Poker In Colorado?

[bigeasy59]

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Really, which room?

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Golden gates was told it runs every weekend and some afternoons

[mr.bum]

drive straight down canyon and dont stop till you feel a scratchy itchy yet nevertheless violent feeling in your anus...that be the rake/standard tip.

[RR]

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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.

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The Gilpin spreads 5-5 dealers choice and their tournaments definitely are not limited to 60 players and pay more than 5 places.

[JackInDaCrak]

Sorry for any misinformation then, it was based on 5 tournaments I've played and probably 20 trips to the cash tables over the past few years.

[CincyLady]

To the OP, you might want to check out:

http://www.gilpinpoker.com

as they have the most tourneys up in Blackhawk.

Plus, you're in luck! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

The Heartland Poker Tour is coming to Blackhawk next month (in October).

Details in this thread here:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...0&fpart=all

in the tourney forum.

BTW, Welcome to Colorado, the land of No fold 'em Hold 'em, aka Bingo or Lotto poker (you have my sympathies on that aspect, as IMO, live action poker sucks here because of the 5 buck max bet rule, and normal tournaments are not much better, because that way of thinking tends to bleed over into the tournament play as well).

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Has there ever been any talk or is there any interest to raise the maximum bet or perhaps allow NL?

[CincyLady]

The closest thing I've heard, is a rumor (and it's just a rumor) that the Colorado Legislature MIGHT raise the Min bet to 100 bucks, due to the fact that all casinos are slated to go no smoking as of Jan 1st, 2008.

If it does, it might open the doorway to allow for a simular law as Florida currently has, with a 100 buck buy in for poker, and allow for N/L to take place.

However, it's just a rumor cirulating among the casino table dealers (not the poker ones, but the ones that staff the table games the casino runs), and I've yet to hear or see anything in the news about such a move to up the max bet.

FYI, from what I understand, they've not increased the max bet (which is 5 bucks) in Colorado since they first opened up casinos over 15 years ago.

While 100 bucks might be considered too high for a max bet, one would think that just based on inflation, they should raise the max bet allowed upwards, but they have not as of yet.

[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.