Making a quick trip to CA soon and wanted to revisit the commerce casino. I normally play 40/80 in AC but the games there have gotten tougher due to the poor economy. I was at Commerce last year and sat in a very juicy 40 game and wanted to take a shot higher this time. My question is, have the games at commerce gotten tougher in the past 6 - 9 months? Can I play higher, like 60 or 80 and still face fairly easy competition?

There's no 80 game. Just 60 and 100/200.

Since you're going there anyway, just play and find out. You'll see soon enough. And as a general rule, the games are tougher the higher you play. It's a rare day the 1/2 is easier than the 40. Also, it's difficult for anyone to say whether or not the competition is easy for you because we don't know what you consider easy. The 60 game might be fairly tough for me but a breeze for mike l.

Just play the games.

Generally you'll have more games to choose from at 40-80 than if you play higher. There are usually at least two times as many 40s as 60s and 100 games, sometimes three times as many or more. There are times when the 60 can be tougher than the 100, and even times when a couple of the 40s can be tougher than the 60. Since you'll be making a "quick" trip, hard to make that determination at first glance. That said, the 40 will be more textbookian "loose" and there will be more garden variety "fish" than in the higher stakes games.

The Vegas games at similar stakes are "easier" for me to beat, even though the Commerce games are more profitable. I'll let others elaborate.

Hey tradingman, having played live with you, you will destroy any 60/120 at commerce, and most 1/2's

-DeathDonkey

Thanks DD. Appreciate the boost of confidence. I guess I just need to improve on my game selection and not sit in games with good players like you, lol.

i jus played 40 at borgata all week, i thought the games were really really soft, out of 30 regs i played with id say 2-3 were decent, couple asian kids played good, but for the most part weak-tite. Maybe all good players are in vegas, yung jo and sang and all. Commerce is comparable id say.

Bk, thanks for the update. I havent really played much at the Borgata the past 3 months but the times I have played there this year have been tougher than before. I've been busy with work so I haven't had a chance to go to AC at all the past 3 months but am glad to hear that its soft.

Whats your name? Maybe we've played together before?

my name is brian, i play NL now online and i havent played at borgata since it really opened, a lil 80-160 over the years, but i doubt u'd know me unless u were a reg when it opened downstairs. Gl in Commerce i'll be out there on the 11th , hopefully 100-200 is going strong tho.

Don't get drunk and moon the low-limit poker room.