...but the mountains!

You cannot make a living grinding in Seattle. The 500 cap makes it impossible. The games are way too nitty. Anyone "bragging" about how much they are making is straight up lying. Ask yourself a serious question, if they were making a living at it why would they go on a forum and brag about it and tell everyone to water down their own field?

solid reasoning.

Anyone know what mucks super bowl promotion is about?

Where are the best places to play limit Omaha Hi Lo in the area?

Hideaway in shoreline has a very decent 3 6 omaha hi lo game

<this is my first post in a long, long time, so hopefully I have it in the correct forum>

I visited Tulalip a couple of weeks ago and found a gaggle of $1-3 games, but not very many $3-5 games. This is the exact opposite of how it was when I was there a year ago when it was dominated by $3-5 games and there were only a couple of $1-3 games.

What's the reason(s) for the change? Too many people losing money at the bigger stakes? Too many good players at the big stakes scaring people to the lower stakes? They can legally run more of those games and have higher limit pit games run at the same time?

My drive to Tulalip is an hour, so I'm trying to learn more about it before making the time committment when Muck and Sno are closer.

Few reasons-
1) a large portion of the 1/3 players are completely clueless and the games are extremely low variance for big bet poker.
2) the 5-10 NLH and the 5-10 PLO that's spread there has contributed to spreading that game thin, although its bigger those games are almost always looser, friendlier, juicier, and better all the way around.
3) the 3-5 game there is not exactly soft IMO. I believe that's because A. No tourists (I mean who the hell wants to go to Marysville??) B. the regs have adapted some and learned how not to "lose" as a survival mechanism. And C. Like I said before a lot of players have either moved up or dropped down.

Can't say it enough but for any 3-5 players in Western Washington looking for action you'd be best served driving up to B.C. Especially if there's any type of tournament series going on...

What's the hot casino in B C?

River Rock and Edgewater.

How do you avoid getting screwed by the USD$ to CAD$ exchange rates though?

Withdraw from an ATM in canada

River Rock will exchange a bunch of money vig-free and only get you on your winnings when you turn your chips in, which helps some.

I usually just hold on to as much Canadian currency as I can afford to. It's not exactly depreciating...

Yes, when you exchange USD to CAD at the casino cages in Vancouver they give you a slip with the time the transaction occurred. If you come back either before midnight or 6am, I forget which time, they will refund your USD at the same rate they sold it to you. So basically you only have to worry about getting a fair exchange rate on winnings. This helps a lot.

I have heard from several different people that Vancouver Bullion Currency Exchange gives the absolute best rates that are practically at par.

New to the board, and relatively new to poker so just some thoughts/items:

Went to Tulalip late Saturday and sat at a $1-3 game with about $170. First hand I played from SB - action folded around to me and the BB mumbles some question about chopping. I'm holding A9o so I throw about $10 in the pot and he calls. Hit the Ace on the flop and toss in $20 and he calls. Took about $50 from him on that hand and at the end he mucked his hand mumbling something about 'should have chopped.' That guy lost about the same amount the three subsequent hands. Not sure why he didn't fold right up front.

Second hand I played, guy to my right raises 6x BB preflop. I have AKs so call heading into the flop. Given my AK I put him on QQ or JJ. Flop comes something like 2K5 rainbow and he throws in $50 or about 33% of his remaining stack. I push all-in and after some brief thought, the guy calls me. Next thing I know he sucks out another J on the turn and I'm toast to his pocket Jacks.

Two thoughts/questions:

A. Lots of gamblers at Tulalip 1-3 late at night.
B. Anyone have thoughts on how to better play that second hand?
C. Is that a $500 limit per bet, i.e. only $500 can be bet preflop and each street? So max that any one person can bet into a pot is 4x$500=$2000? Or do I misunderstand?

A) Weekend games are generally pretty good, especially at night. This is not something unique to Tulalip.

B) Not really supposed to post strategy in B&M but it sounds like you played it fine. I might call flop instead but I'm definitely playing for stacks in this spot with TPTK unless I was really deep. Since the max buyin is so low in 1/3, this is generally not the case.

C) It means that say someone bets $12 preflop in a 1/3 game, the max raise is to $512. Then there's one more raise to $1012. Preflop it's a bet and 3 raises. The blinds count as the first "bet". Postflop you can put in 2k maximum on the flop. Same thing for the turn and river.

Also, with regards to the A9o hand, I'm gonna assume it was folded to you and villain in the blinds. It's pretty standard for people to "chop" in spots like that. What that means is you both take your money back and move on to the next hand. The thinking being that the pot is super small, why waste time and pay rake for what is usually a small pot.

Also not chopping is fine, just be a little bit considerate and let the players on your left and right know when you sit. Also you either chop or you don't none of this when I have a hand I will play it and when i dont i chop bull****

Can anyone give an update on the green chip game at the muck?

Ok thanks ... I don't really know the etiquette given I have less than 10 table sessions. Really just expected him to fold the blinds to me. Just as I sat down I had chopped the pot with the guy on my right, so that might have caused some confusion for the guy on my left. I only chopped because was just sitting down and that was my first hand. Also table was short handed so didn't really want to be chopping all night. Thanks - I'll be tuned in better next time.

Yeah, I inadvertently made that mistake at Tulalip. At the time, I had significant online experience but nearly zero live experience and was not even sure what chopping was when the person next to me asked me if I wanted to do it. Then I proceeded to do it sometimes and not do it other times, which I now know is not exactly appropriate. But at the time I was completely clueless about it. Obviously now I make sure I do it either all the time or never once I sit down.

has anyone checked out casino caribbean? cash games+tourney's any good?

http://www.casino-caribbean.net/kirkland/cardroom.html

Caribbean in Kirkland is a nice room, good service, if you sit to play you get an 8 dollar food comp. I used to go there to relax in the evenings and have a free sandwich and usually make a few bucks. Game is usually a few old men playing straight forward / tight, few drunkies.

Usually only a single 4/8 game going with a few 3/6 games (All limit). They tried to put together 3-20 spread but it never runs. Tournies are ok, small fields usually in the under 30 range.

It's a great place to learn, honestly. The dealers are slow, compared to some other places I've been, but that can help you learn (@Indamuck).

Sno is probably my fav game around in the last bit though.

Here's a question, from a new poster but not new player.

Anyone interested in a meet up for a day in BC, play a few games through Edgewater or River Rock? Never been to either but the general consensus is it's worth the time to check em out.

Hopeful for PLO action, will play up to 5-10NL

Prob drive up early Saturday and make it a nice day.

Anyone with advice or want a game?

Haven't been up there in awhile, but the PLO/PLO8 action was incredibly good last time I was there. Definitely need to go back some time.