In case anyone was wondering about the current state of poker in Vegas right now. At a 1/3 game in Cesar's 4 players limp. Flop comes 1098 with 2 hearts. Sb blind open jams for 210 (10 in the pot) late position calls and has her covered. Sb wins with QJ and late position shows 98 and complains about a "cooler"

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SB did not look at her cards and happened to have the nuts?

bruh use your head and understand that no **** not every single game will be bad in vegas you come hereand literally give a 1 hand example and come here boasting about how vegas games arent dead. overall vegas has to be one of the worst places to play poker anywhere in the world

wildly curious as to why you hold that view?
i would think tourists = loose games = good place to play

I've heard some interesting things about the play at Cesar's .. my thought is that 'she' knew a little bit more about the spot she was in than OP could gather. While the assumption is that 'all' the money goes in by the Turn here I would say that sure, it's cooler worthy at low stakes tables. GL

PS .. There's talk of Players in our pool about heading to Vegas 'soon', but as more and more people return what does that mean for poker? You still have to game select and deal with your personal goals. While it may be true that not 'enough' PLO is running in Vegas for the Pros to get out of each others way, you'd like to think than 'anyone' playing poker is trapped in what few games are running so the likelihood of finding a game/table dynamic that suits you might actually be higher?

You ok? Need a hug or something?

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The lady that shoved is the "I have to get max value with the nuts right now" type and the lady that called is the "I have a good hand they're have to be bluffing type". No deep level thinking on this one lol

I'm a local reg and I just started playing again since everything closed. I thought it would be dead but every room is packed for NL. I'm not a plo player so I can't tell you the quality of the games right now

Wearing a mask sucks and you have to pay more attention while playing because it's hard to hear each other but overall it's fine (just from Cesar's)



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We've been playing on the strip about twice a week for about 6 weeks now. Games are nowhere near "normal good" right now. You have to be willing to table select and move to different rooms to find a decent game.

Are there occasional random's out her to vacation and to gamble? OF COURSE

Just nowhere near the normal amount of people as you'd expect with the whole Covid right now.

I mean, she could have nfd, pair+draw, all sorts of crap - if the games are as good as you claim. So 98? Going with it.

When I read that, I cannot believe that the SB won the pot. I happen to have learned that in that spot -- and in way stronger spots -- you can lose virtually every one for 4 years, 7 months, and 24 days. So I read it, and my mind is an admittedly very strange place that has to factor that in. C'est la vie.

JVibes just vlogged about 5/10 NL that was up and running at 8 AM ... doesn't look dead to me. GL

I've always loved how when people see one guy in one casino in one area do something such as going all in blind pre, and they come back and say "Those games are incredible out there" or "Those games are the tightest games around" if they happen to be in a game for an hour that was full of nits.

games will be games. People will determine the game, and the people are always changing.

I agree, but saying that multiple people at the table were limping for $3 and calling $25+ pre for 8 hours would be pretty boring post lol

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I was in Vegas a few weeks back for business but wasn't on-strip (was staying at a house nearby); went to the ARIA to place a bet and grab dinner and figured I'd walk by the poker room to see how things were looking - this was on a Friday night for NFL Opening Weekend, NBA/NHL playoffs going on, Fights in Vegas, etc.

Absolute ghost town of a casino - and what was my favorite poker room that on any given weeknight will have every table full and a list of 100's of players waiting looked like it had about 6 tables running (room wasn't even a quarter full), with a handful of names on the waiting list.

Dramatically fewer players + tables = less action. Add into that you are playing short-handed and everyone is wearing masks there is far less of a "drinking & gambling for the fun of it vibe" which is usually when the games are the best.

But I guess based off of one hand you witnessed at a Ceaser's 1/3 table we can confidently say - Poker is Back Baby!!!!!

Sounds like the worst game in the world BTW. Not knocking him but I think he is at best probably the 5th best player at that game.

With that said, it still could be profitable for him but I am doubtful.

You better jump on these games now before they get back to FR. A good modified 6 max strat will kill the FR regs.

Where can I find a good 6 max strategy?

1). Lots of bait/fish attract sharks.
2). Many 'fishy' rooms run promos for locals that encourage nitty play ('play' X hours, get X prize - by 'play' I mean sit there folding hands after hands).
3). Favorite destination of aspiring 1/2 'pros' and grinders (It's Vegas - "all I'm really thinking about is Vegas and the f-ing Mirage" lol - Mirage is closed by the way. Outside of Strip relative cheap cost of living compared to L.A., Miami, etc.)

Yes, due to the large number of visitors sometimes you luck out and get a table of rec players. Sometimes you get a table of grinders, especially during slow times. Unlike big cities Vegas depends on visitors to fill the fish player pool.