So I was down there yesterday, decided to kill a few hours around rush hour before heading out to meet up with a few friends. Though I was born and raised in LA, this was my first time down there as a 21 year old.

Anyways, the floor being huge it took me 10 minutes of navigating through the maze of tables to find the 200 nl board, finally found it and was met by one the most pleasing floor people I have ever met. She was a slightly plump older (to me) lady with an accent, and she genuinely seemed to care about her players. I sat down to a table with 4-5 regs, as she "warned me" not to let them bully me around etc, and she checked up on me an hour later making sure I hadn't gone broke already, which was funny. I get that's part of her job, to make sure the tables are full, but still it was as nice a welcome that I have ever gotten.

So I sit down to the 3/5 200nl, which I know is terrible considering the rake but its all my BR can afford, and I couldn't believe how crazy the action was. I play at CAZ, and you get your share of loose players there, but these people had no conscious almost, regularly risking half there stack and 150 dollar pots were the norm. I quickly go from 200 to about 550, then back down to 250 (got rivered by a decent LAG regular there twice) , and back to 700 within 2 hours of play my most notable pot going down like this

UTG raises to 20, 7 callers (WTF?), I'm SB with 66, call, flop comes

K610

Checks around to MP who bet's 100, folded to me, I call, 3 more fold. turns a blank 2 I shove for 250 more, he calls with AK.


Anyways played a few more hands and left, but the commerce definitely had me impressed compared to what CAZ has to offer.

I love the place. It's wild and crazy. And HUGE.

I suspect it's partly the Asian influence. And the BBJ.

Not possible.

You must work there.

Your experience was not an anomaly, it's a good club overall. It's got it's faults, but all around it's a well run joint. It's the best action and table selection on the planet.

Come on down starting next week when the L.A. Poker Classic starts. YEEEEE HAAAAA!

one of the main reasons you like the casino is because you won. you wouldn't think the people were so friendly if you lose 3 buyins now would you.

I'm sure he'd think they were nice, but I'm sure he wouldn't have made this post =P

You missed last Sat.'s action. Allegedly a dealer had a player arrested for assault - thrown cards. Two players and a dealer attested to hearing ......THUNK!!! that sound of an empty beer bottle connecting with a skull. Cops show up again...another assault charge. Now THIS is the Commerce I know and love.

I've only played there twice, and have been a big winner both times, but the first time was the only time I really thought I was going to get beaten up in a poker room.

I was playing $2-4 limit and I was running really good, up about $250, hitting all kinds of stuff. This kind of scary looking guy in Seat 8 is raising almost every hand PF. I'm in Seat 2. I get KK UTG and I limp, expecting the maniac will raise and I can 3-bet. Well, he doesn't raise, and of course about 5 people see the flop and I end up losing. When I lose with my limped KK I make a comment to the Maniac like "You pick this hand to finally limp?" He just stares at me and says "Why are you complaining? You've got all the chips!" I really thought he wanted to kill me. I played a little longer and then high-tailed it out of there.

Then I got out to the parking lot and forgot exactly where I had parked, so I spent a solid 10 minutes sure that my car had been stolen.

Sounds like a night at HP.

I say that facetiously though, because I've played a lot at both places and definitely see more fights at Commerce, although there are more players there so I guess sample size.

I'll be playing in the cash games during the LAPC so see you guys there!