"Bronzedodger"
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Sep 14, 2006, 8:59 PM
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On Sep 14 2006 8:16 PM, il Lupo wrote:
> Really...I haven't played there since late April/early May. It's about a 2
1/2
> hour drive for me, so I have to have some motivation.
>
> I always considered the Saturday tournament a crapshoot because of the
rapidly
> increasing blind structure and the randomly enforced rule that you had to bet
> twice the blind on the flop, turn, and river.
>
> I'm actually glad to hear they've upped the buy in for the 2-5 game...If it's
> still as soft as I remember I may have to get up there sometime. Is the
$500 a
> min-max or is the min still $200?
>
> How often were you there?
I've been about 6 times in the last year. I played my first live tourney
on vacation in San Diego, and the only thing close to me is the Mohawk
Casino once I'm home. I enjoyed the tourney and managed to finish 11th
twice in a row...10 paid. Killing the $1/$2 game softened the blow.
Convinced my brother to go down in the spring and there were no $25 chips.
"Oh ya, blinds are 100/200 to start now." Great. Then we go to play live -
and it's $2/$5 only. Even with the $200 max. we didn't have enough for a
full buy-in each - his first time in a casino, he got wiped out - but with
my good night the bankroll was +$10 even after the tourney buy-ins. Sweet.
Went back two weeks ago, first time on a weekend, figuring the $2/$5 would
be rocking on Labour Day weekend. They had something like five $2/$5
going, and two more $2/$4 Limit. Sweet! Waiting for seat, I'm watching a
table were there are multiple stacks in the $1k range and I'm thinking
"holy smokes...wonder who's been losiing?" Sat down, bought in for $200
among a bunch of bigger stacks. Can't operate 'cause it's "raise re-raise"
all the time - then see someone buy-in for $400. "Did they put the buy-in
up?" Oh, ya, it's $500 now.
Perfect...me with $350 to play what I thought was a $200 max buy-in
game...and I'm short even if I put it all on the table. If ever have
enough to show up with $1k I'll go back anytime - but w/o that, you just
can't hope to ride out the swings to get your share. If you can afford
it, and you can get there on a long weekend, I'd highly recommend it.
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