Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-01-2007, 07:40 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 138
Re: Any LEGAL poker in Chicago?
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Glenview is a Northwest burb about 40 miles away. It will take about an hour to get there, longer if traffic is bad.
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The traffic on that drive is "not bad" on...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
04-30-2007, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 2
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Re: Chicagoland, non holdem game question
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Majestic nowadays has a pretty healthy 5-10 HOSE game on Saturday nights and I heard it went last Friday as well.
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I can confirm that the $5/$10 HOSE game has been reliable...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
03-30-2007, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 53
Re: Chicago Tourneys
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Majestic Star Tourneys... I believe the freezeouts also have a dealer-toke-addon option.
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Yup. It's $5, and you have to bring a redbird to the table: you can't get your...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
01-16-2007, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 89
Re: Pooled Tips - Evidence that its bad
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So I don't see that chip pooling is this huge factor in [the vast majority of the] crappy dealers at Foxwoods. I would suspect that its caused more by the fact that there are fewer good...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
01-16-2007, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 153
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
01-11-2007, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 101
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
01-11-2007, 06:08 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 71
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
01-06-2007, 09:55 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 105
Re: Dealers commenting on the play.
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The dealer, Frenchy, who I've always liked and thought was generally pleasant would not shut up about the hands...
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I guess one has to be prepared for a certain amount of...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
01-06-2007, 07:15 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 49
Re: Do any Vegas SNG\'s pay top 3?
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Has anyone played the SNG at Caesar's? Any info would be appreciated.
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TEH CRAPSH00T!!1!
They use the same structure as the Caesar's MTTs, with that jump from 50/100 to...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
01-06-2007, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 102
Re: Dealers sharing vs keeping their own tokes
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Would anyone know where I could find any hard data that would show how many hands per down a dealer gets out under each of those scenarios?
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As others have said, most data...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-27-2006, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 51
Re: a little bit tiltish
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For some reason you seemed anxious to get the floor involved, which only turns it into a bigger deal.
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Actually, I was anxious for everything to blow over. But, I was of the...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-26-2006, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 51
a little bit tiltish
At Majestic Star II in Gary, Indiana Saturday night, at the only $5/$10 limit HE table running that night... The game is a little regular-heavy and on the tight side, and so some silly strategy...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-22-2006, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 138
Re: Dealer error...
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What is the rule when a dealer burns 2 cards instead of one then deals the river?
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If the rule is anything other than, "accept the river card as-is, because it's a random...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-22-2006, 01:54 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 81
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-18-2006, 06:20 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 106
Re: Kill Pot Question
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- If I win a pot I tighten up preflop (and postflop on marginal edges) next hand.
- I tighten up more than usual UTG because if I win that hand I get the BB next hand and now I will win...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
10-27-2006, 08:44 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 75
Re: BLUE CHIP MICHIGAN CITY INDIANA OPENS MONDAY
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Hey I'm driving from Milwaukee down to the middle of Indiana (a bit north of Indianapolis) to sell some guy tires on Saturday. I'd like to check out a room between here and there, any...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
10-24-2006, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 82
Re: So Has anyone noticed any difference
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I think there will be impacts, but they will come slowly and in ways that aren't going to be easily apparent.
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A necessary but not sufficient condition for the ban (sic) to...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
10-23-2006, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 101
Re: Chicago resorts NL Tournament
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I was planning on playing on the tues $175 freezeout tournament at Resorts near chicago. This is my first tournament...I have played a few cash games and SNG's at Majestic Star 2. ...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
10-13-2006, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 43
Re: Chicago/East Chicago on Friday Nights
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Anyone got the phone numbmers handy? I have them printed out in my glovebox (lol), just in case.
But I don't have them electronically anymore.
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Resorts: 219 378-3558
MSII:...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
09-07-2006, 04:45 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 119
Re: Majestic Star II Gary game changes
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Oh, the humanity. Playing nine-handed (ha!), that's more than one buy-in off the table and down the hole per hour.
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Foxwoods $1-2 is ten handed and $5/hh, but...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
09-07-2006, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 119
Re: Majestic Star II Gary game changes
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2/5 NL now has 100 min/300 max buyin (used to be 200 max)
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That's actually nice, one of the more player-friendly changes I've seen at a Chicago room in recent memory. (Don't...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-19-2006, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 70
Re: Chicago Low Limit Players
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Rake?
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Once upon a time, I wrote a bunch of the PokerWiki entry (http://poker.wikia.com/wiki/Resorts_East_Chicago#Rake_structure_.2F_time_collection) on Resorts East...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-19-2006, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 70
Re: Chicago Low Limit Players
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Say hey if you see me there, I am the guy with the Florida Gator bucket hat on. I have found that I get a lot more callers the more stupid my hat looks.
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Ha! Will do. I'm...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-18-2006, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 70
Re: Chicago Low Limit Players
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I have been playing at the Majestic Star for the last few months a few days a month at the ever popular 3-6 limit stakes. I was contemplating making a switch to Resorts 5-10 Game, however...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-16-2006, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 51
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