NYC, club comparison
 

Hello!

I'm going on a short vacation to NYC from Sweden next week and I will try to get a night of low limit hold'em into my schedule. After some research I have managed to find three clubs (Wall Street, Brooklyn Poker and New York Players Club). My Problem now is that I don't know which one to go to, I was hoping to get some pointers from you guys. The limit I'm planning to play is 4-8 or lower. The club I'm leaning towards is Brooklyb Poker since they seem to have a 3-6 game going each night. Are there any strong reasons for me not going there? =) Do you know anything that I should know?

Thanks in advance!

:.:: mattias

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Go to Wall St. I've never seen the 3/6 game at BPC and Wall St. has a regular 4/8. It will take an act of God to get a limit game at NYPC and if it happens it will be 5/10.

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yes, bpc wont have a 3/6 game going. galaxy does limit on thursday nights.

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I thought it was wednesday nights for Galexy? Last time Evan and I were there it was the owner, the dealer, and their two friends. Not exactly a rockin table if ya know what I mean.

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oh maybe it is wednesdays, i think they are starting to run 1k tournaments on wednesdays too. i dunno.

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I have not seen a limit hold'em game at NYPC in the two months that I have been going there (2 or 3 days a week). There is usually between 2 and 6 tables of baby N/L ($1/$2, $250 max buy-in) and a couple of tables of $5/$5 NL ($600 max). There is a 7c stud game, but its higher stakes -- ($20/$40 I believe) and a rotation game ($10/$20 maybe?) that is always jam packed when it is playing.

When I was at Wall Street early one Saturday night, the ONLY game going was a $4/$8 limit game... so there might be a game there.

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You might be better off hoping a bus to Atlantic City for a few hours. They run out of Port Authority(42nd st. & 8th Ave.) all day long.

Good Luck!

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The rotation and stud games are usually bigger. Except the crazy old 5/10 rotation.

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Are you the reincarnation of the (now apparently banned) drow22?

The Case For
-Both users have the letters "D" and "R" and the number "22" in their login
-Both users apparently don't know where to find any card rooms in NYC

The Case Against
-You don't appear to be a prick[/b]

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The Case Against
-You don't appear to be a prick[/b]

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Yet.... and lets hope it remains that way. Amazing that it's his second post here, isn't it? erhaps he learned to act civil. - The new and proved contributor.

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TT

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-Both users apparently don't know where to find any card rooms in NYC

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I can think of a number of reasons to play in AC instead of NYC that have nothing to do with inability to find a cardroom.

scrub

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Such as?

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yeah? such as?

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More/better games. Although the convenience of playing in NYC is worth it to me.

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More/better games. Although the convenience of playing in NYC is worth it to me.

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More games.

Better games.

Bigger games.

Legal games (this is a consideration for some).

Safer games. (I'm not wild about carrying the amount of money I bring to play the usual games I play live around NYC in the middle fo the night.)

scrub

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Bigger games

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True, though not yet a problem for me. And I think I could even find one big enouh for a hot shot like you buddy--if you ever wanna swing by the old neighborhood.

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Legal games (this is a consideration for some).

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I guess, although this has never become an issue as far as I know.

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Safer games. (I'm not wild about carrying the amount of money I bring to play the usual games I play live around NYC in the middle fo the night.)

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Translation: "I'm scrub, I'm a big shot." [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Seriously though this is true to some extent. I have thought about whether people that know where these places are could wait outside for people walking out or something. Who knows though. Its definitely a concern but not anything that's gonna make me stop playing in NYC. Just part of living here and playing poker I guess.

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All good/valid points.

I do believe it comes down to individual preference. I've personally eschewed AC lately in favor of NYC for live play.

Just interesting to hear other opinions on the matter.

Thanks.

NJC

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More games. true

Better games. no way!

Bigger games. very true, although AC only has 5/10 PL for big bet.

Safer games. this is true, although it doesn't bother me anymore. I guess you get used to it. I would like to just color up and carry chips, but I wouldn't for a variety of reasons, including nothing bigger than blacks where I play.

#1 reason to play in AC is they have real cashier boxes and will pay you in hundreds if you ask. this is my #1 pet peeve of every cardroom in nyc. they always give me some twenties when I cash out. and yes, I juice the cashier and they still do it, although I think I get less twenties because of the juice.

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More games. true

Better games. no way!

Bigger games. very true, although AC only has 5/10 PL for big bet.

Safer games. this is true, although it doesn't bother me anymore. I guess you get used to it. I would like to just color up and carry chips, but I wouldn't for a variety of reasons, including nothing bigger than blacks where I play.

#1 reason to play in AC is they have real cashier boxes and will pay you in hundreds if you ask. this is my #1 pet peeve of every cardroom in nyc. they always give me some twenties when I cash out. and yes, I juice the cashier and they still do it, although I think I get less twenties because of the juice.


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For me the safer games issue and the legality issue were the two that concerned me most when deciding whether or not to play in NYC. I've also always lived a smidge closer to Foxwoods or close enough to AC that it was more convenient when I factored in how much I hate driving into NYC or running to make the last train out from Penn.

I haven't heard great things about the NYC limit games. I have heard great things about that PL game and 5/10-ish NL games that have been popping up.

I HATE having to wrangle 20s. This is another great reason to play in AC.

On the other hand, I'd gladly play NL in any of the northeast poker centers instead of in the games out here that I can afford to play in.

scrub

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Looked like a monster 5/5 n/l at the "big" club last night. I was playing 4-8 a couple tables over but saw crowds form around the table a couple times as pots got up into the $5,000 range.

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at PS? damn.

--turnipmosnster

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NYPC once had SH 100-200 NL. Stacks were like 100K.
100-200 Stud and rotation games go regularly.

Big enough, no? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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My original post was about reasons that someone might prefer AC to NYC.

While the NL game is absurd, the Taj has limit games bigger than 100/200 regularly.

For my purposes (games bigger than 10/20 and smaller than 40/80), NY is nowhere near as good a place to play as AC.

scrub

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that's huge, but do they have a red or green chip game that goes consistently? IMO capping the buyin on 5-5 or higher is just silly.

--turnipmonster

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NYPC once had SH 100-200 NL

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I heard it was 200-500 NL

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As I was cashing out, one of the players from that game cashed out in front of me for $6,900+

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I don't think so. May have been 200-400. It only went once that I know of. Regardless, it's rare.

Turnip- 2-5/5-5 is fairly consistant. One will often be going.