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Originally Posted by suchj0sh
Looking on bravo, though, it seems the game is even more dried up than it used to be? I’m looking at 8/16 up to 20/40, is LA really the only spot that spreads enough tables where you might find a good game?
Are you doing the search by stakes, then? (That's the only effective way I've ever found to use Bravo beyond just looking at some specific cardroom.) I too have been doing some Bravo voyeurism the last few weeks. Here are some general observations and we can compare notes.
I wouldn't call it dried up relative to say 2018 or 2019. Relative to 2010, sure, absolutely dried up. LA is obviously the epicenter but here are some other locations with fairly consistent
action:
- Bellagio, of course. Pre-COVID I found the 20-40 game to be pretty tough during the WSOP though.
- Fortune south of Seattle isn't on Bravo but still has daily 20-40 action you can track easily.
- Talking Stick. Various limit games around these stakes, some LHE, some Big O iirc, some mixed.
- Canterbury Park, Twin Cities. Ditto about various games. Seems to have 8 or 20 LHE action most days.
- Atlantic City - Phila. axis, especially the Borgata. Various stakes. Weekends obviously heavier.
- Black Hawk in Colorado has a pretty consistent 30-60 half kill. (Kill to 45-90? 50-100?). Bigger than you said but worth noting.
And then there are various one day a week games in the 15-30 or 20-40 neighborhood: Tunica; Turning Stone (central NYS); St. Louis area; Chicagoland; I think maybe Kansas City?
If you're willing to play mixed games, there are a few other possibilities including LHE. In Detroit they call it the 15-30 round-by-round (RxR): LHE and LOH. Naturally the LHE plays
much tighter, and LOH is a very high-variance game, but still.... worth knowing about. I've seen that mix another place or two in the Midwest. I've seen HORSE show up too.
If any of this interests you in particular I'll share my notes.