Poker In Colorado?

[blue10cj]

i am new to colorado,
are there any casinos that have poker rooms here,
i am in boulder but am willing to drive,
thank you

[JackInDaCrak]

Blackhawk/Central City offers live poker.

But due to "family gaming" regs in the CO constitution, it's limited to NLHE tournaments paying 5 places and cash games with a 2-5 spread or 5/5 fixed limit.

Still beatable IMO, but it sucks that there's no cash NLHE.

If you want to check it out hop on I-70 west, take exit 243 - Central City Parkway.

[RR]

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it's limited to NLHE tournaments paying 5 places

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This is completely false.

[RR]

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If you want to check it out hop on I-70 west, take exit 243 - Central City Parkway.

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I would take I-70 west to SR 58 to US 6 to SR 119.

[Wayne Vinson]

WTF? He's in Boulder, not north Denver.

HW93 (aka Broadway in Boulder) south to US 6 west to HW119 west to Blackhawk/Central City.

The cash games are holdem or omaha 8, with either a 2-5 spread or fixed 5 max bet. Rake is ridiculous. Play is horrible.

Tournaments range from tiny to merely small. Some of the structures are OK, others are ridiculously fast. The Central Station Sunday noon tourney is the most popular and has an acceptable structure last time I checked.

[RR]

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WTF? He's in Boulder, not north Denver.

HW93 (aka Broadway in Boulder) south to US 6 west to HW119 west to Blackhawk/Central City.


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Yea, I was just keeping him out of Central City. I don't really know the area.

[JackInDaCrak]

Central city drains right down into Blackhawk and you don't have to deal with 6 to 119, which is 1 lane and twisting - I've found that CC parkway is faster.

Also, I've never seen OH/8 spread once, in the last 4 years. Most people I've ever seen on a OH/8 waitlist is 3. When I was at Ameristar last week, I asked the scrub when the last time they spread OH/8 was and he said it's been years.

Re: the tournaments - all the tournaments I've played at Gilpin Casino and at Colorado Central Station have been limited to 60 players and pay 5 places. Special events or higher buyin tournaments may have more - I looked in the gaming regs and there's nothing there limiting the size, so it is probably dependent on individual casino rules.

[jackhigh]

The cash games suck! No fold em hold em... with a just increased rake to $5 bucks. The Lodge Casino 5-5 games are infested with Asian collusion teams... casino does nothing to stop them (wives feeding the slots downstairs!). {mod note: This is very serious allegation to make. It is also very common for players that can't beat loose aggressive games to claim there is cheating. -RR}

There's an Omaha H/low game going every Sunday at the Gilpin Hotel Casino.

The 3 o'clock Sunday tourney at the Gilpin is the best with $300 buy in and 15,000 chips, 30 min rounds, slow blind level increases, usually 6-7 tables, Avg $5,500 - $6,000 for first.

The 2 o'clock Sunday tourney at Colo Central Station is good also with: $100 buy in (2000 chips) w/ 2 $100 rebuys (1000 bonus chips for rebuy at break), 30 min rounds, antes, usually gets 6-8 tables, Avg. 6,000-$7,000 for first.

Both tourneys have plenty of donks and dead money!

Ameristar=best buffet & cocktail waitresses!

Definitely take 93 south to US 6 up the canyon... pretty drive!

Good Luck [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[JoshM]

rake is bad? its $1 per $10 (a $19 pot gets raked $1), i guess you can call that bad, but please share which B&M you are comparing it to?
when i played 4-8 in cali they raked 4+1 immediately on any hand seeing a flop, THAT is a bad rake. i changed limits quickly.
also all drinks ive ever ordered were free+tip, you get $1 food/room comp credit per hour of table time.
im not saying its great, but for colorado entertainment gambling, i cant see them going any cheaper.
josh

[mr.bum]

uhhh...most pots get to 21$ after the first 3 people act pf.so u got ur 6 or 7 dollar rake/jackpot drop plus 2-5 dollar standard tip 30 hands an hour, that is a ridiculous amount of money leaving the table every hour.the only way to beat this game is to run like god. there are no other options.