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Originally Posted by TuscaloosaJohnny
True, it’s good that people have that option, but if anyone wants a chance to win any decent money in mixed games they’ll go to GN or (especially) Orleans.
I doubt GN & Orleans will have much higher prize pools with most events in the $150-250 range. Orleans is mostly an afterthought, if still feel like playing poker in evening after busting a bigger event earlier in the day. GN is fine, but not exactly compelled to go DT for most events, when they are only $250 and $50 of that is rake (plus transpo to/from DT). Binion's is old & dingy, but also historic, and esp. if they address the capacity issue, then they should have a good series. GN & Orleans don't seem to want to really compete with the strip, rather they are good places to mess around and rebuy in between the more serious events of the summer.
The question is which venues will fill the gap between Venetian and GN/Orleans? Binion's appears to have taken a step in that direction with mostly $550 BIs. Aria has $470 BIs and focuses mostly on the more popular non-NLHE games. I'm not sure what PH is doing, they are sort of a mix of mostly higher BIs for the most popular games and low BIs for a variety of much less popular games. Given the lack of depth of dealer competence, I think they should focus more on mid-higher BI events of the more popular games, which should be easier for the dealers to master while also generating large prize pools (i.e. rake).
There's always plenty of NLHE events, tons of competition too. It's fine to offer lower BI events in the less popular non-NLHE games (Stud Hi, 27TD, 27SD, DC, etc.), but the real territory to be fought over is the moderate BI events in the more popular non-NLHE games (PLO, PLO8, Big O, Mixed PLO, Mixed O8, FLO8, HORSE, OE, etc.) and that seems to be where it's heading. I don't think many go to LV for a week or a summer primarily to play Stud Hi, 27, and similar events, but there are many who do so to play PLO, PLO8, FLO8, HORSE and the like.
Last edited by AllInNTheDark; 04-02-2019 at 10:01 AM.