nobody cares, meanie

Have you played in it? It plays like a 5/10.

This sounds awesome. I'm making my first trip to Vegas, leaving tomorrow. I'm definitely going to try to stop by. Hopefully it's still a 2/5, I don't want to lose my shirt playing in a 5/10 that plays like a 10/20.

Yea, I don't want something that plays like a 5/10....I want a 5/10 that plays like a 10/20+

What started off as a friendly 2/5 game that plays 5/10 appears to be evolving into something considerably larger. If lots of young guns & local ballers are starting to show up & buying in for the max limit, this game is going to play like a 5/10 on steroids. That's fine as far as that goes, but realize that such an atmosphere is not going to be conducive to attracting weekend tourists & other fish who show up wanting to drink, socialize, & gamble it up their $300-$500 buy-in. Moreover, they are going to quickly realize that without a lot of luck, it is going to be extremely difficult for them to compete surrounded by such a large circle of oversized stacks.

Seems to me you might be in danger of scaring away those your initial game was designed to attract! Yes/No?

Now that you've got multiple tables running every Tuesday night, perhaps you should consider set up different buy-in levels at different tables in order to keep things fair & keep everyone comfortable.

Table 1: $300 min / $500 max

Table 2: $500 min / $1000 max

Table 3: $1000 min / $3000 max

Table 4: $2000 min / $5000 max

You could even add demeaning names for the different tables:
Table 1 = Little Boy Table (make them wear bibs & drink out of sippy cups)
Table 2 = FISH & GUPPIES
Table 3 = Sharks
Table 4 = Swinging Richards & Big Ballers

I hear your point, but the whole idea was to start a game like this on a night when there are few tourists in town anyway. Tuesday is a pretty slow night in Vegas, especially in this economy. The game has been a huge success so far. Last week 4 full tables with a huge list, average stack over $2000. The whole idea behind this was to come up with a fun theme to attract some money to that room on an off night and so far the intended goal has been met. Let's see how it plays out, and your suggestion will definitely be considered if the circumstances warrant it.

Great read.

Anyone played this game at the Hard Rock LV? Slow rolling encouraged, ornery dealers welcome? Sounds fun.

yup good game
plays big too

If you are going to use racial slurs, misplace them. Call the black man an asian epithet. Use the n word when addressing the Swede. Too funny.

This sounds like it could be a very profitable game.

Problem with is that is impossible to have people draw the same line. Why is it ok to be using **** related insults, but it is bad to make racial slurs? One discrimination is ok, but the other one is a no-go? Is insulting a black guy worse then insulting an Italian dude?

I predict this will be a lot of fun until some moran flips out and gets really violent. Which seems inevitable to me.

What if the remarks are rude and true? Like saying you fat bastard the whole night at this obese dude, every time he does something. After five hours stuff like this could become very grating.

The rules are:
Bad sportsmanship expected!
(Please limit trash talking to how horrible your opponents play, speak and dress,
but PLEASE LEAVE OUT race, religion, mother, girlfriend, sister, threats etc.)

There haven't been any problems to date.

played this last night, really fun game. trash-talking and slowrolling were nearly non-existent, but the action was great. love the mandatory hard rock straddle and 7-2 bounty, and at my table me and 3 other guys had a $50 side bounty on 7-2, 8-3, and 9-4, and we often straddled for the max of $100 on the button.

brag: i won a $6,000 pot after calling a checkraise-allin with A 6 on a flop of 8 6 4. yes i'm a station.

this game would be perfect for Khory Zeidlman....(sic)

I so hope this game is still running next time I'm in Vegas

played game about 4/5 weeks ago. there were 3 tables w/ must move. not too much trash talking, but the straddle amps the game up alot. usually straddled from$ 15-40 at table i was at so that made the game play much bigger. beware losing too much $ like i did on the 2-7 hands which i was dealt at least 4 times and only won once at five handed table.

Someones gonna bring it up eventually so I guess it might as well be me, is a mandatory straddle permitted in the state of Nevada? My impression is that its totally legal to request players to straddle but nobody can force a player to straddle, the same as nobody can force a player to change his or her chopping preferences if they chose to change mid-game.

But this game is unique in that the game is listed as a mandatory straddle, I think... but I am not positive.... that this qualifies as an acceptable forced blind in the state of Nevada.

Opinions?

I think it is fine. I would call it a third blind. The only issue I would see is if the casino can prohibit straddling in NV. It is a three blind game with no straddle allowed.

It seems like a lot more than merely a third blind, because it changes the order of pre-flop action.

I haven't read the whole thread, is it a Mississippi straddle? I still don't think any of these things are an issue in NV, but may be in other jurisdictions.

I am so torn about this game. The action sounds great and playing almost exclusively in NYC with assorted sociopaths, degenerates, donkeys & Rabbis I am used to tons of trash talk, 99% of it is good humoured and pretty harmless. I cant decide if I can accept these insults from total strangers and if it would be the funnest (albeit one night only) ring game I play my whole time in Vegas or if someone will cross some imaginary line I have in mead that will make me want to jump across the table and bite someones on the face. I guess only time will tell. I'm def gonna check it out if only cuz I am seen as a squeezer on the East Coast it would be fun to gamble it up where nobody knows me. See you degenerates in hell

The trash talking component itself is probably the least significant factor that makes these games so attractive. They are actually some of the friendliest, fun, insult-with-a smile type games I've ever experienced.

The reason the game grows week after week is due to the SICK ACTION and the unique "permission" to slow roll and to make friendly digs.

As far as the HARD ROCK STRADDLE on the button, here is the (un)official definition...

This unique proposition gives the button tremendous power, and adds exciting action to the whole game.

Description:
The button bets 2x the big blind. Action starts under the gun and keeps going around, SKIPPING over the button. The button gets LAST pre-flop action NO MATTER WHAT UNLESS there's a raise AND a re-raise which would then force the button to act in turn.

Notes:
* Minimum raise is 2x the hard rock straddle.
* Hard Rock straddle takes priority over the UTG straddle.
UTG can optionally raise blind.
* Technically, the action could skip over the button twice if
the big blind is the first to raise and then nobody re-raises.

Special Games:
The Hard Rock straddle is OPTIONAL at any button game, however it is MANDATORY at "Wacky 1-2" games and "Trash Talking Tuesday" games.

+ 1 lol

i second that!!!

lol after your complaining about the £2 straddle at the international (London) lol it aint ur game nit

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/27...raddle-477215/