Re: The Gilpin is where I play in CO from now on.
 

From a map, it looks like it's in the foothills of the Rockies - God's country. How about some pictures of the outside of the casino and the surrounding area?

PS: I lived in Boulder from one summer and through the following winter.

Re: The Gilpin is where I play in CO from now on.
 

So how exactly do you explain the "concept of cooperative betting" to a person sitting next to you in a B&M? I'm curious. I don't play much live, but when I do, it's in Blackhawk / Central City, so I think you can understand my concern.

I'm not accusing you of colluding (yet), but I think you are walking a fine line here. Please give me an example of how you would explain this to someone you just sat down next to at the table.

And you don't need to explain the concept of isolation raises to me....I understand poker, just not "cooperative betting".

Re: The Gilpin is where I play in CO from now on.
 

Actually, Sully, you did accuse me of collusion, therefore my response. I would explain it at the table like this:

him: Man, I hate when those dumbasses call raises with NOTHING and then suck out.
me: OK, well then instead of just calling yourself, go ahead and threebet it... they don't want to call the threebet nearly as much. I call this 'cooperative betting', it gets the donks out with thier strange 25o and such. Players like you and I use this to get pots headsup or shorthanded.
him: NO SHIZNAT! WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THIS?!?!?! SNOOOOOGINS!
me: Duh.

If that's collusion then I'm a f'in cheater. Every good player in the world is a f'in cheater.

Tom: It's gilpin county, definitely not foothils. You would take 93 south to 6 (the canyon) west. Most of the rooms suck. Have fun.

Re: The Gilpin is where I play in CO from now on.
 

[ QUOTE ]

him: Man, I hate when those dumbasses call raises with NOTHING and then suck out.
me: OK, well then instead of just calling yourself, go ahead and threebet it... they don't want to call the threebet nearly as much. I call this 'cooperative betting', it gets the donks out with thier strange 25o and such. Players like you and I use this to get pots headsup or shorthanded.
him: NO SHIZNAT! WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THIS?!?!?! SNOOOOOGINS!
me: Duh.


[/ QUOTE ]

If that's all you're talking about, no big deal, and that is definitely not collusion. You might want to think about coming with a different name than "cooperative betting" so that people like myself don't jump to conclusions.

Something like "table coaching" or "educating the fish" might be more accurate.

Re: The Gilpin is where I play in CO from now on.
 

Black Hawk is more in "the Mountains" than "the Footihills", but yes it is beautiful country. The casino is on Main Street, so the scenery around it is mostly other casinos. A few minutes outside of town and you are in the wilderness, where I live. Sorry man - no pictures to post of the casino.

http://www.thegilpincasino.com/

THREAD HIJACK
 

The Gilpin's WSOP seat givaway promotion begins tomorrow, Monday.

One entry to the drawing will be given to anyone with a full house (live action and tourney). 5 entries for a RF. One entry per tourney that you play in. You can also write in to receive an entry by mail.

Win the drawing and you get a WSOP seat or $5,000 cash - your choice.

Thanks to those who responded to the poll about this a while back. The results and your comments were helpful!

Re: The Gilpin is where I play in CO from now on.
 

Yeah, cool Sully... you'll hear more about "cooperative betting" in O8 than in hold'em but in O8 you really do need it. I don't ever condone, "I have a major hand, do you want to play me?" kind of talk but I'll reraise you if it's time to get heads up. No noise, just bets.

I'll supbro you if I ever see that wonderful knit beanie in your avatar. That's f'in COLORADO, mang... Damn, you look like my neighbor.

Re: The Gilpin is where I play in CO from now on.
 

I don't know if I like the way they advertise here...look at the first bullet on the cardroom page.

http://www.thegilpincasino.com/pokerroom.php

Frequent bad beats

That's just plain bad. They need to reword that.

-Ryan

Re: The Gilpin is where I play in CO from now on.
 

I thought that was strange that they were touting "Frequent Bad Beats" also [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]. Do they mean they offer Bad Beat Jackpots?

Re: The Gilpin is where I play in CO from now on.
 

hahah, yeah... I noticed that too... but they ain't lyin! The suckout kings live in Colorado.

The "frequent bad beats" they refer to are "aces full of eights" beat to get the jackpot. This is also the place that drops $2 in the jackpot (total rake $5) if the pot gets big enough. Lots of rooms rake $5 and then take a $1 jackpot on the weekends though, so it's not too bad. Gilpin doesn't raise the rake on the weekends if I understood correctly.