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Originally Posted by MikeStarr
Is there any city where you can realistically get 1500+ hours per year of 5/10 or higher other than L.A.?
this day and age, maybe not. maybe underground in some metropolises like NYC. i'm not familiar. also likely in Macau, if you want to/can live in HK.
i'm hoping eventually Toronto. there's enough money, but even if the casinos being developed spread poker, perhaps not enough loose cash and gambling culture to support 1250-1500hrs of 5/10. if Miami doesn't have it, likely wishful thinking that Toronto could (same metro pop., likely better gambling culture and looser money in Miami.)
additionally, if you want to play good hours (i.e. not Thurs-Sat night evening and graveyard shifts), it's likely only LA.
another thing i would add is that PLO is likely an excellent resource to counter this problem. as you all know PLO plays bigger and gamblier and tends to attract the loosest money in the area, if it runs. in a lot of these rooms where 2/5-1000 tends to be the biggest regular game, i suspect you can get a $5 blind PLO game (ideally uncapped) to run, and supplement your winrate.
in a room that's borderline, where 5/10 runs on weekends only, there's a chance PLO will run on weekdays at the $5 level and offer you similar winrate if it's action enough.
the room i cut my teeth in was like this. a deep $1/2 was the game that ran round the clock. 2/5 would spring up time to time, mostly on the weekends. but there was $5 PLO running at least 2-3 nights a week that probably played like a 5/10NL with a cap, and was action.
learning to crush PLO is something i'll be working on over the next few years due to this. it seems to often be the best game in the room. (in Canada it's usually the only other variant that's played other than Hold'em.)