Playing At Caesars Indiana

[JJT]

I think I'm going down to Caesar's Indiana next month to play in a couple of their tournaments slated for October thru the 1st half of November. I'm going to play in the ladies, but maybe a 2nd one the next day.

I don't know how big the fields will be for either day, but I sure need some tips in getting beyond 2 1/2 hours of play.

Things I do and don't do (or at least try):

I don't play junk hands outside of unraised BBs, even when the blinds are small; they never pay off for me.

I do try and raise 3XBB in position with a good hand, but sometimes that isn't enough. How do you know when to raise higher?

I can, if I have to, fold anything up to aces.

I pay attention to the texture of the board and betting patterns, but am sometimes bluffed right out of my hand or my chips.

Finally, is there any hope for being card dead?

[steamboatin]

You are going to have much better luck in a tourney forum. My only advice for tourneys is "Run Good!". If you can do that, you can win easily.

edited for gramaticalness

[Anneroo]

Long time lurker, but I felt like I needed to join to reply to this thread.

I played in the ladies tournament at Ceasers back in the spring, and was very disappointed. The structure was changed from what had been advertised and even from what was on the printed sheet. Probably due to a larger than expected field and so that the tournament would end faster. But it seemed excessive to reduce levels from an already short 40 minutes to 30 minutes and to remove two of the first 8 levels. It really seemed to make it into a turbo online type tourney instead of one you paid $300+40 to enter.

The players were for the most part very nice, and there were quite a few who seemed to know what they were doing. But this doesn't outweigh the bad structure.

Additionally, most of the tables were out in the casino area. They were roped off across from the poker room, and although the smoke didn't bother me, a couple of the players at my table were having problems with people at the slots smoking right behind them.

This experience, along with a similar one at the Goldstrike in Tunica (ladies tourney, shortened levels, bad structure) has pretty much made me decide not to play ladies tourneys anymore. One of the reasons I choose them was for the lower buy-in and for the experience of playing live, but like most people I don't like to throw my money away on a bad bet, and it seems like these are.

If you do choose to play, there will be many calling stations, bet and raise sizes will seem to have no relation to the size of the pot or stack sizes. (min bets may make everybody fold, huge bets may get 3 or more callers, and somebody won't know that they have to post blinds.

All that said, I did have a good time and met some really nice people. And I have a lot more confidence playing live now.

[JJT]

Anneroo, thanks for your reply. Someone on another forum did post the blind structure for the tournaments down there, and this year its' $200 +$25. I haven't absolutely decided to go, but this'll certainly help me decide.

[franknagaijr]

The award for 'best first time post' goes to anneroo.

[CincyLady]

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I think I'm going down to Caesar's Indiana next month to play in a couple of their tournaments slated for October thru the 1st half of November. I'm going to play in the ladies, but maybe a 2nd one the next day.

I don't know how big the fields will be for either day, but I sure need some tips in getting beyond 2 1/2 hours of play.

Things I do and don't do (or at least try):

I don't play junk hands outside of unraised BBs, even when the blinds are small; they never pay off for me.

I do try and raise 3XBB in position with a good hand, but sometimes that isn't enough. How do you know when to raise higher?

I can, if I have to, fold anything up to aces.

I pay attention to the texture of the board and betting patterns, but am sometimes bluffed right out of my hand or my chips.

Finally, is there any hope for being card dead?

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JJT, while it's been a while since I've played there on a regular basis, I was their first Champion there for thier 'Mare' (Ladies Only) events that they started back in 2005, so I know a bit how the women play in these.

My advise especially in the Ladies Only event, is to play solid, don't bluff, especially in the first few hours, because you'll get called.

Many women who play there (as well as in most Ladies Only events for that matter), seem to believe in the AAWD theory (Any Ace Will Do) as well suffer from the Wealthy chip syndrom (If they have a lot a chips, call a raise that they would not otherwise if they had not so many chips).

As for raising, up your bet to 5 or 6 times the BB, otherwise you'll get called for lesser raises.

When playing in the mixed events however, solid play, with normal raises will work well for you.

If card dead, you will have to mix it up a bit, and play some hands you might not otherwise. This because you can't win any tourney without some luck involved.

BTW, I will be there myself the last weekend in October, so maybe I will see you there.

I'll be the heavy set lady with a LIPStour Dealer cap and Golf Shirt on, and I go by the table name of Gabby.

Hope to see you there! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[CincyLady]

BTW, there is a thread over in the Tourney section here:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...rt=all&vc=1

Discussing the WSOPCE at Caesars Indiana.

Nice part about this property is, that you can pre-register in advance with your Harrahs' Players club card, and a Credit card, over the phone (details on how to do that, in the thread link above).