Luxor $1/1/2 $50 NL Buy in?!?!

[GeterPriffin]

What horse doodoo is this!? I was in Vegas last week and was amazed at this structure. Triple blinds, 1/1/2 @ just a $50 buy in? That's the worst I've seen @ any casino. You're basically pot committed with any PFR.

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[Slim Pickens]

I've seen multiple $400+ stacks in that game, but it took a fair amount of retardation for them to get that deep. The only reason to play it is if you're breaking someone in to live NLHE and they're a little timid. It's also good practice for early-stage shortstack tournament play.

[Dennisa]

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What horse doodoo is this!? I was in Vegas last week and was amazed at this structure. Triple blinds, 1/1/2 @ just a $50 buy in? That's the worst I've seen @ any casino. You're basically pot committed with any PFR.

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It emulates the Los Angeles NL structure. In the long run its good for the clueless as they will not get outplayed on the larger streets. If course its bad for a good postflop player. Oh well, they did not build pokerrooms for the 2+2 players.

If you want to beat this game, you gotta gamble it up with your initial buy in and get to 150 or higher. Then you will have a huge advantage over the other newbies at the table.

[KurtSF]

Isn't there 1-2 blinds with $20 max buyin in LA?

[LasVegasMichael]

Luxor is the worst NL game in the city. At least they use red checks.

Note that as soon as you get to $49, you can buy another $50 (essentially, sit down and throw the dealer a dollar, and you can rebuy), so it is really a $99 max game.

[Dennisa]

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Isn't there 1-2 blinds with $20 max buyin in LA?

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almost 1-1 at Hawiaan Gardens 20 max buy in.

Bike/Commerce/Hollywood Park each have 1/2 $40 max buyin.

[Dennisa]

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Luxor is the worst NL game in the city. At least they use red checks.

Note that as soon as you get to $49, you can buy another $50 (essentially, sit down and throw the dealer a dollar, and you can rebuy), so it is really a $99 max game.

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I think it would be a better game if they just used white/blue ($1) chips. The pots would look bigger and their would be looser calls.

[Slim Pickens]

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Luxor is the worst NL game in the city. At least they use red checks.

Note that as soon as you get to $49, you can buy another $50 (essentially, sit down and throw the dealer a dollar, and you can rebuy), so it is really a $99 max game.

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I think it would be a better game if they just used white/blue ($1) chips. The pots would look bigger and their would be looser calls.

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Except then you'd have to wait 2 minutes for some dope to count out 105 $1 one-by-one to call your preflop 3-bet push with QTs. The red chips keep the game moving.

[CarpeDiem]

Have there been other threads on this game? Links?