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[Dr. Detroit]

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I called PokerTek a few months ago to get on information packet, with an eye toward opening up a small card room in my area. Totally got the brush-off. Oh well.

I did, however, find out that the tables can only deal hold'em & Omaha. No 7-stud varient games at all. And I'm not entirely sure they could handle Omaha/8.

That's kind of a drag, since most of the old timers in my area still play 7-stud.

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They are equipped to deal O8

[Benedict]

No Stud, no chance to get an entertaining dealer, no chips to play with, no cards to protect....

Why would I leave home to play this?

[phydaux]

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No Stud, no chance to get an entertaining dealer, no chips to play with, no cards to protect....

Why would I leave home to play this?

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More hands per hour = more rake for the casino

More hands per hour = more profit for a skilled player

The only people who lose out are the fish.

[Toonces]

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No Stud, no chance to get an entertaining dealer, no chips to play with, no cards to protect....

Why would I leave home to play this?

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There's a chance that the players traveling to New Buffalo to play live BJ may be slightly worse players than the ones 8-tabling the 3/6 games on Pokerstars.

[Cactus Jack]

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Serious question: how do they protect these games against collusion/cheating, when there's nobody there to observe the players' conduct during the hands?

q/q

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They've got Steve Forte looking into it.



A good question, and one I'm waiting to see what the answer is, as well. What happens with a live dealer? In reality, not in perfect fantasy poker world.

However, whether playing live or on these e-tables, I think it's in a players best interest to watch out for these things himself. I'm sure not counting on the dealer to do it. Especially if it's regulars that he sees every day.

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[Lottery Larry]

Good news.... for my home game.

Bad news for that MI casino, where I'll never ever play.

[totallyfocused]

Has anyone played the midnight mtts yet 50$ and 100$ thinkin of playin the 100 on fri.

[Sly Selea]

Last Wednesday the $50 midnight had 28 entrants. My understanding from players who have been in a few other weekday midnights was that that was an average number of entrants. They've been running for less than 2 weeks, however, so I would expect that number to remain fluid.

[Rootabager]

It said you can play PLO8 which is such a bitch to play in a casino with dealers because the game is so slow.

[totallyfocused]

sly you plannin on goin this weekend? I am Q ,loud, fun and I wear a detroit hat so if you see me say hello.