Vegas Casinos With 1/2NL ?

[AKQJ10]

I liked that post the first time you made it, and I like even more that you've joined me in pasting in boilerplate in response to repetitive questions. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[bav]

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I liked that post the first time you made it, and I like even more that you've joined me in pasting in boilerplate in response to repetitive questions. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Thank you. I did try to add a tidbit of useful information to the standard boilerplate list of rooms.

[punkass]

I'll be playing 1/2 NL at MGM when I go. I'm also staying at MGM. Can I use the comps I earn to offset some of the hotel bill? Or am I limited to food comps?

[Benny Foldem]

You have to call the poker room to set up a poker rate if you plan on playing 5 ( i think it's 5 at MGM?) hours a day. you save about $40 bucks a day when you do this I believe.

I don't think you can just go to the check out counter at the end of your stay without going through the poker room first, but I may be wrong. Someone else here might know better...

benny

[Feltin Licter]

Where is the best action for 2-5 NL in Vegas?

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Where is the best action for 2-5 NL in Vegas?

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Anywhere with an open seat generally.

[punkass]

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You have to call the poker room to set up a poker rate if you plan on playing 5 ( i think it's 5 at MGM?) hours a day. you save about $40 bucks a day when you do this I believe.

I don't think you can just go to the check out counter at the end of your stay without going through the poker room first, but I may be wrong. Someone else here might know better...

benny

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Nah, I'm already booked with a good rate that's not a poker rate. I know at the Borgata you can lower your hotel bill by using all of the comps earned at the poker table. I was wondering this is the case at the MGM.

[BuddyQ]

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The major differences are the buyin limits. $50 at Luxor, $200 at most places, $300 at Paris/Bally's/Harrah's, $500 at Caesars and TI, unlimited at Wynn. (I'm sure there are other exceptions to the $200 cap, too.)

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Can you help me here? What are the pros and cons of at the 50 cap table as opposed to buying in at a typical 200 cap? Thanks

[PeteN]

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Can you help me here? What are the pros and cons of at the 50 cap table as opposed to buying in at a typical 200 cap? Thanks

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you "should" play much tigher with a smaller cap game because the implied odds are less

[bav]

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Can you help me here? What are the pros and cons of at the 50 cap table as opposed to buying in at a typical 200 cap?

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That's definitely a strategy forum sorta question. In short...

Shortstack play is its own artform. If you like hands that are essentially done with betting after the flop, the $50 cap is good (mind you, it's really effectively $99 since they allow you to add $50 to your stack as soon as you hit $49 or less). Just imagine the standard sort of NL1/2 play--raise to $15 preflop, get two callers, and now there's $45 in the pot. You have $35 left, so you can't even put a pot-size bet in so it's pretty much shove or fold to someone else who shoves. If someone reraises pre-flop, it's often all or nothing; even if they don't go all-in, they are probably pot-committed whatever may flop. So most hands are basically two bets and it's done.

Deepstack play is also its own skill. Playing NL1/2 where everybody has $1000 in front of 'em is the opposite of the above. It's effectively blindless poker, because the blinds are insignificant to the size of the bets. It becomes more a game of being crafty and less about brute forcing your AA. When you get AA with a 25BB stack, the whole stack is going in on that hand and the only question is which street. When you get AA with 500BB in front of everybody the play is often just beginning after the flop.

In between is where sits the $200 and $300 NL1/2 games. Room to maneuver, plenty of poker after the flop, relatively few pre-flop all-in shove fests.