Ummmm...NO.

Anyone have an update on the PLO action in St. Louis. What are the best days for the games to run, blinds, buyins, etc....

I played durring the ciruit event in April and am looking at making another St. Louis trip soon if PLO is still going...

Thanks!

So a drunk insults people while giving them $8,000 and you think he deserves a beating?

The price of taking his money is having to listen to him. The "Reg" should have apologized and sat down with his mouth shut. The Drunk still had more in his wallet.

Your pal may be "nice," but he's none to smart if he can't sit there and listen to the guy say fcuk you 10,000 times.

Totally agree. Some of these midwestern players think because they sit down with $500 or $1K at a 2-5 or 5-10 game that their s**t doesn't stink. There is no excuse for acting like an animal. None. Most of these regulars would get swiftly eaten alive in Las Vegas or AC or Tunica.

Tells you something about our poker climate when the most exciting thing going on in the St. Louis poker landscape is a street brawl between a sore regular and a drunk visitor. And btw D**ny has gotten pissed on several occasions, throwing cards and chips. Dude should take a break.

Not good to mention his name.

PLO action on Saturday and Sunday downtown. 1-2-5 $200-$500 buy in. I'm not sure but I believe that Harrahs gets a PLO game on friday nights.

Thought thats who it was in the video... I think he has been losing lately in the game over the last few weeks/ months. I could see him snapping.

I'd be that mad if i were a Cardinals fan too. <3

He has a Hunter Pence Astro's jersey on.

I can't believe Lumiere charges $30 to park... what the ****?

Also, is getting a mychoice card worth it?

FYI, they only charge when there are events at the dome i.e. MU/Illinois football game. Having a mychoice card and getting to the second level (which isn't hard) yields free parking regardless of any events.

Yeah, the $30 is to keep the freeloaders out of the garage, and leave spaces for their actual customers. I use the garage for every baseball and football game I go to. For hockey, I've found a closer free lot to Scottrade Center.

The mychoice card is worth it if you are going to go to any of the Pinnacle casinos with any kind of regularity. Why not build up comp points?

I'm just wondering if its one of those things where you have to build up a SICK amount of points to get anything even mildly rewarding, or is it pretty legit?

just get your ticket valadated at poker room desk..

yes, danny is a stros fan.. from houston

I should be at lumiere again next saturday, sometime in the evening.

the 1st and 2nd tier players earn $.75 an hour in comps. 3rd tier(4star) earns $1.50 in comps. everyone, regardless of tier, earns 75 promotional points an hour. one needs 2000 promo points in a years time to earn 2nd tier status(3star; really no difference between this and 1st tier IMO) and 12000 promo points in a years time to be promoted to 4 star(access to VIP lounge among other perks) If you were to just play poker to earn points, you would need to play 160 hours to earn the 12000 needed for 4star.

I'd still suggest getting a card even if you play infrequently. the $.75 adds up and can pay for a meal or two.

Just a friendly bump....

And to let you know that I will be at Lumiere at 9am Thursday 9/23 giving away my EZ monies because that's what I do best.

come tonight instead

Well if you play all night long you can have some of my $$$ because I'll be there at 9am tomorrow also. GL

As poker players we ought to insist that the St. Louis rooms keep the tables as full as possible. Good players know that the rake is too much on short-handed tables.
In my experience, Harrah's does a very good job keeping tables full. Lumiere, on the other hand, does not. I say this as a result of many experiences over a number of years.

What would your suggestion be? More must-move games? Make people pick up their chips if they go to eat? Rake reduction if it does get short?

i dont understand why live players care so much about if a table goes short for a little bit. if the casino lowers the rake for u whats the big deal? obv if they dont u have a legit complaint but i think most any casinos policy is that they will if someone asks.

Rake reductions are offered only if the players agree to forfeit the right to play for the bad beat. Since they won't agree, there is never a rake reduction. In essence, the rooms use the badbeat jackpot to extort rake money.
A single blind is sometimes used when the game gets short. This does nothing to help the players and changes the strategy. Offering a single blind is not the answer to this problem.
Players who leave their chips during dinner breaks should have their chips picked up if they don't return on time. In practice, this isn't always done.
Note the contrast between Harrah's and Lumiere in their cash games: Harrah's has mostly nine or ten-handed tables while Lumiere often has seven or eight handed tables.
In Las Vegas, I have played at reduced rake at the Venetian and no rake(4-handed) at the MGM. These two Vegas rooms do not have badbeat jackpots. In St. Louis, I usually pick up my chips and leave. I might play six-handed for a while, but then I'm gone if the game stays that way for a round or two.
Having must-move games is a possible solution. But I don't have much playing experience in rooms where there is a must-move game, so I can't comment on that.
The best solution is rake reduction.

I might have to look into this. I would love not playing with a BBJ and I think several other regs would as well.

Sounds to me like the players are the ones demanding the extra rake, not the room. If all the players petitioned for no BBJ or BBJ-less tables, the room might listen. The rooms might actually prefer this. No BBJ = more money in players hands = more churn = more rake. Though I don't know if that outweighs the interest they earn in having that money.

Agreed. I prefer two blinds myself even when short, but I usually don't object to one blind.

There's a fine line here between keeping players happy who are in a game, and keeping players happy who are on a list.

That has not been mine experience but whatever. The rooms don't have control on how many patrons they get. Harrahs is a busier/larger room so it would make sense that they can keep their tables fuller.

FYP.

First post. Had to hit up the locals. I'll probably be donating to a lot of you guys very soon at Harrah's and Ameristar.

On another note, does anyone have any suggestions for local banks or CU's that will cooperate with online poker rooms? I'm looking into opening a dedicated account and I haven't been able to find much of anything. Shoot me a PM if you've got any info.

Happy to represent st. louis. I'll be seeing some of you soon.