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#11
09-22-2006, 06:38 PM
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Re: What did B&M Games / Limits look like back in 1956?
I'm not that old but I started playing at local card rooms in LA back around 1983 and at the time all I remember was draw poker. A bit later it was stud and stud hi/lo. I can't recall what the limits were though. I don't think limit hold em was played locally until maybe the late 80's but I might be off by a few years and then it would have been 1/2 blinds minimum.
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#13
09-22-2006, 07:00 PM
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Re: What did B&M Games / Limits look like back in 1956?
I don't go that far back but I played poker in Las Vegas in the early 70s, draw and stud. The first hold'em game I ever saw in Vegas was in the early 90s, but then I was a blackjack counter back then and rarely played casino poker.
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09-23-2006, 01:28 AM
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Re: What did B&M Games / Limits look like back in 1956?
in the 60's at least. most played was highly raked 2, 4 six card stud for the tourists. with 15, 30 and 30, 60 razz games at the stardust. 200 400 stud or split games or whatever the few big time players and cheaters could dream up to get a live on to play.
they played 10 20 holdem with a 50 cent ante and one 5 dollar blind at the golden nugget. with occassional giant nolimit five card stud or no limit holdem. california had draw poker and lowball in gardena 20 limit highest allowed by law. northern cal had higher limits and huge no limit lowball games. in vegas john moss ,puggy pearson, sarge ferris. jimmy caseela, were some of the big time players. in the end i got to beat them all for something except for sarge who was too sharp and on the in.
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#15
09-23-2006, 07:22 AM
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Re: What did B&M Games / Limits look like back in 1956?
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in the 60's at least. most played was highly raked 2, 4 six card stud for the tourists. with 15, 30 and 30, 60 razz games at the stardust. 200 400 stud or split games or whatever the few big time players and cheaters could dream up to get a live on to play. they played 10 20 holdem with a 50 cent ante and one 5 dollar blind at the golden nugget. with occassional giant nolimit five card stud or no limit holdem. california had draw poker and lowball in gardena 20 limit highest allowed by law. northern cal had higher limits and huge no limit lowball games. in vegas john moss ,puggy pearson, sarge ferris. jimmy caseela, were some of the big time players. in the end i got to beat them all for something except for sarge who was too sharp and on the in. [/ QUOTE ] I think you should include a chapter in your new book about the evolution of the game, include some classic stories. TT [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
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#17
09-24-2006, 07:30 AM
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Re: What did B&M Games / Limits look like back in 1956?
Man... I feel the fool when I refer to the old days as the days when Kill games weren't the norm.
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#18
09-24-2006, 12:36 PM
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Re: What did B&M Games / Limits look like back in 1956?
guys I have been playing for a long time since 2001 which in todays world is like 25 year. Back in my day only 500 people in the world played online and everybody sucked.
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#19
09-24-2006, 02:15 PM
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Re: What did B&M Games / Limits look like back in 1956?
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I think you should include a chapter in your new book about the evolution of the game, include some classic stories. TT [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Please no. Don't go all Cloutier on us, Ray.
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#20
09-24-2006, 10:12 PM
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Re: What did B&M Games / Limits look like back in 1956?
...no one has yet mentioned that some of the games mentioned were dealt by the players (at least in the LA cardrooms). This was true through at least the mid-90's.
For anyone interested in a glimpse of the LA card room culture of say 25 or 30 years ago, Hayano's "Poker Faces" is a true classic.
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