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I guess the bottem line is that there are many "mini casinos" up and down I5 and Hwy 99. Most of the players are pretty bad and it is difficult to find stakes higher than 6/12. They are mostly 3/6, 4/8 & 6/12.

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Parker's in shoreline pretty much always has 8/16 and 12/24 (sometimes long waits for the 12 game). Diamond Lil's in renton has 8/16 and 20/40 consistently (no idea about waits).

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I like parker's and they actually run a 15-30 or 20-40 sometimes.

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Chips in lakewood tacoma area has a juicy 8/16
Well they did 6 months ago before I shipped off

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Both Parkers and Diamond Lil's have hideous waits for the bigger games--more than 3 hours, typically.

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So parkers is the place to be if I'm looking for 6/12 or higher?

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I like parker's and they actually run a 15-30 or 20-40 sometimes.

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hasn't run the last two weekends. as mentioned, if you want into the 12 game at parkers or the 20 at lils get there before early evening.

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I'm telling you guys, the 2-40 spread at Hollywood/Drift is a lot of fun, and still full of "action" [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Does anyone know if Parkers is taking the $2 JP drop yet?

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Does anyone know if Parkers is taking the $2 JP drop yet?

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They are, unfortunately. They also ditched the monte carlo hands and went to high hand payouts instead. I think it's $300 (or $400, i can't remember) every 2.5 hours. The extra drop sucks, but I've been a fan of high hand payouts ever since the hideaway days.

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I played in Seattle recently, and they have the highest "effective" rake of anywhere I've played. $5 per hand (most hands) including a $2 jackpot rake. This is even the case in their bigger games, where in most locations, jackpots and high hands aren't played.

Higher stakes players don't usually want high hands or jackpots, but Seattle seems to be the exception or it's just a case of the house making it mandatory.

What's the point of a $300 high hand every two hours in a 20-40 game? Every hand in that game is a "high hand."