, because live poker is horrific.

The max bet for non-tribal poker rooms is $100. This includes parkers, club hollywood, hideaway, diamond lils, and all the other "mini" casinos. The max bet for tribals is $500. This includes muckleshoot, tulalip, and snoqualmie. There are other indian casinos but those three are the only ones that get 2/5 every day.

The Club Hollywood game is a 4-100 spread game with 2/4 blinds. I think they spread 2-40 daily and 4-100 on weekends and occasionally weekdays.

So I've been playing at the tribals recently but I decided to role up to shoreline and discover the Drift is closed!? I guess it's been a few months since I've been up there. Just a bad economy or something more interesting involved in the closing?

Then they were breaking the rules because i put a guy all in for his last 160 dollars (ex pro magic player according to table talk) on the river. People were betting more than 100$ in that game that particular day. I recognized about half the table as regs so maybe one of them posts here and can confirm this. I remember double taking at the board when it said 4/400 and the floor told me i could buy in for whatever i want up to 1k, which i had never experienced in a non tribal.

A one off night experiment perhaps?

lol when are you playing? ive had nothing but good games the past few weeks. 2/5 last night was rolllllllin

Muckleshoot Luckbox Alert:

Within an hour and a half tonight, the same 3/5 spread player hit two Monte Carlo qualified Royals.

In other unbelievable news, I was able to win a $100 pot, with two kings, versus two players, when an ace failed to appear on flop...

how much is that worth?

$1,000 each. Same suit the second time would've been worth $5,000

I can't comment on the buyin amounts, not really sure about that.

I think you may be misunderstanding the $100 max raise though. You can definitely put $160 in on the river. Someone can bet $60 and then someone raises them $100. If they were allowing a $160 bet by itself though, I'm pretty sure that's illegal and not normally allowed.

At your table?

Table right behind me.

QTh then JTd