Read heaps of threads on 2+2 that point to the poster's choice for the worst casino in Australia, but which is the best?

My choice: Treasury Brisbane. Staff are poor (and delusional), games are slow, rake is a deathwish but they get something other casinos (Perth and Cairns excluded) don't. They get the fly-in fly-out cashed up single miner who just wants to drink, visit a brothel, and play poker. This factor just gives Treasury the edge.

Any thoughts?

Travelled heaps in the last 6 weeks - in a position to provide a more detailed response.

1. Treasury, Brisbane
2. Crown, Melbourne
3. Reef, Cairns

(only 3 poker playing Oz casinos excluded are Perth { accom way too expensive, too remote}, Townsville, Launceston {both too small and remote-ish}......Lasseters Alice Springs too if they still play there, but like Darwin they may have folded their poker also).

Hey mate,

I'm from Radelaide and the games here aren't too bad

I was there around Show time vinrok, b4 it moved. Yeah it's ok, but SA money is tight. Not the casual money that others enjoy. So SkyCity Adelaide didn't make top 3 IMO

anything good running on monday night in adelaide? ive hopped over from melbourne for a couple of days, and will probably be at a loose end tomorrow night

How did you fare, Insomniac?

What is crown Melbourne like?? Ive got a friend who I'm visiting mid-2014, I mainly play PLO, do they get any games going? If so, do you have to wait for hours or are there enough regs/semi regs that there is always games going?

Have to be Melbourne, wouldn't it?

Crown Melbourne has 1/3 PLO running almost every day and it's a gold mine. People are constantly triple and quadruple straddling (often it turns into a short-stacked $50/$100 game).

As far as NLHE goes, there are usually around 30 tables running at any given time, with obviously more tables on Friday and Saturday evenings.

There are 3 major drawbacks though:
1) $5 seating charge. You must pay this everytime you transfer to a different table.
2) Rake is very high: 10% capped at $15 for most games (except 1/2 which is 10% capped at $20 and except 10/20+ which is done via time charge, usually $30/person/hr).
3) Ridiculous "turbo format" played at 1/2, 1/3 and 2/5 NLHE. You have 15 seconds to act per street, after which you must pay a 1bb time charge for an additional 30 seconds (can only be done twice per hand). So at $2/$5 when someone jams 2k on the river, you've got 15 seconds to think, or you can pay $5 per 30 seconds extra.

Good points 6bet. They are losing customers; but you hear stories of guns being pulled out at home games - so maybe the numbers will return after all.

i love that 15 second rule. that keeps the game moving and not being ruined by the stare you down crowd.

Yes. A quick game is a good game Ray.

Yes anyone who would complain about that isn't thinking straight - much better for #hands per hour. Same goes for not changing money at the table, another great time saver. Just a shame those electronic poker tables never took off though.