ONE MONTH OF NL POKER IN FLORIDA

[Miamipuck]

Hey Warlock you were there when I was there the other night.
Some of the guys at my table left to go play in the 5/10 game that just opened. They were straight up gamblers. One guy showed 3-4 bluffs in about 30 minutes at the 1/2 table. He would bet 30 into a $10 pot. He rebought 2-3 times while i was there. LOL He was later busted in the 5/10 game. Anyway I heard that the 5/10 was Yahtzee.


I had my worst night by far. I caught absolutely no cards and the table I was on there was a lot of raising and re raising. Still time charge and all I was only down 10 bucks.

Even with the time rake these games are definitely profitable. In the 1-2 game one guy had 900 bucks in front of him. He won half of it on a ridiculous hand that he practically wore his AA around his neck yet still had 2 callers. One called off 300+ the other 100+. He was playing just downright stupid. Raising people to 80 bucks in unraised pots, telegraphing hands etc shame I never got a hand to challenge him except a few hands he called off 20-30 bucks.

I see tons of regulars (they have to be they all know each other) come to a table and proceed to buy in 100 a couple of times lose and then leave. I have no earthly idea how they are regulars.

I think because of how touristy S. Florida is and that the max buy in is only $100 that it will be a long time before these games dry up. They are eerily similar to how Party used to be except with a higher rake.

[beerboy92]

how are the $1/2 games, and what are the rakes for these games? I plan on playing them in Tampa this coming week

[Fishhead24]

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how are the $1/2 games, and what are the rakes for these games? I plan on playing them in Tampa this coming week

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10% with a maximim of $5.00

Most places also take out $1 for various jackpot promos.

Sarasota and the Tampa Downs use a time rake of $5 per half hour.

[TGPDLR]

TGHound stopped the $6.00 per 1/2 hr rake at the request of the players. While many of the dealers are new (including me)they were trained for 12 weeks by some of the best people in the business. If you balance the rake over time most will see that a timed rake is not as bad as it seems. With it the pressure is on us to perform so as not to upset our customers. Give us newbies a fair shake and you will see that we if nothing else are consistent in our rules and regs, and that we (dealers and management) all play from the same handbook. That is something you may not get at other venues. That is not a knock on other places. I hear things while dealing. Most complaints are that decisions are not consistent. If nothing else, you get that at TGHound.