Hey thanks for the preliminary advice. I will look into that book before possibly jumping in!

not sure how strict they are at thr, but at all the rooms in AC, if there is a phone out, that hand becomes ineligible for the bad beat jackpot. so at 1-2 and 2-4 especially, players yell at each other to put their phones away.

The "phone on the felt" issue is mostly to prevent someone from covering up chips. The phone/mp3 player/whateve on the rail is ok.

I don't think it applies to chips as much as the ability to hide cards. I know an iPhone can easily cover a card or two. No hidden cards, no cheating.

Chillin' for tonight at 1/2. Anybody else let me know!

Making my first trip up to THR today to play some 1/3. Just a few questions before I go so I don't look like a complete newb.

-do they have chip runners or should i buy chips from the cage?
-who should I talk to about getting myself a card to get comps/giveaways?
-anywhere specific i should park to make it convenient to get to the poker room?
-what are the specifications for the $150 gift card or w/e - 20 hours or 25? s-th or s-fri?

I can't post while I'm there, but I'll have a blue polo shirt on and a yankee hat, so you can say sup if you want.

Your 1st buyin has to be from the cage - after that you can buy chips from the dealer
This month promotion = 25 hours Sunday through Friday for $150 visa card
I think brushes can get you a comp card, but I'm not sure about that.

I would seriously consider playing 2-5 if you're up for a bit more variance as you get way more degenerates imo. 1-3 is usually full of good nitty players that want to play deeper stacked than 1-2, yet don't want to gamble enough to play 2-5. There are usually only a few 1-3 tables running at any moment where there are 5 to 10 2-5 tables running.

Next months Promo is not approved yet so not final but it may include 30 hours a week.
and nothing that is same as cash like gas card or visa card.

Highly unlikely but have you guys seen any hot young girls who are poker regs there? (praying for a miracle yes to this question)

SW

I was there last week and there was one at the 2-5 table that fit your request. She seemed to be a professional player but was complaining about her boy friend calling all the time. Also, seemed add that she had two blackberry phones! I would give her name but that is against the rules!!!

Ha ha thanks for some light at the end of the tunnel sir. Personally i think it's an impossible find.( Vanessa Rousso is a robot she doesn't count)

Is PLO still starting 10-11pmish? I might pass through tomorrow.

Chillin' 1/2 NL t4s2 until midnight (that's the plan anyway) anybody else here just post a hello

Giant whale at my table s8. Yum yum fishy above ; )

1/2plo is 6 handed now.

Parisron, will be there to play PLO on Sunday afternoon. 40ish, crew cut. Say hello if you are there, always good to put a name with a face.

Nice to meet you. Good luck out there!

I got my hours in around 8pm. Was a brutal week Im just glad to come out on top in addition to the $150 visa card the way I was running this week.

As one of "the lurkers" (tbl 4, seat 5 yesterday, pre-sandwich), it was cool to put a face to you, and much respect to the time/effort you put in here...

Only the 2nd time I've chased one of these promotions, despite regularly putting similar hours in with no benefits, and consider myself lucky to come out on top. I'm curious to hear how anyone else approaches these promotions. I commited myself to 5 hours/day Mon-Fri, win or lose, and despite having a mildly profitable week, was really feeling "the grind." I didn't think I could get any nittier, but I did, just trying to muddle through for the 25. Anyone else find the promotions affecting their play or approach?

Ducked out of work a bit early yesterday to grind 8+ hours to get my card. Started pretty rough losing two sizable pots to runner runner flushes :/. Then during my last b/I in comes an ex farmer from Iowa who has money to burn. Quickly won two large pots to get back up above a b/I. Quick run to check my hours and of course I managed to miscalculate. Would have completed my hours at 12:30 Saturday morning. Meh. So I decided that Iowa guy was my version of the card and racked up.

What's the promotion for this week? I'll be sure to keep better track of my hours. Haha.

lol, I saw the Iowa farmer guy(hard to miss) I was on 16 I think and he was on 18. I kept seeing him act stupid and run his mouth.
He kept pulling out a metal cigarette holder that he kept his cash in for reloads. Then he busted that source and hit the ATM.
Tommy Bahama shirt and Iowa farmer hat. lol

This week is same promo. Sunday-Friday 25 hours for $150 visa card.

Stopped by to play a couple of hours of 2-5 last night at about 10pm - got on table 19. Some guy sits down to my left stupid drunk about 30 minutes in. He goes all in for $350 on the turn for a $50 pot, thinks everyone folds and turns his hand over with one guy left to act - he has a flush draw and a gut shot - guy calls him with bottom pair and holds for $800 pot lol. Guy rebuys for $500, few hands later he opens for $30 gets one caller - Flop QQQ, drunk guy bets $75 guy calls, turn drunk guy Shoves all in guy calls with quads Q10 lol. Rebuys for $500 again - few hands later some uber tight guy opens for $30, drunk guy tries to open for $50 not realizing there was a raise in front of him, he's forced to go to $55 as a 3 bet- original raiser calls - Flop K62 check check, turn original guys goes all in for $500, drunk guy snap calls with AK and beats KQ for $1k pot lol. He chilled out after that unfortunately.

20 minutes later fat 50 year old Guy with NY hat sits down and within 4 seconds complains to the dealer to get a drink girl here - I tell him in a jovial manner that he's been at the table for 4 seconds and hasn't even gotten a hand yet and he says in typical NY dick fashion "Was I talkin to you? , Was I talkin to you?" I lol - as the hand is playing out at the same time some guy is facing a river bet of 2 or 300 and the fat NY guy calls the clock on him and the dealer proudly tells him he hasn't even gotten dealt a hand at the table yet so he has no right to call the clock - the whole table laughs at him . Astounding the level of ass hole present at casinos, I'm never surprised anymore. Seriously calling a clock on someone before you've even gotten dealt a hand at the table lolol.

2-5 is way better than 1-3 on the weekends in my experience and its not even close, there are enough 2-5 tables to jump around a bit and you will find a fishy table, people calling flop bets for 1/3 of their stack with gut shots and calling %40 of their stack preflop to a 3 bet with small pockets set mining.

i was at table 5 all day yesterday. was an awesome game.... headed back today probably.

Eddie, in general I agree. Unfortunately I'm not rolled for anything other than shot taking at 2/5. However whatvive found is the 1/3 games have been pretty good. More action than normal and more $ in play. It is pretty easy to identify the competent ones from the fish. Value bet the crap out of big hands ISO the fish and 1/3 is very beatable.

Absolutely. I know this sounds weird but I am going on another tourney grind in the fall. Because of my schedule (not work schedule unfortunately), I've had to put in marathon (for me) sessions of 12 hrs. straight. Sitting there and attempting not tilting after a "beat" or bad play is what I'm working on (still have work to do). In larger field 2-day tourneys this experience of sitting for hours will hopefully come handy. Clearly the play for tourneys is different but the marathon butt-in-the-chair physical aspect is similar.

As for the cash game play I'm generally tight sometimes passive usually aggressive. My first few weeks of gas card/visa promos I was complete nit and had small consistent victories. As I opened up my range I started having more +400/-300 type of swings due to marginal situations (and occasional bad play on my part).

At 1/2 if the sole purpose is promo card first, "big" profit later, your nitty approach is the one I'd recommend. If you get a "big" profit in a session, cool, if not, grind away.

At 1/3 and 2/5 with full buy-in a swing of +/- $1000-$2000 could be normal and at that point the promo is irrelevant. I may sound like a fishy fish saying this but this is my (limited) view of the situation.

Nice to meet you, hope your night session went OK.

Red sweater out!