Re: Kansas City: Lowest NL is 2-5, casino adding 1-2, what happens?
 

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At the same time they add the 1-2 NL HE game they are also going to allow you to buyin for up to 75% of the big stack in the 2-5 game but maintain the $100-300 buyin. (I personally wish it would go to $200-500 w. 75% rule)


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That's an interesting scenario, I think it kinda sucks if they add 1/2 NL, but what can ya do. Also, I was at Harrah's on Sunday, and the max buyin for 2/5 NL was $500. That was the first time I had seen that. But, someone said that was how they were going to proceed. It will be interesting to see if they maintain that.

How do you like the Ameristar games?

Re: Kansas City: Lowest NL is 2-5, casino adding 1-2, what happens?
 

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At the same time they add the 1-2 NL HE game they are also going to allow you to buyin for up to 75% of the big stack in the 2-5 game but maintain the $100-300 buyin. (I personally wish it would go to $200-500 w. 75% rule)


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That's an interesting scenario, I think it kinda sucks if they add 1/2 NL, but what can ya do. Also, I was at Harrah's on Sunday, and the max buyin for 2/5 NL was $500. That was the first time I had seen that. But, someone said that was how they were going to proceed. It will be interesting to see if they maintain that.

How do you like the Ameristar games?

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When you were there on Sunday were you in a $100-300 game or a 75% game, that could have been why you could sit with $500 (I played on Saturday and it was still $100-300 and there was a full 75% game going also but was shorter stacked)

Normally the weaker players are in $100-300 so I dont bother with the 75% game and have never sat at a new 75% game to know what the initial buyin is (although I thought it was $100-300 but up to $500 could also be logical)

Ameristar is on average tighter in my experience, although occasionally you will get some crazies in there, I was there a week ago when the BBJ was $200k+ and we had a couple people dumping chips like I hadnt ever seen before. I normally play harrah's just due to having up to 7 NL games going where Ameristar has 2-3 going. That trip made me think about going back to Ameristar but for now Harrah's will be my pick as game selection seems better and its easy to hop out of one game and into another if your gmae is playing tight as there are 5+ other games to switch to.

What do you think of Ameristar?

Also, Harrah's mentioned they want to get some non standard games going there such as 10-20 limit holdem and omaha games, I am just not sure if the demand is there. I would be happy to play a 10-20, 15-30 limit or 2-5 pot limit HOE game as those were pretty standard up in Iowa and a good time.

Re: Kansas City: Lowest NL is 2-5, casino adding 1-2, what happens?
 

Every time I had previously played Harrah's, it was $100-300 buyin. But the floor said, as of Sunday, when I was playing, that the buyin for 2/5 would be $200-500. I don't know if they will still allow for any 75% tables or not. But the $500 max is SO much better for better players. I just asked about Ameristar because I have not really played much there at all. Just wondered if it played similarly to Harrah's. I don't really play limit, so I can't comment much on them adding those other games, but I guess it would be good. I have been playing at Harrah's about once a month, but I plan on going more frequently now.

Re: Kansas City: Lowest NL is 2-5, casino adding 1-2, what happens?
 

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Every time I had previously played Harrah's, it was $100-300 buyin. But the floor said, as of Sunday, when I was playing, that the buyin for 2/5 would be $200-500. I don't know if they will still allow for any 75% tables or not. But the $500 max is SO much better for better players. I just asked about Ameristar because I have not really played much there at all. Just wondered if it played similarly to Harrah's. I don't really play limit, so I can't comment much on them adding those other games, but I guess it would be good. I have been playing at Harrah's about once a month, but I plan on going more frequently now.

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That is pretty awesome, I will have to go out there on Saturday and check it out. Was the only NL game on the board the 200-500 game? I do like that and can deal without having the 75% rule back (last summer it was so juicy, could walk in to most tables on a Friday or Saturday night and buyin for $1000-1500).

I would personally only visit Ameristar when the BBJ is really big as its normally rocky and its a limit holdem focused poker room vs Harrah's which is more NL focused

I am hoping they try to get a board for the 5/10 NL game again, in the past it was min $300 and upcapped, sometimes the lineup was good and other times it was super rocky but would be fun to see if it could go

A 2-5 PL HO or HOE game would probably interest the most number of people but it will be good to have them proactively starting interest lists to see what the players want to play as that is what it comes down to in the end

Re: Kansas City: Lowest NL is 2-5, casino adding 1-2, what happens?
 

We've had it before. We used to start a $1-2 N/L about an hour before the $2-5 N/L each morning. The room didn't play terribly different from the way it plays now. Usually kept one, and no more than two $1-2 N/L's going and the $3-6 LHE varied depending on the size of the bad beat jackpot, but about the same number as what we run now.

As for the strength of the games, they were a bit tougher back then, but the Friday/Saturday night crowd usually provides all you can fish that fill more than the 2 tables of $1-2 NL.

Good hearing from you Brandon. Let me know when you're in town and playing. I've been back and forth to Vegas a lot lately, but look forward to meeting you at Harrah's sometime.

Kevin
Good luck.

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Trip Report:
On Saturday 2/24
1 Table of 1-2 NL HE with $100-200 buyin
5 Tables of 2-5 NL HE with $200-500 buyin

The dealers were all complaining about dealing the 1-2 NL HE as they didnt like dealing with white and red chips and just wanted to deal with one color of chips

Anyway, in another month once the word about 1-2 NL HE has gotten out, should be interesting to see what happens but so far the $2-5 is very much alive

Re: Kansas City: Lowest NL is 2-5, casino adding 1-2, what happens?
 

Wanted to get down there last night, but it was the wife's birthday. She's pretty easy goin' when it comes to cards, but thought I better not push it.

Re: Kansas City: Lowest NL is 2-5, casino adding 1-2, what happens?
 

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Wanted to get down there last night, but it was the wife's birthday. She's pretty easy goin' when it comes to cards, but thought I better not push it.

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That's fair, I will be out next Friday night and Saturday during the day next weekend, see what happens then

My table on Sat was split between super aggs and call stations but I couldnt get much help from the deck but you could tell when a call station awoke with AA and raised to $20 and you knew there is no way they were getting away from it, lately it seemed i was on these tight passive tables wo. any agression so it was a good change

Re: Kansas City: Lowest NL is 2-5, casino adding 1-2, what happens?
 

Lots of good info in this thread. I will have to come check out the Harrah's 2/5 now in a few weekends when I have some free time.

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We've had it before. We used to start a $1-2 N/L about an hour before the $2-5 N/L each morning. The room didn't play terribly different from the way it plays now. Usually kept one, and no more than two $1-2 N/L's going and the $3-6 LHE varied depending on the size of the bad beat jackpot, but about the same number as what we run now.

As for the strength of the games, they were a bit tougher back then, but the Friday/Saturday night crowd usually provides all you can fish that fill more than the 2 tables of $1-2 NL.

Good hearing from you Brandon. Let me know when you're in town and playing. I've been back and forth to Vegas a lot lately, but look forward to meeting you at Harrah's sometime.

Kevin
Good luck.

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this was almost exactly what I was going to write