Albuquerque, NM Poker Info
 

Going to be making a couple of business trips to in the next couple of months and was wondering if anyone had any info on where I might want to play. Looking for something in the neighborhood of 2-5 NL.

Thanks.

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play at Sandia Casino Nice place. they will have several 1/2 nl games 200max buy in and probly 1 game of 2/5nl. No alcohol is served in NM when gambling so get used to that.

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Thanks for the info. From what I had seen on cardplayer, Sandia had the largest poker room in the area. No drinking is ok, don't like to when I play.

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Yes, Sandia is the best place to play in Albuquerque and the only one with any serious action. $2-5 doesn't go often and when it does, it is only after ~9 PM on the weekends (Thurs-Sat). No cap for that game, when it goes. There are regularly 2-3 tables of $1-2 NL, 2 tables each of $2-4 and $4-8 limit HE, 1-2 tables of $4-8 limit Omaha hi/lo with a half-kill, and 1-2 tables of $10-20 limit HE which plays like a California style $20-40 or $30-60 game. Some of the worst players in the universe play here, especially at $1-2. If you have a clue, you should almost be guaranteed to be ahead after 2-3 hours of play. I play in the Omaha game in the mornings and the $10-20 in the afternoons/evenings. Let me know when you are in town and maybe we can meet up.

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The 2/5 NL game gets going down at Isleta more frequently. It's also a game filled with some pretty bad players. It can get pretty deep stacked too. Isleta is in the south valley.

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1-2 tables of $10-20 limit HE which plays like a California style $20-40 or $30-60 game.

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Just wondering what you meant by this.

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Thanks. My bother and a friend of his might be making be tagging along sure they will be playing 10+hrs/day and I'll be playing as much as work will allow. I'll give you a holler when I head that way. New to 2p2 but I like the sense of a "family".

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Thanks. My bother and a friend of his might be making be tagging along sure they will be playing 10+hrs/day and I'll be playing as much as work will allow. I'll give you a holler when I head that way. New to 2p2 but I like the sense of a "family".

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If they will play that much, tell them to get a players card to earn credit while playing. The credit can be converted to vouchers to buy gas across the street or used for food in the cafe.

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Chillrob:

I mean that 5-6 players are typically in each pot (regardless of the number of raises put in), average pot sizes are usually in the $300-500 range, and swings of $600-700 in a 3-4 hour time frame are not uncommon. To me, that is typical of a much larger game. I could be wrong, but I don't think most $10-20 games play that large.

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Thanks, I'll let them know about that.

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Is smoking permitted at either Sandia or Isleta?

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Sandia, hands down, because it's the only place I've ever seen a real live roadrunner on the way in. Looked just like the cartoon..real tall legs and a long, stretched out horizontal body. I was cranking the radio in the rental so I can't verify if they go "meep meep". I hear the locals leave little meatballs out in their backyards to attract them.

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Sandia and it's not close. I used to play there all the time, but the fact that the "only" game going usually (NL) is a 1/2 200 game, Vegas it is, but it's insanely soft at Sandia.

The room has 15 tables and is very well run. The dealers are all solid and the floor's are professional. Highly recommend checking it out!

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Is smoking permitted at either Sandia or Isleta?

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Not in the poker room itself. You have to step "outside" of the room.

The only thing Isleta has going for it, is you can drink at the table. Only 2/4 and 2-6 usually run at isleta. Sometimes 2-10 and 2/5NL nights and weekends. However, the bad beat jackpot at isleta is up to 140,000.