planning to go to casino for the first time-morongo

[jaminbird]

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is pechange 21?

it's a really nice hotel and the poker room is brand new basically (at pechanga)

might be 21 though, but much much better than morongo

i went ot morongo once with an ex who wanted to shop in palm springs, i enver wen't back its juch a shole

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How long ago were you at the morongo? because within the past few years they built a brand new casino and added a hotel/resort. It's not great, but it's decent.

[Rottersod]

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is pechange 21?

it's a really nice hotel and the poker room is brand new basically (at pechanga)

might be 21 though, but much much better than morongo

i went ot morongo once with an ex who wanted to shop in palm springs, i enver wen't back its juch a shole

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??? You must not have been there for a while. It's a completely different place now.

[Los Feliz Slim]

As long as we're talking desert poker, I'm going to be in Palm Springs this weekend and am hoping to steal away for a couple of hours and play some cards. I'd rather not drive to Morongo b/c I'll literally have like 3 hours, so if the Spa Casino or Agua Caliente are passable I'd rather go to one of those. Very little info online, anybody know what they spread at those two rooms?

[Pokerlicious]

Agua Caliente regularly spreads LHE at 3-6, 8-16, and 25-50, and I believe all games are with a kill. 6-12 Omaha/8 goes regularly. There is sometimes a 1-2 NL game with I believe a 200 or 300 buyin. All of the limits games are usually going in the evenings, and the NL about 1/2 the time I'd say. You can call ahead to find out.

[uclaben]

Agua Caliente has a regular 25 game? Really?

[ThaHero]

Morongo is actually a pretty nice casino by L.A. standards. It's facilities are definately better than Commerce and the Bike, as far as facilities go. Plus they have a Fatburger! ZOMG!!!

That said, the poker room isn't run very well. The tables might not be as good as the Bike either. Plus in the 1-2 NL game I'm pretty sure they give you $1 chips, which I thought was retarded. It was some small denomination, either $1 or $2.

There will definately be more and better looking chicks there, especially on weekend nights.

I went to Agua Caliente on a Sundaya afternoon, and it was a while ago so this may not be the best advice. There were about 5 tables going and all were limit. There was an interest list for NL but only like 3 names were on it. I'm pretty sure I saw a 25-50 going that day too. I wish I could be of more help but best bet is to probably call I suppose.

[Renixe]

ive played in the morongo game a good amount. if you go on some random weekend and are just basically looking to play a session there, 1k should be sufficient to play in the 2-5 game.

the game itself can have a whacky player texture - there will almost always be 1 or 2 old guys who are way too tight, a few young people who play way too loose and aggressive and the rest will be your average tight/passive players. short stacking isnt too uncommon there.

dont waste your time playing 1-3, its the same rake as the 2-5 ($4 i believe) and the buyin is capped at 100. i have a hard time believing that you can play in that game and beat it long term with rake and dealer tips.

if you play on a crazy holiday weekend, the 2-5 game can play much bigger so bring more if you want to be able to match stacks. also, the floormen do suck, and you will likely have to wait a significant amount of time (sometimes 30 minutes to an hour) to get a seat in the game. in my experience *most* of the dealers are ok.

[Clover362]

i went to Morongo for the first time last Saturday. I thougt it was going to suck given the incredibly rude treatment I recived when I called to find out what games were going. Once there i was pleasantly surprised, the room seemed nice, the floors were a bit retarded but the dealers were friendly and the 4-8 kill game was the softest limit game I have ever seen but I'm from MN and have only played at cp so i have no idea how it compares to other CA rooms

[buddypup]

Morongo isnt bad.....dont listen to the haters that post here. If you near Palm Springs just drive to Commerce?....yeah, real close by.

[Pokerlicious]

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Agua Caliente has a regular 25 game? Really?

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Yes, the game goes pretty much every evening. It used to sometimes begin as a 20-40 in the late afternoon and get bumped up to 25-50 by agreement of the players, but lately I've only seen 25-50 and not 20-40. The game is mostly made up of a smallish group of regulars but it is usually a pretty good game nonetheless.