Well, Florida, how did the first day of NL/$5limit games treat you?

[Gandor]

I went to Club 52 at Melborne last night. Play was horrible. The new "rules" were horrible. But hey, it was still no limit. The club had a $100 min/max buyin, no rebuy until felted. Blinds were 1-2-2 UTG, with a $2 minimum rake. Half the players seemed like they were still stuck in straight 2 mode.

During my first orbit, I watched an Asian lady call off her whole $100 3 times with 2nd pair. And then magic happened. She hit a runner-runner flush while calling bottom pair against a set, and then hit another hand. Soon she had several hundred in front of her and my half of the table was ready.

Did I mention play was horrible. As someone else mentioned, you almost need to play to get doubled up, or get to the felt. Before I learned this, there was a raise to 20, 3 callers, when I look down at 3-5 and see the rest of the table grabbing for reds. I decide to call, thinking I can always top off. The rest of our table calls as well as half the table next to us. Flop 9-2-4 with a couple clubs. Checks around to the raiser who bets like 35 into a monster pot, everyone calls, I push for $68, and most everyoone on our table calls. I hit the 6 on the turn, river is a blank, and I scoop $500.

Another memorable hand I wasn't involved in, one guy makes it $20, there is a reraise to $65, three people call, all fold on the flop to 2nd raiser's C-bet.

The rest of the time was spent trying to pick off people looking to get a playable stack. If you can get a stack, there is money to be made, but it might cost you several buy-ins before you get there.

Oh yeah, one other bad rule. If your table breaks and you are moved, you can only sit down at the new table with $100 again. Dude came to our table with over $1500 and had to start all over.

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so why are some people saying that money plays and some not? what is the rule on that? does money play at any 1-2 or 2-5 tables?

[Packard]

Only $100 bills play as paper currency in NL games at the Tampa Hard Rock

[Packard]

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so why are some people saying that money plays and some not? what is the rule on that? does money play at any 1-2 or 2-5 tables?

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Only $100 bills play as paper currency in NL games at the Tampa Hard Rock

[dozer]

Fellas ... it's getting so good, the pros are coming!

I went to The Isle in Pompano again this afternoon and sat in at a 1/2 NL table that was milquetoast. I made $25 in two hours of torture. My only big win was flopping a pair of kings and making an old man pay for drawing to his flush.

Anyway, one of the managers in the room told me that he's buds with one of the people running the WSOP. That friend told him that a lot of the pros are coming to Florida after the WSOP is over to cash in on the loose/dumb play at the Hard Rocks in Tampa and Hollywood. High-stakes players, you've been warned.

There is also talk of satellite SNGs to their $350 weekly. Talk to them about it if you go there so we can drum it up. Those tourneys should be easy pickings.

[Off To The Races]

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There is also talk of satellite SNGs to their $350 weekly. Talk to them about it if you go there so we can drum it up. Those tourneys should be easy pickings.

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That would be great if true. The $350 is an awesome structure, but I don't really want to put up the full buyin. Hopefully, the satellite structure won't be too bad though.

[RUFFNECK]

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so why are some people saying that money plays and some not? what is the rule on that? does money play at any 1-2 or 2-5 tables?

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Only $100 bills play as paper currency in NL games at the Tampa Hard Rock

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On call work got in the way of going out on Sunday to play, plan on going over Friday night.

I am still confused at how the buyin system is working, or if it is just working like it does in Vegas?

Can someone clarify what the exact protocol at Tampa HR. Can you sit and buy chips in any amount, or do I have to buy $100 in chips and keep $100 bills behind or what?

[Packard]

In Florida you have to put down $100 at a time.

Say that you have a full rack of red $5 chips (total $500 of course)

You have to put down each stack of $100 on the table by stack at a time right after another. You cant just empty the $500 rack all at once.

So it might take somebody an extra 10-20 seconds to put the whole amount on the table as opposed to Vegas where somebody can just empty a whole rack all at once.

[stevematador]

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In Florida you have to put down $100 at a time.

Say that you have a full rack of red $5 chips (total $500 of course)

You have to put down each stack of $100 on the table by stack at a time right after another. You cant just empty the $500 rack all at once.

So it might take somebody an extra 10-20 seconds to put the whole amount on the table as opposed to Vegas where somebody can just empty a whole rack all at once.

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How do those people with the $20k buy ins do it?? I was at Hard Rock Hollywood last night and saw one table with people sitting on mountain stacks of $5,000 chips, no way there are doing the $100 at a time thing that you speak of.

[Magicmanu]

Has anyone heard anything about the rooms letting no limit players make deals or run two boards? A player made a request the other night at a $2/5 game at Coconut Creek, but the other player declined. We had a brief discussion with the floor, but it was clear they hadn't really thought about it or made a decision yet.