Anyone play at Pechanga?

[Yuck]

I have just begun to play live since the change in deposit options. I have played 2 tournaments there and was wondering if anyone has any advise on playing their low buy ins tourneys and thoughts on there horrid blind structure

[FlyingCarpet]

I've played a couple of their $50~$100 buy in tourneys. I don't play these anymore due to the quick structure. Usually only get 1 orbit per level. You start with t1500 @ 25/50 and 15 to 20 minutes it goes to 50/100 and if you didn't play one of your 10 or so hands you are now <15BB with and <M=10. These are very, very luck based Donkfests.

The ring games seem to be very soft but once again Pechanga's Rake structure BLOWS. I sat at a $50 buy in 1/2 NL table and immediately got up after I found that they rake $4 on a flop and if you raise PF and everybody folds they rake the blinds WTF is that???? No blind stealing allowed.
It would have been a profitable table if only they had a decent rake and only on a flop. The players had visible gills lol.

[Yuck]

I have been playing there alot these last couple of days and doubt if I will return agreeing to what you wrote. It is a donkfest, and the blind struture just doent make it worth playing anymore. I might crystal park casino next after reading thier new ad in this months cardplayer

[binki]

San Manuel is a little better. The poker room has 31 tables and fills on weekends, nights, and holidays.

[Yuck]

Yeah but they only have a nlh game going. The rest are all limit. I played at Lake elisonore casino last night and was at a table who hit the jackpot. 780 for me and by the way it was full of fish. Won 220 in one pot when villan shoved QQ on a AAK board. Me AK obv

[binki]

How is Lake Elsinore Casino? I drive by it a lot but have never stopped in. Number of active tables, games spread, etc.?

[micah67]

I play at Pechanga fairly often. They recently increased their drop an extra buck for the bad beat jackpot which resets to $7500 (Aces full of Jacks or better cracked by quads or better). Before the increase it was only a dollar dropped if no flop. I'm not sure if that changed, though. As others have stated: lots of fish - especially on weekends and holidays.

The tourneys are a crap-shoot. They usually chop as soon as the bubble bursts.

There's a "Masters of Poker" event coming up in April (18-20) culminating with their $1,000+80 final with $250k guarantee. 5000 in starting chips and 40 minute rounds (not sure of the blind structure).

[VK_Rick]

I got a flyer for the "Masters of Poker" event and was also wondering about the blind structure for the $1,080 event. On the website, if you go into the Tournament FAQ link, there's a link at the bottom to "Poker Tournament Information". That brings up a structure sheet that shows blinds of:

25/50
50/100
100/200
200/400
300/600
500/1,000
1,000/2,000
1,500/3,000
2,000/4,000
3,000/6,000
5,000/10,000
8,000/16,000
10,000/20,000
15,0000/30,000

The sheet says it's for the standard daily tournament with T2,500 and 15 minute rounds, but it may well be that they use the same blind structure for everything, just changing the starting chips and level time based on the event.

[Yuck]

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How is Lake Elsinore Casino? I drive by it a lot but have never stopped in. Number of active tables, games spread, etc.?

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They spread mostly low limit hold'em and NLH(40max, 100max). They also have 1or2 higher games going. They spread a omaha game as well. the casino is small and is kind of a dump

[5smoothstones]

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The sheet says it's for the standard daily tournament with T2,500 and 15 minute rounds, but it may well be that they use the same blind structure for everything, just changing the starting chips and level time based on the event.

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I wonder if the other tournaments in The Pechanga Masters Of Pokers series are going to be crap-shoots like their standard tournaments. Does anyone know specifically if their is anything different in the tournament structure (for any of these tournaments in this series besides the Championship $1k-buyin event)?