Places to Play Live Pot Limit?

[RichardG]

where if anywhere is there live Pot limit holdem in vegas cardrooms?
5$-10$ blinds?
any info would be great.
thanks!

[D.J.]

Most of the time, you're going to be out of luck w/ live PL games in Vegas. However, during the world series which is coming up shortly, the Horseshoe will regularly spread PL games from 5-5 to 25-50 I believe.

-D.J.

[RollaJ]

They have a PL at the Tropicana in AC friday and saturday night

[RichardG]

thanks for the info. maybe ill come across something, but thanks for the heads up!
-Rich

[Howard Burroughs]

I played pot-limit hold'em last night. Also on Saturday night. It was an over-button game but everyone at the table for ten hours had over-buttons (the same on Saturday), so in reality it was a pot-limit game.

The blinds are $1 & $2. Even with those super small blinds we still had a few $1000+ pots. One in which I had the nut flush, cha-ching :-)


These games burn out kind of fast. So it may not last very long. On the other hand, I have never had a problem in 8 years, trying to find a small blind, pot/no limit game in Vegas. I'm a low-limit player who enjoys the pot/no-limit format every now & then.

These small blind, big bet poker games (when they are spread) are almost always at a small hole in the wall casino in no man's land (ie,Town Tavern).

The game I was plaing in last night was at Arizona Charlie's.

Best of Luck

Howard

[Lurker]

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I played pot-limit hold'em last night. Also on Saturday night. It was an over-button game but everyone at the table for ten hours had over-buttons (the same on Saturday), so in reality it was a pot-limit game.


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How does this work? What's an over-button?

[RichardG]

Thanks for the info. I was hoping there would be some Leads as to somewhere in vegas for pot/no limit. I would be shocked to find out there are no games like that in vegas...so, once again i thank you for the help!
-Rich

[Howard Burroughs]

Hello Lurker,

An over-button is a a small button looking object used in "over" games (picture a missed blind button).

A game with "overs" goes something lke this.........

Let's say the game is 10-20 with 20-40 overs. When the hand is being contested only by those players with over-buttons, the game is played 20-40. If someone is in the pot without an over button, the hand remains 10-20.

If everyone at the table had a 20-40 over-button, then the game is 20-40 (with a 10-20 blind structure), until someone sits down to play without an over button.

Anyone who wants an over button just asks the dealer for one.

I played in a game last year that was 4-8 with 20-40 over buttons!

The game I have been playing in at Arizona Charlie's is 4-8 with pot-limit overs. I've also played 4-8 with no-limit overs (not at Charlie's, btw) but have not seen that game in about a six months.


Mason has an essay on "Playing The Overs" on page 113 of POKER ESSAYS II, which is a great book, BTW.

Hope I've been of some help.

Best of Luck

Howard

[Howard Burroughs]

Well good luck to you Richard when you come to Vegas. I hope you find a game to your liking &amp; proceed to knock'em dead.

Best

Howard

[David]

Greatest PL games around.....Hollywood in Shreveport/Bossier City, La. It's been awhile, but I think they are $25/$50 blind. And...down in Kinder, La. at The Grand Casino Coushatta 1/2 and 1/2 $5-$10 blind HE and $10/$20 blind Omaha Hi. Super action games both with some of the greatest PL players in the world sitting in and also a good helping of fish.

[limon]

so where are ALL the games (no matter how obscure)...here are the ones I frequent:

10-10 @ commerce...goes every night
5-5 @ hollywood park...goes sundays if you work it
2-3 @ players club (ventura) goes wednesday
palace in hayward...various games various days...VERY GOOD but watch for collusion
lucky chances...various
artichoke joes ???
sandia casino (albuquerque)...5-10 must push the floor nowadays
casino az. 25-25 blinds (only watched looked good)
el dorado (reno) 5-5 blinds the night i was there. won a huge pot off of mike lange
horseshoe during the tourney...everything
my house...anytime..any game you can name for any amount you can count (if i like it)

what am I missing?

mason please post your essay on overs. you owe me. i bought the sklansky on bj book and it sucked.

limon

what else is there

[Greg (FossilMan)]

At Foxwoods, you always get PLH going during the two major tourneys. Blinds are 5,5 and sometimes 5,10 or even 10,20. We also get a 5,5 blind PLH game on some of the Tuesday nights, after enough people bust out of the NLH tourney, and also this game goes sometimes on Saturday afternoons into the evening.

Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)