Re: The Mysterious Card Room Where No One Complains
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- An extremely live player sits down on your table. He plays about an hour. Your game is six handed including the live player. The other game is five handed. He changes tables. Not one player at your table complains that the super live player changed from one short game to another (both tables are in plain view of each other and this isn't allowed in every club you have previouly played in).
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Why not? Before I read the entire thread, this room sounded like heaven. I'd like to point out that accommodating an extremely live player isn't the end of the world. In fact, it's good for poker. The same might be said for players who prefer shorthanded games. If these aren't must-move games (the wisdom of which is another thread), the live players should be allowed to sit where they please.[
Maybe the VIP players were nits. If so, they must have had conflicting emotions: glad to see the last of the action player, but distressed at having to play shorthanded.
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Note that LA has drop, not rake. Drop is taken in full on any flop regardless of pot size. If no flop $1 is still taken. That means a five handed NL game with 1/2 blinds will see $3 (this includes jackpot and it might actually be $4 at six handed) go down the hole on some very small pots.
Online you can play very small blind NL short; they use a percentage rake with a cap. I've never seen low limit players B&M players in LA willing to play short on a continuous basis (i.e. if they do they play with the expectation that the game will fill).
The VIP Players don't complain because they are told not to as part of receiving 35 cents a hand.
~ Rick
PS That said, the eTable games are occasionally very good and you can book decent wins. But it won't grow unless they keep games at least eight handed.
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