Tunica Horseshoe 10/20
 

I'm heading to Tunica May 16-18 and will most likely sit in the 10/20 at the Shoe sometime during my trip. Does anyone have advise for a first timer about how that game plays? Any comparisons to a standard loose, passive 4/8 game would be appreciated. Any other Tunica related advise would be appreciated particularly about LHE up to 10/20. No advise needed about hotels, as I have already booked my poker room rate. Thanks.

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The first time I ever played 10/20 live was at the Shoe. The two times I played it, it was a fairly soft game. There were only maybe 2 or 3 people at the table that were better than what I would see at a 3-6.

I didn't have that good of a bankroll for it and took a shot and played for a few hours and ended up $250. I hardly would even see a raise in the game I played. Of course, that could just be random.

4-8 in Tunica is really easy. So I say take a shot and worst case, you can probably drop back down to 4-8 and make most if not all of it back up.

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Should be pretty soft. I've never played in it, but the one next door at Goldstrike is soft most of the time.

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Definitely very soft and the game usually plays more passive than aggressive. You'll be able to spot the guys who'll 3bet pf and the guys that won't do it without AA pretty quickly.

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I've never played in it, but the one next door at Goldstrike is soft most of the time.


[/ QUOTE ] Gold Strike gets a 10-20? That's rare.

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I have been there a few weekends when they get a 10-20, but it is pretty rare. I would for sure go to Shoe for 10-20 first, but I think the NL games are better at the Strike from what I have played.

1-2 there is EZ.

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1-2 there is EZ.


[/ QUOTE ] And it's uncapped. Horseshoe is $50-$300. I still think the softer games are at Horseshoe but for big bankroll 1-2 Gold Strike is the nuts.

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1-2 there is EZ.


[/ QUOTE ] And it's uncapped. Horseshoe is $50-$300. I still think the softer games are at Horseshoe but for big bankroll 1-2 Gold Strike is the nuts.

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really? Last time i was there i wanted to play some NL, but the games availabe were uncapped and I was too skeered to sit down w/ my 300. (I don't remember what games they had but I think there were 2 blind structures with both being uncapped.)

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1-2 there is EZ.


[/ QUOTE ] And it's uncapped. Horseshoe is $50-$300. I still think the softer games are at Horseshoe but for big bankroll 1-2 Gold Strike is the nuts.

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really? Last time i was there i wanted to play some NL, but the games availabe were uncapped and I was too skeered to sit down w/ my 300. (I don't remember what games they had but I think there were 2 blind structures with both being uncapped.)

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The past couple of weekends the GS has had 2-3 tables of 1/2 NL, usually 1 table of 2/5, & 1 or 2 tables of 5/10 NL. All uncapped. All juicy.

The 10/20 LHE is hit & miss on the weekends. Runs maybe 75% of the time. Good game when it does though.

There has also been a 25/50 PLO game running fairly regularly as of late.

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Thanks for all the replies. This gives me a good idea what to expect.

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The one time I sat in the 10-20 at Horseshoe reminded me a lot of the old pre-6 max and pre-UIGEA Party 2-4 games. People basically playing "correctly", but so much so that they might as well have been playing with their hole cards face-up. This game was also peppered with enough clueless people that made it quite profitable.

One thing that I have noticed about the 1-2 NL games in both Tunica and Biloxi: From a theoretical/bankroll standpoint, you might as well call them 2-5 NL games. Preflop raises are usually around $20, the average stacks are around $500 (with many four-digit stacks), and the amount of bets postflop is more representative of a 2-5 game. Needless to say, most of the games are uncapped buy-ins. The Hollywood in Tunica does have a $200 cap on its 1-2 NL game, but it is an absolute nitfest.

Oversized Action?
 

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One thing that I have noticed about the 1-2 NL games in both Tunica and Biloxi: From a theoretical/bankroll standpoint, you might as well call them 2-5 NL games.

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The same thing happened to me when I played 2-5 NL at Golden Moon in Philadelphia. From the initial raise to the river, the action was 5-10 NL sized. Was this a fluke or common for the region?

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If you want a good 2-5NL game go over to the Grand.

MMMM Good.

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One thing that I have noticed about the 1-2 NL games in both Tunica and Biloxi: From a theoretical/bankroll standpoint, you might as well call them 2-5 NL games.

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The same thing happened to me when I played 2-5 NL at Golden Moon in Philadelphia. From the initial raise to the river, the action was 5-10 NL sized. Was this a fluke or common for the region?

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Very common for the Tunica area. In a 1/2NL game a raise of 3x-4x the BB will get you called by everybody at the table. If you are dealt AA in just about any position & bet $6...expect to have them aces cracked. A $12 bet isn't much better. But, if you bet $15 or more, you'll win the blinds a majority of the time with no action. There seems to be a preflop bet threshold of 3 or more red chips that folks just have a hard time calling. There are always exceptions to the rule though.

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pretty standard. crazy action sometimes.

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1-2, 2-5 NL uncapped is not excatly easy. The 10-20 at the shoe is full of regular players. Easy game but it may break up.

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slight thread hijack, has the comp policy at HS changed? I stopped by this weekend and was told I could only get a comp at the snack bar. Thats what I wanted anyway so I didn't say anything but afterwards I was wondering what happened to the buffet comps since that's what I usually get. I wasn't seated in a game yet if that matters.

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Interesting. I would like to know if there's been a change in policy too.

Getting a buffet comp at the Gold Strike isn't an automatic deal all the time, especially on Friday-seafood night.

But I always assumed it was 'show up and ask' at the Horseshoe...so when I'm really starving upon my arrival in Tunica that will sometimes be enough to bring my play to that room over Gold Strike.

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The H'shoe snack bar must have pretty decent food. Seems like everytime I go in there, it has a crowd.

Re: Oversized Action?
 

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If you want a good 2-5NL game go over to the Grand.

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The Grand has good action these days? When I was there a few years ago it was dead.

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I think the Grand's action is okay on the weekends.
Don't go there too much. Went on a Saturday about a year ago and they had maybe 6 tables going but 2 of them were 2/5 NL and had enough of total-noobs to make the games worthwhile.

Some people coming in from Alabama or Memphis and playing for the first time have no idea that the Horseshoe is kind of considered to be the top-dog poker-room in Tunica.

Remember that the Grand is the first casino you hit when you are driving down from Memphis. And it's going to be the first casino for a lot of people who come in from Alabama if they end up taking I-55 to I-69.
I think that accounts for some of the decent action (and, as expected, I wasn't exactly impressed with the 'regulars' in those games either).

I still think the action is overall a bit better at Horseshoe and Gold Strike. More games = more players = more bad and drunk players.
But it can vary depending on where the worst of the bad players happen to land on a given evening.