I’m going to Vegas next week for a few days. Staying at Luxor. Can anyone tell me if/where there are any regular pot-limit holdem tournaments (buy-in no more than, say, $50)? Also, is Luxor a good place for low-limit holdem? If not, could you recommend somewhere better?
Answer 1:
Luxor has a good 1-4-8-8 hold’em, also try Bellagio for ambience. Luxor has a daily turn. Not sure of limit, but cheap buy-in. Have fun.
Answer 2:
When you get into town grab a “what’s on” magazine or CP. it has poker rm #’s no limit poker tourneys ,Las Vegas. Mirage- $60 Tuesday Orleans Tue 7pm -$20, sun noon- $20, fri 7pm -$60. Plaza, Tue & Fri 7pm -$20. Stratosphere Sun & Wed 8:30 pm- $33
Answer 3:
That’s a little more expensive, or can be — unlimited $40 rebuys in the first hour do tend to swell the prize pool.
Are they still regularly spreading 8/16 hold’em, or 10/20, or both?
Answer 1:
They had one and or two tables of 8-16 and that replaced the 10-20.
I was told that the 8-16 is a better game because of the “number” of chips in the middle (mostly $2 chips were used) keeps people in. I also believe that they will start a 10-20 game if there is enough interest but did not see one going.
Answer 2:
There hasn’t been a 10/20 holdem game since 8/16 started and the 8/16 game has been going strong every day. The majority of players feel it’s a greater value.
Answer 3:
But what if the only reason that they are spreading 8/16 is because loose players are attracted to the 4 chip 8 chip betting structure, not because it would be fair to the jackpot players? OK, then what if half of the players are playing the 8/16 for the 4 chip 8 chip structure and half are playing for the free roll on the jackpot?
Three guys go to Vegas for the WSOP and check in at a dumpy downtown motel. Upon check-in the desk clerk asks for $30 for the night. Each man pulls out a $10 bill, hands them to the clerk, and the clerk tells the bellman to take them to room 2. At the end of his shift the desk clerk realizes that he charged the men in Room 2 the weekend rate and today is only Thursday and should have been charged $25. He pulls five singles out of the till and calls to the bellman. Says “Take this $5 to the men in Room 2 and explain that we overcharged them.” So the bellman takes the money to room 2 when he realizes that those cheap bastages never tipped him for taking their bags. So, he takes two of the singles and pockets them for his effort. Bellman knocks on the door and says sorry, we overcharged you – here your change and hands each of the three men $1. Now – Here’s the question…
What is 9×3?
How much did the bellman put in his pocket? So….Where did the other dollar go?
Answer 1:
There is no *other* dollar. The question is misleading. $10 each = $30 originally paid. $5 back from the desk clerk covers the $25 room rate. $2 bucks to the bellman leaves $3 left (split 3ways = $1 per man).
Answer 2:
The amended charge per person comes to $8.33. (25 / 3 = 8.33) They paid $10.00. Their return should have been $l.67. They only got $1.00 back and the porter kept the $2.00 (.67 x 3 = 2.00)
Answer 3:
The problem is in trying to compare the total the men paid ($27) to the original amount paid ($30) even after the hotel has taken the $5 out of the till. Once the hotel takes the $5 out, you need to compare the amount the men paid with the amount the hotel *has* ($25), not the amount the hotel originally had. So, then, “9×3 is $27, but the bellboy put $2 *of that* in his pocket and the hotel has $25.” (You don’t *add* the $2 to the $27 paid, you *subtract* it.)
To fully illustrate, let’s say the bellman didn’t steal any of the $5.
The end of the problem would now read: “$8.33 * 3 = $25. The bellman put how much in his pocket? (0$) What happened to the other $5?” Now the problem seems silly, doesn’t it? You instantly understand that there is no “other $5,” because you realize that the hotel let go of $5 and thus a comparison of amount paid by the patrons has to be made against the hotel’s $25.
We had a bit of a dispute in a home game last night about this situation. Game is 5-stud, high/low, no qualifiers. One player has two aces showing; one has two sixes showing. Our house rule has always been that in this situation the aces can be played as “13′s” for high and as “1′s” for low, thus the aces could scoop. The victim was a newer player in the game and insisted that it was an oddball rule. The rest of us see it as clear-cut. What do you think?
Answer 1:
Unless you’re playing seven duece rules, an ace is always a potential scoop card or a potential scoop pair in 5 card stud hi/lo and 5 card draw hi/lo. Because of that scoop potential, which still exists even if it pairs, Ace is a critical card in those games and you pretty much just shouldn’t play without one.
Answer 2:
It’s not that odd ball of a game. Sklanksy talks about it in TOP with replace on the end. Aces usually go both ways in hi-lo games. That said, it is a strange enough concept (particularly to those who haven’t play hi-lo before) so that you should inform a newcomer about it, because you can surely see why he might be ticked off. If you’re playing a “low card in the hold wild” game, it’s also nice to let the guy know if aces can be used for low.
Answer 3:
In home games, the rules can be whatever you decide them to be. Just make sure all new players are made aware of all your rules. (When new situations come up, we usually let the dealer decide what to do during the hand and then vote for future reference when the hand is over.) In my game you can’t go both with only five cards. (You have to win both if you go both.)
At the Orleans are flyers for a “Reno Hiltons 1st annual World Poker Challenging January. Is this the Carnival of Poker moved to the Reno Hilton, or have they dropped the Carnival of Poker and the Reno Hilton was the first to move in on those dates (I think this time period used to be the Four Queens before the Carnival)?
Answer 1:
It’s the latter, Harrah’s canceled and Hilton jumped in to try to grab those dates. Hilton always has good room rates, probably $25 or less including weekends (especially in the Winter), but at $300+ for the events it will be interesting to see how many travel to it, I don’t think there will be many Reno tourney players in that league.
Answer 2:
Since the “Carnival Of Poker” had not found a home, the Reno Hilton Card Room Manager, Mike Gainey grabbed the dates and arranged to host the “1st Annual World Poker Challenge”. An exciting tournament is being planned with $25 room rates for the players.
Answer 3:
Think you are wrong!!!!! In fact I know it! The combination of Mike Gainey, Dave Lamb,Scoff, Barbara and Rudy Lotieff(I hope Rudy is feeling better)Rick Takemoto, Amy(don’t know her last name) on the board, middle limit buy ins, cheap room rates, and reasonable vig is a guarantee of success! What I don’t know about is the smoking? Does anybody know if this is a non smoking event??? How about finding out for us Barbie? At any rate, even if they allow smoking, I am going, and I know a few others from SoCal who are also going, and I doubt whether Kennie, Tex and the bunch from the Northwest would miss it. I expect that this tournament will be a record breaker for Reno!
