Yep, cards speak.

There are some very bad dealers at Star, some very good ones too but too many these days want to chat and be part of the conversation but can’t calculate the pot and often miss showdowns

I agree with you. Dealer's name?

100% the dealer's fault. Not sure if I would have said anything but it's by no means out of line what you did, when both hands are exposed you're only pointing out the dealer's mistake, not the player's.

I would 100% speak up if both hands were tabled and the dealer awarded the pot to the wrong person

Yep, obv you're right, and the dealer is wrong

Pretty happy with the poker room at the moment:

- Coffee and water station
- Royal flush jackpot (drives action)
- Switched from lolbad 10 players per table to 9

just need to make sure there is more dealers on hand to decrease the wait times. I turned up at 11p.m on Saturday night and there were 70 people on the 2/3 list lol

+1

Yes the poker room has improved a lot, I feel star is much closer to crown now in terms of the quality of the games, crown is the nuts tho

Very situational. Luck of the draw as to whether your star table is better than your crown equivilrnt imo, at lest at 5/10

Wait times can be absurd, it's dependant when you go though. I tend to turn up early Saturday and walk right onto a table.

I think the Crown 5-10is tougher than our 2/5/10 and I don’t think it’s close, unless we get a super reggy table which hardly happens these days as most of the good players are on the apps

Only caveat is that I only play at Crown on weekdays when I’m there for work

Story checks out though from my experience too...

then to add to this...the Crown 2/5 is closer to the 2/5-10 than the 2/3 in game difficulty and plays differently...a lot smaller and less splashy than the 2/3

I think my win rate would be higher at Star 2/3 than Crown 2/5 but caveat again is that I'm playing Mon to Weds at Crown

Anyone think tonight will be worth checking out with the grand final going on?

Saturday always worth it. I’m on my way in

Played 7 hours before, during, and after the rugby league final on Sunday.

Games were very meh-bad overall IMO, coming from a Southern California perspective. The 2/3 games seemed to be somewhat reggy, a few action players, and a ****load of short stacking nits with one buyin. I took 5 table changes over the night and only found one game that was action-y. A few of the regs / tryhard wannabe regs I ran into were clueless as far as table etiquette / soft skills, talking about ranges and "card distribution" and the like. Not my problem as I'm here one night, but you don't want to do that.

Apparently out of turn bets with unchanged action don't stand here, which is the worst "rule" I've ever seen. Quotes because it's literally the opposite of the actual rule that is accepted everywhere else. Saw a lady all in out of turn, reg kid hears this, checks, she is forced to check back to prevent angling (lol what the f?)

Also had a dealer call a string bet on me for bringing out a full stack of 20x5s, cut out 8 chips for $40 bet, dealer says I have to bet $50 (what he thought was in my hand.) It was one clean cut motion, but apparently doesn't matter. I just found it funny he called this rule on me but didn't notice it was a full stack of 20.

Other than that it's a nice room. I'm sure the games get juicy / beatable for a good clip during the right circumstances, but everything I saw made it seem like a waste of time.

You ever find a way to shut those nobs up that doesn't get an argument going, I'm all ears. ****s ridiculous. "Blockers...fold equity...semi-bluff...range...3bet range...4bet range" - just goes on. Always seems like the same guys tilt easily as well for some reason.

I literally said to the guy after five minutes at the table "Hey dude, you should prob stop talking about all your range / smart reg poker talk at the table / letting people know you have a clue what you're doing, it's terrible for live poker games." Surprisingly, he snap agreed and said you're right, we should. Really nice guy too! Of course I had to play up my "American know it all" vibe and quickly regulate, if even just for his sake. WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO LOOK SMART AT POKER AT A POKER TABLE LOL?! It's pretty basic stuff really.

The wait times at this place is absurd

This week has been really bad.

People like to show off as soon as they have a semi clue about anything, its ego.
most of these regs are bad and misapply these concepts anyway.

Ya and with the road to the wsop now underway expecting it to get worse

Is it true that the time charge for 5/10/20 is $300 per hour? If that's true, it's crazy.

It’s pretty much the same at 2/3 and 2/5/10 so way better value at the bigger table

That's $300 for the table, right?