Poker In Colorado?

blue10cj · #1 09-09-2007, 08:13 PM

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 · #2 09-09-2007, 08:24 PM

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 · #3 09-09-2007, 09:29 PM

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it's limited to NLHE tournaments paying 5 places

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This is completely false.

RR · #4 09-09-2007, 09:31 PM

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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 · #5 09-09-2007, 10:15 PM

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 · #6 09-09-2007, 11:08 PM

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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 · #7 09-10-2007, 12:37 AM

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.

bigeasy59 · #8 09-10-2007, 01:13 AM

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.

I was there a couple weeks ago and there was a o/8 game going with a 8 person list

JackInDaCrak · #9 09-10-2007, 01:23 AM

Really, which room?

Wayne Vinson · #10 09-10-2007, 02:27 AM

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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.

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From Denver maybe, but not from Boulder. He's going to have to drive 10 minutes extra just to get to I70, then go PAST both towns, then come back on the parkway.

6 to 119, while it is one lane, is way faster if you're not already on 70.
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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.

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That's because the O8 game that actually goes is across the street at Golden Gates. Warning - the players are colossal nits and very annoying.