Commerce trip on Wednesday
 

Hey I just got tickets to LAX for wednesday and I'm going to be playing at the Commerce for the WPT side action (i think). What games do they spread there and whats it like in general?? More importantly, I've never been to California before so what must I see, do , drink , etc while im there over the weekend?

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Search engine is your friend.

Largest card room in the world. Nuff said.

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a search engine did not yield the limits spread (don't you think I thought of this already?) and it can't reproduce the collective knowledge of 2+2'ers telling me where to go in LA. come on now.

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If you're coming to visit southern ca, then you should really do some site seeing and touring instead of wanting to play poker with a bunch of degenerate assholes.

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yah thats what i want to do. im gonna play poker just a couple days because of the WPT. but sight seeing and stuff is my main focus. what should i do?

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$1-2 LHE
$2-4 LHE
$3-6 LHE
$4-8 LHE
$9-18 LHE
$20-40 LHE
$40-80 LHE
$100-200 LHE
Sometimes higher.
$1-2 Stud
$2-4 Stud
$3-6 Stud
Higher limits, but I'm not sure what they are
$3-6 Omaha 8
$6-12 Omaha 8
$9-18 Omaha 8
Sometimes these don't go. Sometimes there are higher limits.
$20-40 Stud 8
100 max NLHE
200 max NLHE
400 max NLHE
600 minimum NLHE
5000 NL HE(I think)
Higher sometimes.

Other games sometimes, just depends, but these are the main ones. Commerce often has over 200 tables going.

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Search engine is your friend.

Largest card room in the world. Nuff said.

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a search engine did not yield the limits spread (don't you think I thought of this already?) and it can't reproduce the collective knowledge of 2+2'ers telling me where to go in LA. come on now.

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Don't forget the 60/120 that is going thanks to the tournament. Oh and 400/800 mixed if you get bored at those low limits Silkyslim. And last night a 100/200 blinds NL went.

-DeathDonkey

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Maybe go to the Getty if you want a break from the tables? It's pretty much the anti-Commerce. Great views of the city also.

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Don't forget the 60/120 that is going thanks to the tournament. Oh and 400/800 mixed if you get bored at those low limits Silkyslim. And last night a 100/200 blinds NL went.

-DeathDonkey

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I wouldnt waste my time at anything lower. thanks deathdonkey. wanna do cocktails while im there??

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yah thats what i want to do. im gonna play poker just a couple days because of the WPT. but sight seeing and stuff is my main focus. what should i do?

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What's not to do? It's LA! I lived there for several years and never came close to seeing and doing it all.

Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, especially on weekends. Take a sweater. It's always chilly at the beach. Check ID if you meet a hot girl. If you don't see at least one movie star in one of the sidewalk cafes, you're not paying attention.

Universal Citywalk. Take the tour if you're into that kind of stuff.

Hollywood. Even after they cleaned it up, it's still bizarre, and overrun with tourists.

Pinks Hot Dog Stand on La Brea. If you don't see a movie star, you're not paying attention.

Beverly Hills. The hottest women modern medicine can create. Opulence everywhere.

West Hollywood (Sunset Strip, all the clubs, all the girls). If you don't see a movie star at Mel's Diner, you're not paying attention. I pulled in to the parking lot for a meeting at The Coffee Bean next door, and noticed about a dozen black Suburbans, all with paparazzi in them. I asked the guy I was meeting who was there. He said Winona Ryder was shoplifting next door.

Melrose. Truly weird. Where most of the young starlets shop for clothes.

Westwood. UCLA coeds by the boat load. Huge concentration of movie theaters. This is where the people in the business see their own movies. If you don't see a movie star in the lobby, you're not paying attention. When you see the big premieres on Entertainment Tonight, this is frequently where they are.

Century City mall. Scads of hot women. If you don't see a movie star, you're not paying attention, especially at the Stage Deli.

Burbank. Small town with three of the six major studios, and two of the three major networks. I used to see Jay Leno tooling around in one of his classic cars about twice a month. You can get tickets for the Tonight Show in advance.

Miles of surfing, even in the winter.

If you like art house films, there are at least 50 screens just for those, not counting hundreds of screens for regular movies.

Food. Any kind, any time.

The Getty, Miracle Mile, tons of cultural stuff.

Dozens, maybe hundreds, of small live theaters. See movie stars on stage and in the lobby.

If you want to see a taping of game shows or sitcoms, just Google for the ones you want, and you should be able to get tickets in advance.

Be prepared for traffic like you've never seen in your life. Rush hour is about 20 hours a day.

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Thanks for the invite but I was just up for the weekend donating all my monies.

-DeathDonkey

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how is the 20-40 stud8 game
matty

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how is the 20-40 stud8 game
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Not a clue. Haven't played in it in over 5 years. Back then, it was hit & miss. Either filled with people who had no idea how to play 8 or better, or containing 3-4 guys grinding out a living. Not even sure if it runs regularly or not. Also goes at Bike & I think HP.

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Guthrie sums it up pretty well

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Does commerce card very often?

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KRUSHER IS NOW GOING TO COMMERCE TOO

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if you have time take the 2-2:30 hour drive to Tijuana, MX, its a site to see.

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Celebrity siting. I took a leak next to James Woods two weekends ago at Commerce. Unfortunately for me, I was paying attention.

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Damnit you guys picked a great time when I'm not in LA. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Kurosh, will you be there on friday? Kurosh, you are my hero, I would love to meet you in person. You are a legend. May I ask what limit you will be playing? 100/200?

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Kurosh, will you be there on friday? Kurosh, you are my hero, I would love to meet you in person. You are a legend. May I ask what limit you will be playing? 100/200?

[/ QUOTE ]Yes, I will be there friday. The trip was very short notice. I decided I was going Monday night and my plane leaves tomorrow (Wednesday) morning. I could only get 4k in cash in that time so only 20/40 for me [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] . I will be finding a live bankroll manager to make sure I don't try to play 40/80.

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If you don't play 40 you will be in the newb room and you will think Commerce sucks. I strongly suggest you double up quick and play 40.

-DeathDonkey

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If you don't play 40 you will be in the newb room and you will think Commerce sucks. I strongly suggest you double up quick and play 40.

-DeathDonkey

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You're doing him a great disservice by posting this.

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Kurosh, will you be there on friday? Kurosh, you are my hero, I would love to meet you in person. You are a legend. May I ask what limit you will be playing? 100/200?

[/ QUOTE ]Yes, I will be there friday. The trip was very short notice. I decided I was going Monday night and my plane leaves tomorrow (Wednesday) morning. I could only get 4k in cash in that time so only 20/40 for me [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] . I will be finding a live bankroll manager to make sure I don't try to play 40/80.

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Kurosh, what time will you be there on friday? And how will I be able to meet you? Also I am volunteering myself to be your bankroll manager.

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Kurosh, will you be there on friday? Kurosh, you are my hero, I would love to meet you in person. You are a legend. May I ask what limit you will be playing? 100/200?

[/ QUOTE ]Yes, I will be there friday. The trip was very short notice. I decided I was going Monday night and my plane leaves tomorrow (Wednesday) morning. I could only get 4k in cash in that time so only 20/40 for me [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] . I will be finding a live bankroll manager to make sure I don't try to play 40/80.

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Kurosh, what time will you be there on friday? And how will I be able to meet you? Also I am volunteering myself to be your bankroll manager.

[/ QUOTE ]I dunno. My plane leaves in a few hours. I look like this:
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I'll post more once I get there.

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kursoh hijacked my thread. wtf??? we have to leave soon get your ass up. im tired...........

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Kurosh, will you be there on friday? Kurosh, you are my hero, I would love to meet you in person. You are a legend. May I ask what limit you will be playing? 100/200?

[/ QUOTE ]Yes, I will be there friday. The trip was very short notice. I decided I was going Monday night and my plane leaves tomorrow (Wednesday) morning. I could only get 4k in cash in that time so only 20/40 for me [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] . I will be finding a live bankroll manager to make sure I don't try to play 40/80.

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Kurosh, what time will you be there on friday? And how will I be able to meet you? Also I am volunteering myself to be your bankroll manager.

[/ QUOTE ]I dunno. My plane leaves in a few hours. I look like this:
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I'll post more once I get there.

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Kurosh, I would like nothing more then to meet you, my hero. However, due to unforseen circumstances, I will not be able to make it on friday. Just found out today that I have 3 midterms next week, there goes my weekend. Myabe next time Kurosh.

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If you're coming to visit southern ca, then you should really do some site seeing and touring instead of wanting to play poker with a bunch of degenerate assholes.

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yah thats what i want to do. im gonna play poker just a couple days because of the WPT. but sight seeing and stuff is my main focus. what should i do?

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What's not to do? It's LA! I lived there for several years and never came close to seeing and doing it all.

Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, especially on weekends. Take a sweater. It's always chilly at the beach. Check ID if you meet a hot girl. If you don't see at least one movie star in one of the sidewalk cafes, you're not paying attention.

Universal Citywalk. Take the tour if you're into that kind of stuff.

Hollywood. Even after they cleaned it up, it's still bizarre, and overrun with tourists.

Pinks Hot Dog Stand on La Brea. If you don't see a movie star, you're not paying attention.

Beverly Hills. The hottest women modern medicine can create. Opulence everywhere.

West Hollywood (Sunset Strip, all the clubs, all the girls). If you don't see a movie star at Mel's Diner, you're not paying attention. I pulled in to the parking lot for a meeting at The Coffee Bean next door, and noticed about a dozen black Suburbans, all with paparazzi in them. I asked the guy I was meeting who was there. He said Winona Ryder was shoplifting next door.

Melrose. Truly weird. Where most of the young starlets shop for clothes.

Westwood. UCLA coeds by the boat load. Huge concentration of movie theaters. This is where the people in the business see their own movies. If you don't see a movie star in the lobby, you're not paying attention. When you see the big premieres on Entertainment Tonight, this is frequently where they are.

Century City mall. Scads of hot women. If you don't see a movie star, you're not paying attention, especially at the Stage Deli.

Burbank. Small town with three of the six major studios, and two of the three major networks. I used to see Jay Leno tooling around in one of his classic cars about twice a month. You can get tickets for the Tonight Show in advance.

Miles of surfing, even in the winter.

If you like art house films, there are at least 50 screens just for those, not counting hundreds of screens for regular movies.

Food. Any kind, any time.

The Getty, Miracle Mile, tons of cultural stuff.

Dozens, maybe hundreds, of small live theaters. See movie stars on stage and in the lobby.

If you want to see a taping of game shows or sitcoms, just Google for the ones you want, and you should be able to get tickets in advance.

Be prepared for traffic like you've never seen in your life. Rush hour is about 20 hours a day.

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I've lived in LA since I was born and your post has just made me realize how [censored] touristy this city is...it'll take you 1 hour just to get from one of those places to another.

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I can not believe I just read a recommendation to check out Burbank. I work in Burbank. I'm here all the time. OP, trust me, nothing to see or do.

If you take the 5N from Commerce, it's only like 20 minutes to the Los Feliz / Silverlake neighborhoods. If you're into hipster / indie [censored], this would be a good place for you to check out bar-wise and restaurant wise. Hollywood also borders Los Feliz to the west.

-Al

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I can not believe I just read a recommendation to check out Burbank. I work in Burbank. I'm here all the time. OP, trust me, nothing to see or do.

If you take the 5N from Commerce, it's only like 20 minutes to the Los Feliz / Silverlake neighborhoods. If you're into hipster / indie [censored], this would be a good place for you to check out bar-wise and restaurant wise. Hollywood also borders Los Feliz to the west.

-Al

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Jesus Christ, I can't believe I just read a [censored] recommendation to check out the bar scene in the Los Feliz area...:)

stick to hollywood/santa monica/or old town pasadena...if you plan on going out

[censored] sunset blvd, place is seriously played out

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Surf - hahaah well, I did qualify by saying if you're into indie / hipster [censored]. And hey, hipster chicks are sluts (not that sorority chicks aren't...).

Anyway it really depends on OP's preferences: if he's into a slightly more frat / yuppie scene, than Old Town Pasadena and Santa Monica are better IMO.

If he wants slightly dirtier and younger, than Hollywood and Los Feliz are good. (Hollywood is better though, cause of the many bars within walking distance, I'm thinking specifically around Sunset Ave and Vine, kind of near the ArcLight.)

Sunset Strip is lame, but for pure concentration of hot ass in a walking radius, it's kind of tough to beat.

-Al

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Surf - hahaah well, I did qualify by saying if you're into indie / hipster [censored]. And hey, hipster chicks are sluts (not that sorority chicks aren't...).

Anyway it really depends on OP's preferences: if he's into a slightly more frat / yuppie scene, than Old Town Pasadena and Santa Monica are better IMO.

If he wants slightly dirtier and younger, than Hollywood and Los Feliz are good. (Hollywood is better though, cause of the many bars within walking distance, I'm thinking specifically around Sunset Ave and Vine, kind of near the ArcLight.)

Sunset Strip is lame, but for pure concentration of hot ass in a walking radius, it's kind of tough to beat.

-Al

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the strip is lame...although, some of my best memories are trying to get into skybar on sunset with my fake, winding up at the standard lobby bar and then trashing a random after party hotel room upstairs.

granted i was 17 and in high school @ the time.

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well kurosh and i made it to commerce after a long uncomfortable flight (first class next time). i sat at 9/18 and it played likeparty .5/1. after some bad beats i ended up 11 dollars. kurosh came over and washining thathe lost a g at the 20 and ws moving to the 40. whatever man, he battled like a champ and was down a set of blinds when we left. then we saw phil ivey and the dude with no hands that was in the WSOP. now we are getting crunked if anyone cares. who is gonnna be here tommorrow?

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how is the 20-40 stud8 game
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Excellent. I've never seen better in my life.

Felicia [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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well kurosh and i made it to commerce after a long uncomfortable flight (first class next time). i sat at 9/18 and it played likeparty .5/1. after some bad beats i ended up 11 dollars. kurosh came over and washining thathe lost a g at the 20 and ws moving to the 40. whatever man, he battled like a champ and was down a set of blinds when we left. then we saw phil ivey and the dude with no hands that was in the WSOP. now we are getting crunked if anyone cares. who is gonnna be here tommorrow?

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Down a G PLUS the blinds from 40/80? Or did he make back the G at 40 and only ended up losing a set of blinds?

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I can not believe I just read a recommendation to check out Burbank. I work in Burbank. I'm here all the time. OP, trust me, nothing to see or do.

If you take the 5N from Commerce, it's only like 20 minutes to the Los Feliz / Silverlake neighborhoods. If you're into hipster / indie [censored], this would be a good place for you to check out bar-wise and restaurant wise. Hollywood also borders Los Feliz to the west.

-Al

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Millions of people who have never been to LA would be very interested in seeing the studios, and there are three of them in or adjacent to Burbank. Maybe they're boring to you, but when I had people in from out town, that's what they wanted to see, and the Jay Leno Show, also in Burbank. Night life is a different matter, but I also made a lot of recommendations on those.

On the other hand, no one I ever knew, met, or heard of, had any desire at all to go to Los Feliz/Silverlake.