Here's information for the Hard Rock in Tampa -- I was there last Saturday.
1/2 NL runs on the vast majority of the 50 (up from 48 -- PokerPro is gone) tables. I'm pretty sure all the tables have shufflers now. 2/5NL also has a few tables. 2/4FL also goes off regularly, but 3/5FL only had a LOI. There's a 2/4 O8 w/kill to 5/5, but it's full of regulars -- this may not be a bad thing. 1-5 Stud on several tables, too -- money can be made here, it's all about game selection.
SNGs at $120, $225, $535 and $1050. The first two run constantly, the higher ones less so. The winner has $50 held out, for the dealers, I guess.
Multis run every day -- they have a calendar
here.
Rake is 10% up to 5, every hand is raked, including the SB's $1 on any attempt at a chop. NL is raked to the dollar, other games are raked to 50c pieces. $1 Spade Royal Jackpot (often 5 digits, Omaha is a separate jackpot that sometimes edges north of $10K) drops at $10. If someone hits a "bingo", what they call any royal flush, since the other suits pay $100, your game will break, as they spend 30 minutes running the tape, counting the cards, etc.
No smoking in the cardroom, but there's still a tobacco girl, and smoking is allowed in most of the rest of the building.
New Kem cards, Chipco chips in $1 white, $2 purple, $5 red and red w/ ugly bikini girl, and $25 green, with metal 50c tokens. 10 seat tables, 8 seated Stud. Dealers are chatty, but otherwise on par with what you'd find in, say, Biloxi. Brushes are sloooow. Cocktail service (free non-alcoholic bev, $2 beer specials, and reasonable cocktail prices, compared to the hotel bar prices at the bars) is slooooow. Seating is done with buttons, and they get messed up often. At peak times, expect a long line just to get on the list.