The Isle

The Kennel Club, as soft as the game is there, could definitely have 3 or 4 pros making 100K alone. I don't play there often enough to know which of the top players there are putting in the hours to reach that total.

I agree with you that the Isle is pretty nitty, especially during the daytime hours. It loosens up a bit at night and on the weekends, and sometimes you'll see a table there with some crazy action. The $1000 buy-in also opens up the opportunity to make more money.

Mardi Gras also has a tough lineup but I'd not be surprised if there's at least 1 player there hitting 100K.

Gulfstream is pretty soft and there's real opportunity there.

The Hard Rock is a tough lineup but with 3 or 4 tables running in the early afternoon and 9 or 10 running at night, if you have some table selection skills there's plenty of money to be made there. And the tourists who play poker all go to Hard Rock. My best estimate is that there are 3+ players making 100K at this room alone.

Magic City's game isn't as soft as it once was but I'm pretty certain that there are at least 2 guys there pulling in 100K.

The bottom line in Florida is you CANNOT beat the rake.....

Does not matter if there is 6 fish and you///

$5 + $2 jackpot plus $1 MINIMUM tip = $8

Is what it is,... one of these casinos will wake up and go back to $1

If/when 1 goes to $4, they will get all the business

The $2 jackpot was installed when Chris from Isle opened Calder,
and other casinos followed..

Mike Smith operator at the Isle even said, he hated to do it,
had no choice as competition made their jackpots higher...

Who is the 1st to go back to $1, I do not kmow, but they will get my business...
$2 jackpots drops are a disgrace

How did we go from how many guy make $100K to the rake is unbeatable?

Add up the dollars Mike,
Do you think $2 jackpot drop and $5 rake does not cut into that
100k you want to win,...

Add it up, serious number...
Makes 100k look like 80

Obviously the rake cuts into your profit. The higher the rake the less you win. That's obvious, but you said the rake is unbeatable which is ridiculous.

We were talking about how many 2/5 players make $100K. That's including the rake which is a tad high compared to other parts of the country but not crazy high at all compared to other parts of the world. Not to mention the $2 jackpot drop gets paid back to the players. 100% of it gets paid back. Its not really rake. Its just money being redistributed another way.

Ive won $14875 in high hand money since I started playing close to full time in 2016. That includes what I consider to be fairly generous high hand tips. That's $4.10/hr in high hand money. I dont know exactly how many hands Ive won but Im guessing Im slightly ahead in promo money.

I'm not ahead in promo $. I'd love to know (PM if you want) who you think the top 1% Isle crushers are. Guess like 7 people.

FYP. Each house keeps between .10-.20 on the dollar as a fee for administrating the jackpot

I was told that Florida law states that 100% of promo money has to be paid back to the players. I only know what I was told by the poker room manager. Can you quote the law that says otherwise?

849.45 - Fees for services.

849.45 Fees for services.—Fees for services required hereunder shall be the same as provided for sheriffs and clerks for like and similar services in other cases and matters.


Thats not a lot of help.

Is the kennel club a better poker room than Naples-Fort Myers greyhound spot ? Those are my two options right now

Whats your definition of "better"? And are you talking about Palm Beach Kennel Club?

I 'hear' the kennel club in w. palm is fantastic action wise. also there are a good amount pretty close to each other so you can move easily to a different location if you want.

I've been trying to get to the kennel club for a month now but can't seem to get a clear weekend to save my life.

BTT, this is not true. FL law requires that the segregated jackpot funds be 100% paid out and kept liquid 100% of the time. You can verify this with any of the full time floors / supervisors.

This was posted approximately two weeks ago on April 17th. I'm curious to know whether you followed through on this experiment, and if you did, what the results were.

Sorry, I totally forgot but I will try to do it going forward.

I'm not going to bother quoting several of the posts from the last few days. These are all in response to them.

The Palm Beach Kennel Club and Naples Dog Track are roughly equivalent in terms of action and the skill level of the typical player. Naples Dog Track does have an entrance fee at the front door, which is about $2. And they charge for every little thing, including no complimentary bottles of water. But the games are soft and the players are friendly.

Choosing a room to play in based on an extra $1 that goes to the jackpot fund is absurd. Especially when all of it (or 85 to 90%) of it goes back to the player pool. For better or for worse, high hand promos attract the fish. I'll go where the fish are, and if it costs me an extra $1 per pot to play at the same table as the bad players, then so be it.

I was playing last night against a spectacular fish. I had the nut straight. Everyone at the table knew I had the nut straight. Even this one guy who was the biggest fish of them all knew I had the nut straight. So when I bet $175 into a $400 pot on the river, did the fish fold? I'll give him credit. He really tried. He tanked for at least 60 seconds. He muttered to himself. He shook his head. He held his cards out over the table and willed himself to muck his losing two pair (or whatever he had). Eventually he made the call and was rewarded with the sight of my Ace-10 on a 10 J Q K X board.

If I'm in a room with a $1 jackpot playing against a semi-competent player there's a good chance I'm winning a $90 pot on the turn instead of bloating it into a $750 pot on the river. I'll go where the fish are.

I'm heading to Fort Lauderdale area for work next week and need to buy some nice greens... thoughts? Any actual advice would be greatly appreciated. Would definitely be interested in hitting a casino with a 420 friendly local

I thought Magic City was the most player-unfriendly poker room in SoFla given that they offer no comps, won't allow you to call-in to get on the sign-up list, and rake $3 ($1 + $2) even if you just steal the $7 blinds in a $2/$5NL game, but at least they still offer free water, coffee, and soft drinks, and don't charge you merely to enter the room. That is absolutely ridiculous!

That robbery. I wont be playing there...ever

It probably won't surprise you to learn that Magic City and Naples are owned by the same family.

Confirming Isle 2/5 NITfest here

I was playing 2/5 at the Isle on Derby Night also. First table behind the desk with a young couple to my left (guy playing/ girl watching) calling station.

Would like to meet other 2+2ers also. Might be there tonight after 8pm.

I'm sure it's nitty but aren't most rooms these days? I often have to table change a couple times before I get a halfway decent table. Just seems that's how poker is. The drunk spewy donks are pretty rare around here. Almost everybody knows pot odds, outs, basic hand reading, etc. They still have many exploitable leaks but I don't come across that many clueless players.