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It's clear the OP suspected collusion in the hand.

No, it's clear that he was pissed off and wanted to know the powerhouse hand that folded to a pair of fives.

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but innovation and improvements comes from doing things differently

Rick, are you saying the confusion this is causing is an improvement?

While I can see that the 3-blind hands are going to be action hands, I'm not sure I see that as an improvement either- sort of a kill game without the higher stakes.

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but innovation and improvements comes from doing things differently

Rick, are you saying the confusion this is causing is an improvement?

While I can see that the 3-blind hands are going to be action hands, I'm not sure I see that as an improvement either- sort of a kill game without the higher stakes.

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Over ten years ago an occasional writer for Card Player named John Fox (not sure of his first name but the last name was Fox) wrote a two page article on dead button versus forward moving button. He went into a lot of detail and if memory serves me I believe Mr. Fox thought the forward moving button generated more action and was a little more fair. I agree, but don't have a strong opinion since most of my play is in card rooms with a forward moving button.

The confusion is caused by the fact most other casinos in the area HOB is located use the dead button. If the forward moving button gets a reputation for generating more action, it might eventually be adopted elsewhere in that area.

~ Rick

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the nuts are always out there somewhere

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Quite often burried in the remainder of the deck....

Re: House of Blues AC = worst poker room ever?
 

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It's clear the OP suspected collusion in the hand.

No, it's clear that he was pissed off and wanted to know the powerhouse hand that folded to a pair of fives.

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Yes. It's also clear I gave the OP a lot more credit than he deserved. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

Re: House of Blues AC = worst poker room ever?
 

I stopped by the HOB on Friday night as well. I can concur, the players were the worst I had seen. Capping preflop and flop with any 2, etc. However, the staff seems to have even less of a clue. To elaborate on the button must move rule, this was stated to me as "The new rule for this week." How can a room hope to survive if rules of the game are changing from week to week? The location of the room is also possibly the worst in the city.

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I do have to agree with you about the location. It's nice being away from the casino, but it doesnt attract as many random gamblers as other places and is really annoying to have to go all the way across the building to get outside (especially since I don't get any phone service inside)

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It's nice being away from the casino, but it doesnt attract as many random gamblers as other places and is really annoying to have to go all the way across the building to get outside (especially since I don't get any phone service inside)

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The boardwalk is very close to the bottom of the escalator. But I agree the location of the room is not ideal.

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So I went to AC last night for a 2/4 donkfest. Me and a buddy hit caesers, ballys, and then house of blues. Now this is where it gets interesting. Second hand at the table I have pocket tens in the BB. There is a raise pre-flop flop comes Q high I bet, gets raised and re raised. So I fold. Gets to the river there is a bet a call the re-raisers shows a pair of 5's or some wacked hand the other raiser says nice hand and folds. So I ask to see the original raisers cards because now I am all sorts of confused and the dealer says no, only the players who call the river can see the losing hand. I drop it right there. Then I look in their poker guide and it says that the only players who can request to see a losing hand with called action on the river are players who are dealt cards in the hand. So now I am really pissed and I take it to the floor away from the table and the floor tells me that the rules are WRONG, and that only people who called the river can request to see losing hands. So whatever then a little while later comes another whacked out situation. The small blind gets up without posting, so the button gets moved to the SB, who post, then TWO BB's get posted. Which is weird, but the best part is the SB/button is first to act??? By this point I was totally fed up and just left up a small amount. Anyway my main point is what the hell is up with the house of blues??? Only thing I know is I will not go back. As an aside I have been awake for 24hrs so if this post is sloppy and full of grammar and spelling errors I don't care.

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Your actually worried about collusion at the 2-4 table because some one reraised with pocket 5's on the flop? Thats what 2-4's all about. If they are cheating, the better question is who are they cheating more at this low limit, themselves, or u.

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Okay so anyway I did suspect cheating nor was I pissed off really. I thought the room was horrible and the part I really did not understand was the fact that the floor was contradicting written house rules. It is quite obvious to me that I should never write another without first sleeping and thinking although this one has taken on a life of its own.