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If you are in the Mpls area, your best bet is St. Croix Casino in Turtle Lake, WI. Once it gets past 2:00pm, they almost always have at least two 1/2 NL games running. Very rarely they'll get a bigger game going. Last I was there, it was $50 min / $200 max, with a 10% rake, capped at $4.

The games never got super deep in my experience...a few times 4 or 5 players would have over $500. They use a yellow $2 chip which can make for looser play vs. the red-chip game how I most often see it spread where I am now. I played there 14 times and didn't have a losing trip...the games are really good. Even though I'm in Vegas now, I'll always have a soft spot for Turtle Lake.

As far as I know, Canterbury doesn't spread NL because MN has a law prohibiting any wagers over $60. I don't know if this has changed, but it was true at one time at least.

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All this is spot on. But, DDT, I'm sorry to inform you that over the past 4-5 months a regular 2-5 NL game has been breaking out. Some Thursdays after the weekly tournament, but most Fridays and Saturdays (sometimes as early as the mid-afternoon following the noon tourney). Lately, the Friday night 2/5 game has been juiced, action-packed - it goes all night as 1/2ers make runs at the big game.

On the other hand, some of the 1/2 games, have been getting very deep. The other night there was more than $7k in one of the main games.

OP, play solid poker to win but expect to get snapped by outrageous hands. A bunch of calling stations that can't do the math, heck don't know the math. Slot machine poker if you will. If you're a decent player, there is a very good chance that you will come home a winner.

Good Luck!