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Posted Mon Mar 28, 2005 3:56 pm GMT by Sean_in_NJ
Something happened Saturday night that was both annoying and somewhat flattering at the same time. Playing in one of the two 6/12 games at the Trop. I got in late because of the holiday weekend, and I wanted to wait till a lot of the crowds had cleared out. I find myself at an 8-handed game where half of the table are people I play with almost every week. The other 2 or 3 seats rotate out fairly regularly. Around 3am or so, we get a loose-passive who sits down with about $400. He drops about half that in the next couple hours, and then a friend of his (who I'd played with 2 weeks ago) comes over to see how he's doing. When he sees how things are going, he says something like, "I told you it was a tough game." Well, his buddy only played 2 more orbits before he racked up and then the game broke shortly thereafter.
Now, I really like playing at Tropicana and I'm still doing pretty well even on the tougher nights. But, if the number of 6/12 tables keeps diminishing and the bad players start to avoid the games that are running (or get tired of waiting and play something else), should I change games? Change rooms? I've always done pretty well at 1/2 NL the few times I've played, but I don't enjoy it nearly as much as I do limit.
Interesting sidenote: there was a 10/20 NL game on Saturday. $1000 min/no max buy-in. I didn't see it, but I heard there was a LOT of money on the table.
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Posted Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:10 pm GMT by Dave B
Can you go during a busier time? I dont know about the Trop, but where I play, the 8/16 game from 7-11pm is very beatable, after that, some players show up that really through chips around and mix up their games quite a bit. It makes for fun games w/ huge variance, but tough to consistantly beat.
Each night of the week plays different too. Sun-Tues hard core players. Wed can be trouble if the NL tourney is happening. Thurs-Sat more casual players and young kids until late at night.
Posted Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:25 pm GMT by Sean_in_NJ
| Dave B wrote: | | Can you go during a busier time? I dont know about the Trop, but where I play, the 8/16 game from 7-11pm is very beatable, after that, some players show up that really through chips around and mix up their games quite a bit. It makes for fun games w/ huge variance, but tough to consistantly beat. |
I think it's a pretty similar makeup. The problem is in the number of games they spread. It's very heavily weighted toward NL and 2/4 limit, the number of 6/12 games has been dropping off and the list gets longer and longer.
I'm going down for the full day this coming weekend, so we'll see how that works. The $100+$20 tourney at the Taj at 11am followed by a Hold'em binge at the Trop.
| Dave B wrote: | | Each night of the week plays different too. Sun-Tues hard core players. Wed can be trouble if the NL tourney is happening. Thurs-Sat more casual players and young kids until late at night. |
I ran into this about two weeks ago. Had a jones right after I got back from Vegas, so I drove down on a Tuesday night. There was one game with a bunch of tough players and no money on the table. Terrible way to spend 2 1/2 hours. (Un)fortunately, with a 2 hour drive to Atlantic City, it's hard for me to make it down during the week and still get to work the next day.
Posted Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:35 pm GMT by Dave B
it is rough being 15-25 minutes away 
They dont have NL tables yet-I hope they dont get them. There has been a definite migration in the last year to higher stacks. They have 33 tables-25 or so for holdem. It used to be 17 of those was 2/4, 3/6, 4/8 and the other 7 to 6/12 8/16 15/30 and 30/60.
Now they have 8-10 table 4/8 and below, usually 5-6 6/12 and 8/16 and almost always 2 15/30 table and a 30/60.
Posted Mon Mar 28, 2005 6:40 pm GMT by Nate PT
| Dave B wrote: | it is rough being 15-25 minutes away
They dont have NL tables yet-I hope they dont get them. There has been a definite migration in the last year to higher stacks. They have 33 tables-25 or so for holdem. It used to be 17 of those was 2/4, 3/6, 4/8 and the other 7 to 6/12 8/16 15/30 and 30/60.
Now they have 8-10 table 4/8 and below, usually 5-6 6/12 and 8/16 and almost always 2 15/30 table and a 30/60. |
Ive noticed this too Dave, if you play on a weekend-night the game is almost too loose. Obviously you want a few loose players but it gets a little out of hand sometimes. I still mainly play 6/12, do you like that there are a lot more of the 6/12+ games? Its a bitch to get seated on the weekends now, it used to be like a 10 minute wait max or immediate seating for 6/12 all the time almost, last time I played on a Friday night I had to wait over an hour to be seated.
Posted Mon Mar 28, 2005 6:42 pm GMT by Sean_in_NJ
| Nate PT wrote: | | Its a bitch to get seated on the weekends now, it used to be like a 10 minute wait max or immediate seating for 6/12 all the time almost, last time I played on a Friday night I had to wait over an hour to be seated. |
That's exactly the problem I'm having now. It doesn't matter how soft the game is if you can't sit down.
Posted Tue Mar 29, 2005 5:43 pm GMT by darthsikle
I like NL at Harrah's......After the Taj, come with me to the $150 + $25 at the Sands...it starts at 5:00 pm
Posted Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:24 pm GMT by Sean_in_NJ
| darthsikle wrote: | | I like NL at Harrah's......After the Taj, come with me to the $150 + $25 at the Sands...it starts at 5:00 pm |
I'm just playing the first one for a change of pace. No more than one dead money entry per day for me.
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