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i heard a funny description of the bay 101 spread limit 5$ to go game; apparently a lot of high limit types will basically bum rush it and cap every bet, effectively turning it into something like a 50/100 limit game.

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True. There are $100/$200 limit players that sometimes do that while waiting for a seat. There is one player who will even do that on the $1000 cap. His swings can be $7,000 easy. I once had to call $30 all-in on the river into a $1,500 pot playing just the board when my bottem end straight flush draw missed. He had a bottom end gut shot draw and we chopped. I don't even want to think about it if I had more money and folded, he always shows the bluff.

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Surprised nobody suggested Reno

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Last time I was in Reno, a tumblweed rolled across Virginia St. and did some minor damage to my NSX. It is a ghosttown! But I hear it is easy to win some cool prizes at Circus Circus.

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And when was this? Last time I was there, beginning of October, the Nugget had two 3/6 games and a 1/2 NL. GSR (formely Hilton) had about 20 STT's and a MTT going. Plus 1/2 NL, I think a 2/5 NL, a couple of 4/8's and 10/20.

It ain't Vegas, but the games are pretty good. Plus you have all the other casino games, inexpensive lodging, etc.

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Surprised nobody suggested Reno

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Last time I was in Reno, a tumblweed rolled across Virginia St. and did some minor damage to my NSX. It is a ghosttown! But I hear it is easy to win some cool prizes at Circus Circus.

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And when was this? Last time I was there, beginning of October, the Nugget had two 3/6 games and a 1/2 NL. GSR (formely Hilton) had about 20 STT's and a MTT going. Plus 1/2 NL, I think a 2/5 NL, a couple of 4/8's and 10/20.

It ain't Vegas, but the games are pretty good. Plus you have all the other casino games, inexpensive lodging, etc.

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Beginning of October is the fall Pot of Gold at the MGM, er Bally's, er Hilton, er, I mean Grand Sierra Resort (at least it was last week, who knows what it will be next?). Tourney time is busy, but that is only 4 times a year. The WPT in the spring is the biggest.

The rest of the year (except maybe when the bowlers are there?), Reno is a poker ghost town.

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i heard a funny description of the bay 101 spread limit 5$ to go game; apparently a lot of high limit types will basically bum rush it and cap every bet, effectively turning it into something like a 50/100 limit game.

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That's rare. I've never seen it.

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but yeah, poker at lucky chances was good and it's a 100bb max buyin.

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That's slightly misleading, because the $4 bring-in makes the game play a little bigger than the 1/1/2 blinds would imply.

I can't put my finger on what it is but playing 2/5 in Vegas is way more fun for me than playing 2/3/5 at Lucky Chances.

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Lucky Chances: can anyone comment on the limit scene there? I played 6/12 in 2005 Thanksgiving weekend. It was pretty loose although there was blatant softplay amongst regulars and off-duty dealers. Even with that and the huge drop I thought it was beatable.

do they still spread 6-12 through 20-40? generally good games or not?

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There is a NL game in Hayward at the Palace card room, a little hole in wall, with maybe 6 tables, but the NL is always filled with at least half of the seats being dead money players. Have had a few days where I ran $200 original buy in into 10k +.