Re: The Mysterious Card Room Where No One Complains
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OK, I am guessing the answer as to why you don't play only e-poker games is that they don't offer your preferred limits and types of games. Perhaps I missed it, but are the e-poker games only low limit/low buyin?
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Right now the only game they seem to get going on a regular basis is the 1/2 50-100 spread buy NL. I'm mostly playing ePoker to 1) check it out since I've worked in card clubs and may work again and 2) to relax after a session in he noisy crowded main room since the eRoom is comfortable and quiet.
I've also done pretty well. I think players (at least the one's I've played) loosen up when they only have to push a touch screen button to bet or raise.
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On another point about short games. Online I play 6 max exclusively. So I am not as concerned when the live table gets short. But all the San Diego area casinos, along with Oceans Eleven Card Room, lower the rake/drop when the game gets short. It seems that this is not true at HP. Am I correct, and if so, are they not allowed to?
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They lower the drop but unlike Oceans 11 they drop $1 on no flop. As an aside it was originally $2! (one dollar for jackpot and one dollar for "adjusted/modified" drop) as mentioned in the original post about ePoker from a couple months ago. This makes 5-handed 1/2 NL games terrible unless some donk(s) are there to spew chips. I'll check how exactly hoe much is dropped short handed tonight if I can.
Keep in mind that in low level B&M a $2 plus jackpot drop on a five-handed game takes a lot more in proportion out of a pot than a $4 plus jackpot drop on a nine-handed game relative to the typical pot. And once again note that the drop is taken in full on any flop so it is absolutely brutal in a tight game.
~ Rick
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