Will be there tomorrow between mid day and midnight.

n00b here looking to play live poker for the first time. Is THR a good place for my first experience, or should I goto TBD?

I'm guessing I should probably stick to the 1/2? I've never even been inside of a casino before (i know, i know ). What kind of cash should I bring with me?

Hard Rock will be fun - bring whatever you plan on risking. The buyin at 1-2 is capped at $100 so it plays pretty shallow and is a great game to start off in. Just play tight ABC poker and you'll do fine. Ask one of the workers for specifics if you're confused about anything and they are usually pretty helpful.

Since you're new to live poker, TBD might be the better bet for you. We regulars forget it now, but casinos like the Hard Rock can be really intimidating places for the first few visits. At TBD, you're likely to play with more regulars, so you'll feel comfortable faster. Plus, management/staff will likely be more friendly explaining things to you.

I agree with the post above. Bring a few buy-ins/whatever you're comfortable losing. Even if you lose it on bad beats, go home and think about it. TBD has a $1-1 (I think, not positive) to consider as well.

I would think that once you've visited TBD a few times, take a trip to Hard Rock to compare and see what suits you best.

Nice looking casino overall. And the poker room was pretty big. Missed the tournament today and didnt feel like playing cash games cos had some relatives with me. Just enjoyed the athmosphere and teached my grandmother some basics of gambling

And i got my Hard rock shotglass!!!

Anyone know the promotion this month? Thanks.

Promos for march.... Via Ron

^They had a similar promo at HHR, packed the house whenever I went.

How many 2p2ers play 1/2 itt?

Same question but 1/3?

I'll play some 1/3 every now and then if the BR is a little low. Mostly 2/5 though.

Mostly 2-5. I play 1-2 when I don't feel like having the swings and just want some stress free relaxing poker. I actually never pay 1-3 for some reason.

Oh...its high hands again?

WTF.

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa to Hire Over 400 New Team Members; $75 Million Expansion Slated for Early Summer 2012 Completion

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/605767

I'm stoked that they are opening a sandwich place.

Experienced the strangest blinds posting situation yesterday at HR. The player UTG +1 changed seats to the cutoff position. Next hand, he was told he didn't have to post until the following hand. On the following hand, when he would have been the big blind in his old seat, he posted the big blind as if he was still in his old seat (which was still empty), and no one else posted a big blind. Action started to left of the small blind. On the hand after that, when he would have been the small blind in his old seat, he posted the small blind and the player to the left of the button posted the big blind. Next hand, the button didn't move and the blinds were posted as normal. Very weird.

Note: Same situation with a player moving from UTG +1 to cutoff later at a different table with a different dealer, and the player who moved never had to post until the normal blinds came around.

First one is almost correct. The player that moved should have posted in the cutoff with an option when it is his turn. Small blind posts like normal, player to the left of the now empty seat posts BB.

But just another example of how no two dealers at HR are alike in their "decisions"

The bottom line is that half the dealers at HR do not know the correct posting procedure for moving out of the blind or do choose not to make anyone post unless they don't like them.

There is a decent % of dealers there that think you only need to post(when moving 3 or more spots away from the blinds) if you are moving directly out of the bb.
In reality that has nothing to do with it, its only based on how many positions you gain whether you post or not.

That being said, I will say that 80% of all the dealers there never make anyone post when moving away from the blinds, unless they don't like that person.

Along those lines, I've also heard dealers tell people that you get one "free" move without posting blinds; after that, you have to post the blinds.

A few nights ago some guy showed me his hand after I folded to his bet on the river and then mucked his cards - the dealer immediately turned his cards over and showed the whole table even though no one had asked to see them. The dealer told us that if you show one person the dealer shows all - that's not the rule is it? I understand if you show one person then anyone can ask to see the cards but the dealer was adamant that he was correct and I've never heard of such a thing.

Just another example of them not understanding the rules.
1 free move. lol

Only if soneone asks does sosa apply. Its possible it applies in tournaments but not sure.

Actually, it is not wrong for a cardroom to enforce the SOSA rule this way. Personally, I think it is the right thing to do and appreciate when a dealer enforces the rule in this manner. I always ask to see a hand which a player shows to another player at the table. It is my right to see it as well, and an unfair advantage to the other player who gets to see it if I don't.

Here is the rule from RROP:

It is wrong if only one dealer in the room is enforcing the rule in such a manner. The problem, as pointed out in this thread, is that there is no consistency at all when it comes to enforcing the rules.

I'll be down there in a couple of hours. Is it jam-packed due to the new promos starting today?

Oh, wait. It's not midnight yet. Never mind!

They are hot seating a bunch of left over money from last month, every 2-3 min. Should be done by 5:30

I was playing at midnight last night when the new promotion started and the late night promo was over within an hour on a slow night when 10 sets of quads got hit...