Commerce $40 sit and go

[91106guy]

Tried the Commerce new $40 ($34 + $6 rake) buyin sit and go tournament last night. They use the "lightning poker" e-poker tables. 1st place paid $200something (wasn't paying too much attention, I was playing for the novelty of it) and 2nd place paid the rest of the $340 prize pool. 10 players, players start with 500 chips and blinds start at 5-10 and go up every 15 minutes (to 10-20, then 20-40), so there was a decent amount of play before the all-in fest began.

Playing the sit n go was fun. The majority of players were the brick and mortar regulars vs. internet players. The brick and mortar players were shocked, just shocked, that I would push with any decent hand with <10 times the blinds. The normal raise was 2 times the blinds. Lots o limping, as is typical with brick and mortar. The players had a lot of fun getting used to the electronic poker table.

Anyway, got 5th place when my push with TT in the big blind got called by a min-raiser and a caller and I lost to a straight to both on the river.

Not sure you could make much $ on this with the 16% rake, but it's fun and a nice change of pace.

[Humble Pie]

Seems like a gimmicky novelty that might catch on w/ the low limit donks that don't notice that the rake is raping them. Was there alot of demand i.e. waiting lists/ railbirds? Another question, is it possible to conceal your hole cards from the rail?

[mikeyworm]

where are these tables located?

[91106guy]

There wasn't high demand for the sit n go. There wasn't a waiting list, but there were steady tournaments going on throughout the night. There were several railbirds, including a few dealers who might have been wondering if their jobs were in danger. It's possible to conceal your cards unless someone is looking right over your shoulder, you touch the screen over the cards and the cards reveal themselves.

I think this is a novelty and won't replace the "real" games, just as what happened at Hollywood Park, but I think there is a niche for it. The rake, bad as it is compared to internet sit n go's, is not bad compared to the normal casino tournaments.

The tables are in the 2nd floor room next to the $40 NL tables, where you can play with me and the rest of the low limit donks [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]