Cash games at Mille Lacs?

[Ultra Violet]

Was just searching the forums to see if I could find any info on cash games at Grand Casino Mille Lacs and didn't have much luck.

I am going to be there all next week for the HPT tourney and was wondering what kinds of cash hold 'em games they run there?

Has anyone played there recently?

[kyzerjose]

They were spreading 2/4, 3/6 kill and regular, 4/8 no kill, 2-10 & 2-20 spread (with and without a kill) last weekend.

Of the two floor people that I dealt with, Scott tries his best but the other guy was a joke. The dealers are fair to horrendous.

Lots of locals, clueless tourists with family pots and suckouts. There's some talent there too. Tall skinny guy with a mustache & goatee (blond wife plays too). A couple of fresh faced college guys on the spread limit games had their act together.

There's a local cowboy (complete with the white hat), I think I heard his name was Steve, that loves to bluff. Keep an eye on how he bets and you'll figure him out.

I give the room about a C.

[PorkchopDJG]

I will be up there a week from Sat as well to play some satellites for the HPT qualifiers and play some cash games.

This is one of the MN Casinos with poker that I haven't played yet so I'm excited to check it out. I'm sure there will be a ton of cash games with HPT in town but most of the bigger ones will probably be spread limit such as 2/10, 4/20 and 5/30 like GC Hinckley.

To anyone who has played the HPT single table satellites;
What is the structure of these like? Do you start with decent chips and have decent time at each level or does it become a crapshoot real quick?
How many from each single table sat (1,2,3) make it into a qualifier?

Thanks and Good Luck!

[kyzerjose]

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This is one of the MN Casinos with poker that I haven't played yet so I'm excited to check it out.

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The room is a rat hole. The tournament will be held in another part of the facility.

[Ultra Violet]

Oh, joy! But I guess it's good to hear they are having the tourney in another room.

How are MN cash games in general? Better closer to the Twin Cities?

[Mike]

I have not been up there for a year, but it was second rate at best when I was there. The games played more like a kitchen table game.

One session the dealer was upset with me because I was beating the table. Cards thrown around, pots flung, generally misreading hands, so on, and so forth.

Up in Cloquet, or down in Minneapolis the games are much better.

[pacecar86]

porkchop, regarding HPT $45+10 one pay/$90+10 two pay SNG's, are crap shoots with 10 minute rounds and 30BBs to start...better deal are the $400+50 150bb/30 minute round qualifiers advancing 20% to a transferable/sellable $2000+200 ME seat, imo