For 15/30, it’s $5 with rake reduction to $4 for 5 handed and $3 for 4 handed. Enjoyed playing with everyone last night. Still no Dramaha games but good mix with a lot of 1 winner games. Good food half off as well. And free fresh cookies at 3 a.m. brought around to the tables.

What games were played? Is it the same every time?

No straight A-5 triple draw otherwise same as games listed above but also included stud high and limit hold 'em

Burger at Aces poker was just about the most mediocre burg I've had in recent memory

Good plo game, bad table management. Started a new table, then ours lost two

There you go!

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+753 1/3 PLO [ 2-3 hour session]

Usual suspects at Ace's poker. I hadn't played in here in a year or two, last time I played poker was at Caribbean like last November. Notable hands:

[hero buys in for $200, donks off $80, then adds another $200)

TT77 suited. $10 straddle on button, i call in late position, button makes it $50, like four people call. Flop is AJ7. Lady "J" UTG bets 200, I go all in for 270. Everybody else folds, "J" calls. Turn is a T, river a brick. "J" had two pair, AJ
AAxx double suited worked out a couple times for a few stacks

Needed more servers working the floor.

Went to WinCo for some groceries, stopped at Dicks. A deluxe is $5.30 now, geez! They'ye not even that good, I'd rather have a big mac/qpc at the same price.

edit: overall, the 1/3 PLO at Aces is a fun, low-stress game. We had two people call all in flop/turns with nothing but a gutshot. I'll be going more often in the fall/winter.

Parking can be tough, however at 6pm on a Saturday there were a few primo spaces open.

Some of the regs, i.e. "J", can be annoying, but at this point most everyone in the room is aware of their tit so there's less drama.

Sadly I think a Big Mac is like $8 now, so I'll still solidly choose the Deluxe even if it costs too damn much. My fat guy meal of deluxe/cheeseburger/fries/shake is now over $15, smh.

I've only played at Aces twice, but both times barely found a spot in their lot. And, I've wondered if it's 100% safe if you were to head out to the further spots with a thousand or two cash in your pocket (not that that's been a concern of mine with how I play, har har). Anyone ever heard of anyone having trouble in the parking lot? And, are there secondary options if you get there and the lot is full, other than waiting for someone to leave?

$6.49 for a big mac in my part of town. The MCD's down the street from Dick's has to be open late?

From what I've seen at Aces, people just start parking on the yellow striped curbs, in the driveway of the little coffee stand, etc. I've never not been able to find a parking space, you'll just be parking in the way way back on a 70s era light industrial park.

Just keep in the back of you mind... houses here are mostly in the 800k range, how bad could it be?

Also the PLO regs I'd imagine always have big bankrolls and still play. I've always imagined casino parking lots to be safe; I'd be more worried about accidentally dropping my cash rather than being mugged in the 1-5 minutes it takes to get to your parking space.

I think people ordering shakes is what slows the line at Dicks. Dude in front of me ordered like 3 of them

Maverick increased rake again on the 400 mtt. Originally 400+50, then about 6 months ago 400 + 60. Now 400 + 70 and they call the extra 10 dealer appreciation like they never paid the dealers before. I am about done with poker in Seattle. The weekly is 150+50. Perssons is raking mtt to death.

Live at Ace's poker, Lakewood. 6/12 Omaha. A couple of the usuals from way back are here.

I remember when this place was an actual casino. Better bathrooms than Ace's Lynnwood, McDonald's across the street.

Got 3/4 of a massive kill pot with nut hearts and nut low, was almost $400. Raised/capped multiple streets until the last. Fun!

Just one server available, and a bartender

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Both days, sat/sun, the 6/12 o8 game barely lasted a couple of hours until it broke.

Shame, the Sunday game was fun while it lasted. The player pool for this game must be tiny; it also sucks because the list will have 3 people on it, you'll wait an hour or so, only to play two hours or so until the game breaks.

Guess the move is to start the game in the am. Not for me

Hey all,

I'm going to be up in Seattle on black Friday with some time to kill during the day.

Are there currently any places within driving distance of west Seattle that spread Omaha/8 or mixed games on Fridays?

Thanks

Forget it. Only options are driving to Lakewood or Kirkland, Friday Seattle traffic. Two hours minimum rt.

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Thanks. That sounds awful. I'll find something else to do

Try going to Roxbury lanes, forgot about that place. They do dpankumemta, maybe call and see if they have a game going. Decent food,.they have some carny table.games

in seattle, swung by a few podunk lil casinos

a bunch were closed, others i thought were closed but indeed had like 4 people in them

none had poker

few even had blackjack

will go to some of the proper ones later but so far it feels post apocalyptic, fallout new vegas had better casinos than what i've seen here

The busiest casino with poker is Fortune in Renton. There are a few other smaller poker casinos.

At the poker room in lakewood. At least four donkeys at my table. Calling with kq on a a55x board. Calling river with air KJ on an ace hi board

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yeah been hitting fortune in renton a bunch as it's the closest to me

given that it looks like i'll be in seattle long term, i think it's time i learned how to play limit poker because of the $300 max wager really kills any chance of nl being a good game here

In my experience this isn't correct. Yes it will take away the opportunity for the biggest pots but it definitely doesn't ruin the game.

Yeah spread limit 300 max bet hasn't prevented people from playing poker.... if you like massive stacks to push ppl around u may need to reframe your game.

Also food sucks at aces poker Lakewood. Just confirming

edit mini trip report

arrived at Aces Sh*thole in the afternoon, got a seat quickly on the 1/3, put my name down on the 6/12 O8.

like I mentioned, ppl were playing 1/3 nl like it was 4/8 limit and looking up ppl very lightly. Got no hands, eventually got KK which held up for around 33bb. Then to the 08 table.

Usual mix of retirement-aged koreans, black guys, some other random asians and a white guy.

Went up, went down, until an inebriated asian lady joined the table and proceeded to raise every kill hand (10/20) and basically raise every hand, and after 1.5 minutes at the table, complained that the men gathered there were no fun. I told her, did you look at the people before you sat down?

So she doubled up to like 4-5 hundy after getting very lucky on kill pot raises, then went down to like $100, and then there was an argument about chips crossing the line, that's when I decided to leave +111

When the stuck koreans decide to pick fights with the drunks at midnight, that's a signal to hit the bricks

Just saw on FB that a van went through the wall at Fortune. Hope no one got hurt.

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I was wondering what had happened when the website said there were only two games going on early Friday evening. They must have evacuated everyone and so started back up slowly. They're now back up to 7 games.

looks like i'm moving here for good

if anyone in seattle area wants to meetup send me a dm

otherwise if you see a douchebag at the table usually wearing a blazer, using a rock as a card protector and often with a stegosaurus on the felt as his emotional support dinosaur hop over and say hi to "adam" - please not my internet name of rick don't want to explain to people at the felt that i post online

Welcome to Seattle, Fortune had the best food, probably still does.

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stopped by aces poker in lakewood for my customary post lure-coursing omaha.

got seated quickly, which is a rarity. Bought in a rack, bled off most of it, added on 1/2 rack. During this time the table ran 5-handed for a good period of time, then some people came in and the table was full. Then people left, then a sweet fish ripe for picking came in.

I had A8TT in the BB. New person came in, raised preflop on a kill, I call the $20 with a suited Ace.

Flop was J Q 9, giving me the bottom end of the straight. New person bet, I raised, he and another person calls. I figured I had blockers with TT.

Turn was air, new person bets, I raise, he calls. Heads up.

River is a K, giving me broadway. New person bets $20, I raise, he calls. He shows JJ (flopped set), mucks and then leaves to take a 1/3 seat. Prior to leaving he was talking something about catching up despite me out flopping him. No biggie, I appreciated the $$$.

I'm now + $75 after being stuck a benjamin. Thank the poker gods for sending the sharks a tasty fish who raised preflop in a 10/20 kill with JJxx.