The Ventitian now allows benjies to play in the 2/5NL?
 

Played at the V for the first time in about a week tonight. Evidently, the rule regarding cash playing in the 2/5NL (not sure about the 1/2)game has been changed.

The V has a $1000 cap on the 2/5.

To my knowledge this is the only house in Vegas that allows cash to play in a restricted buy-in game. Is this a positive devolopment?

It seems a matter of convenience vs. game integrity.

Sure, everybody knows that sometimes it's a pain in the arse to have to flag down a chip runner to get new money into the game. However, when there's a cap on the buy-in, allowing $100 bills to play offers a safe and easy way for a would be wrong doer to do his wrongs.

Do many places other than Vegas have situations where bills play in a restricted buy-in game? Has it led to any trouble?

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Cash plays at the Caesar's 1/3NL with a $500 max. I have not heard of any 'trouble' per se, but I have seen people on at least two occasions sneak money off the table (I didn't say anything, however, because I regarded them as bad players and good for the game.)

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Cash plays at Rio's NL2/5 $500 game. And at Sahara's $500 NL1/2 (and at their 2/4 game). Usually the rule is if cash plays, it's only $100's, but at Sahara I think any bills play.

Only "trouble" I've seen is when people make assumptions about how many bills folks are playing, or if someone has folded their $100's and effectively hidden 'em. And I haven't seen that happen in a coon's age.

I like bills playing because it seems to make things go a little faster. I can also just buy in for $300 or $500 without much worry about the stacks at the table I'm being sent to, and if I find $300 is the short stack I can add a few bills. It's also easy to add a bill or two after your AJs loses to Q4 after AXX flops and Q4 goes all-in for his last $81 and hits runner-runner Q4 for two pair (to pick a hand not at all at random from tonight).

Some folks hate bills playing because it's hard to tell at a glance how much someone has, so yeah, it makes it a little easier to exceed the buy-in cap just 'cause bills can be slipped in a bit less noticably than lots of chips or large denomination chips. Just haven't seen that as an issue.

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$100 bills play at Bellagio 5/10 NL (1k max buyin).

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I am a strange bird, as I don't like to play with bills in my stack, in fact if a win a pot with bills in it, I color them up.

As far as playing with bills, the things I have seen be a problem is it can slow down the game with the classic "AI... Dealer how much is the bet?". It is a lot faster to count chips than bills, and tends to be more accurate too. It also opens up the "I thought I calling $2500 and not $6500" issues that have been posted about recently which can be solved by "Dealer how much is the bet?" which circles right back to problem one of slowing down the game.

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Hi E.W.,

I had lunch Friday at Red Rock with some poker playing friends. During lunch, 2+2er Cactus Jack told me he just had played $1-2 NL at the "V" and that $100's play now (at the "V") in the $1-2.

He also mentioned that a few nights a week, they are bringing out a carving station for the poker players (this might not be new but it is new to me).

I might give the Venetian a look this Wednesday night. I LOVE free food! YMMV.


Happy Pokering

Howard

PS,
Hope all is going well Firecracker man.

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As far as playing with bills, the things I have seen be a problem is it can slow down the game with the classic "AI... Dealer how much is the bet?". It is a lot faster to count chips than bills, and tends to be more accurate too. It also opens up the "I thought I calling $2500 and not $6500" issues that have been posted about recently which can be solved by "Dealer how much is the bet?" which circles right back to problem one of slowing down the game.

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For the most part, i totally disagree with this....It's much faster to put bills in the pot and to count them. For instance putting 5 bills in the pot and fanning them out is MUCH quicker than putting 2.5 stacks of $10 chips or 5 stacks of $5 chips in the pot. Obviously, using big chips (black and purple) is the quickest method of all.

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Wed. Cheap food at Binion's, then roast beef at the V. Any wonder poker players look like bowlers or walrus-mustached golfers?

I'll be checking to see what impact if any hundreds make on the 1/2 game. Probably not much. But then, I'm wondering how intimidating it is to sail a black chip or two into the air on a raise. Might scare the fish.

ps--I'm still suffering the after-effects of the RR brunch. Good eats and better conversation. (Sounds like the line from the Spearmint-Rhino spot.)

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I agree that not allowing 100s in restricted buyin games is a good idea. I am never a big fan of it due to how much it slows down the game. When I go to Vegas I typically play the 5/10 NL at Bellagio and am always buying 100s off people. I typically wait until I know I can get $1000 off the table then buy them from them, toss em blacks then call a chip runner over to change them out for blacks, rince, repeat

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I typically wait until I know I can get $1000 off the table then buy them from them, toss em blacks then call a chip runner over to change them out for blacks, rince, repeat


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I would not do this. When yo readh $3k in purchased chips they are supposed to start keeping paper work on your chip purchases. Some people do not like a casino keeping track of their chip purchases in the poker room.