1. My favorite poker room is Studz at Calder Race Course. Yeah I know, the name of the room sounds more like a gay bar than a poker room, but it's set up well and generally run well. 29 tables, comfortable chairs and mostly a crowd of soft, recreational players that don't take themselves too seriously. Patience pays here as it's typical to have 7 or 8 limp into a pot, plenty of calling stations that'll chase their A-rag to the river, etc. A patient TAG player can usually profit here.
They have a nice $10,000 guaranteed freezeout tourney every Saturday at 11 AM. $100 to enter, regularly gets 200+ runners with 1st place paying more than $3,000. Deep stack so usually takes 6 to 8 hours if you manage to go deep without chopping at the final table. Other tourneys every other day of the week, but they're all rebuys which make them a bit more LAGGY. Also, all tournaments are eligible for bonuses/jackpots (high hand, flopped straight flushes, etc.).
Players club pays you $0.50/hour which can be used for food or converted to freeplay on slots or video poker.
Wear long sleeves or bring a jacket. Depending upon the table you're at, this can be the coldest room in SoFla. A guy there once told me he had a read on me. Everytime I have a good hand, I shake. I told him that wasn't due to good cards, it was due to me freezing. Learned my lesson :-)
2. Hard Rock Hollywood is good too. Some of the players here are a bit more serious and can be on the douchebag end of the player scale (hoodie, sunglasses wannabes that'll lecture everyone on "correct play"). Still, if you take the time to figure out who to target at your table, you can make money here. Lots of tourneys here too, but the schedule varies often due to regular regional WPT tournaments, so check their schedule online before heading there for an MTT.
3. Magic City in Miami is also soft and TAG play can be profitable. You're more likely to hear Spanish at the tables as the primary language. Also, a lot of the players like to exhibit their Latin "machismo" when playing, but hey, if you don't understand Spanish, then you won't understand when they're berating you for being a "burro" LOL.
These are the main three I play at, although there are plenty of others convenient to residents and visitors to Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. Overall, SoFla still suffers from a lot of weak, passive, soft play, but that's not necessarily a bad thing
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DB