150$ for 2/4 @ foxwoods not enough?
 

I have a personal rule to never use any money I make in real life to gamble, only internet profits. Anyway I was going to get to Foxwoods with a friend today and I'd much prefer to play poker with 150$ than craps. Can I hold up with that? Also the reason I can only get 150 out is because this is last minute and all my cash is tied up elsewhere.

Re: 150$ for 2/4 @ foxwoods not enough?
 

its fine. variance is ultimately what will determine whether its enough.

i'd bring $300 though.

Re: 150$ for 2/4 @ foxwoods not enough?
 

That should be fine

Re: 150$ for 2/4 @ foxwoods not enough?
 

i think anything more than 25BB at a B&M table is fine

Re: 150$ for 2/4 @ foxwoods not enough?
 

Alright cool. I just got off the phone with them and it seems like the rake isn't too bad either. Variance will prove to be the factor, we'll see how it goes.

Re: 150$ for 2/4 @ foxwoods not enough?
 

I play $2/4 quite a bit and virtually never run through a rack of yellow ($200), even on the worst days. The real question is, how big a disaster is it if you bust out?

And use white for $2/4, no matter what they tell you. This is my little activist project. $2/4 with $2 chips is absurd.

(FW wiki page)

Re: 150$ for 2/4 @ foxwoods not enough?
 

How can you play more than 5 minutes craps with $150?

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Why would you want to slow down the game playing with white?

Are your suggesting the 4-8 be played with white as well? I've played 4-8 this way and the game is much slower than using the $2 chips.

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Why would you want to slow down the game playing with white?

Are your suggesting the 4-8 be played with white as well? I've played 4-8 this way and the game is much slower than using the $2 chips.

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4/8 with white is the nuts. Its not slow at all (now, I'm not talking FW, but this is how Canterbury runs it). Now, if you've got morans who don't know how to count 4 chips, then 8 chips, maybe it'll go a little slower, like one hand per hour less, but that's not much to give up.

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Why would you want to slow down the game playing with white?

Are your suggesting the 4-8 be played with white as well? I've played 4-8 this way and the game is much slower than using the $2 chips.

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4/8 with white is the nuts. Its not slow at all (now, I'm not talking FW, but this is how Canterbury runs it). Now, if you've got morans who don't know how to count 4 chips, then 8 chips, maybe it'll go a little slower, like one hand per hour less, but that's not much to give up.

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Basically, any limit game with a single chip denomination where the small bet is 4 chips and the big bet is 8 chips rules. Big pots, big pyramids, spray.

Re: 4 racks of chips not enough?
 

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Why would you want to slow down the game playing with white?

Are your suggesting the 4-8 be played with white as well? I've played 4-8 this way and the game is much slower than using the $2 chips.

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4/8 with white is the nuts. Its not slow at all (now, I'm not talking FW, but this is how Canterbury runs it). Now, if you've got morans who don't know how to count 4 chips, then 8 chips, maybe it'll go a little slower, like one hand per hour less, but that's not much to give up.

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Basically, any limit game with a single chip denomination where the small bet is 4 chips and the big bet is 8 chips rules. Big pots, big pyramids, spray.

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I absolutely LOVE 4/8 with the whites (blues). Lets move some chips!! I especially love it when the dealer has trouble pushing that 30 BB pot to me and I miss the action for the next 4 hands while I stack it all up. 4-rack buy-ins are awesome. Way more fun splashing the tokes around. I play online if I want to be efficient.

Oh yeah, and then there's the two-hand BigBet tell...gotta look for the two-hand BigBet tell ("I'll just place these two little oreo cookies out here"...)

And of course the turn-raise tell...does villain efficiently pump down 4 perfect small stacks, coyly slide out a 20 and peel 4 off the top, confidently bellow out "sixteen!", or use the tricky 5+5+5+1 that lets you know you are REALLY in trouble.

Even better is when it's 4/8 with 6/12 overs or the whole table just decides to go for 6/12.

I wholeheartedly agree with sfer...it's all about the chips.

Re: 150$ for 2/4 @ foxwoods not enough?
 

150 is definetly enough. 100 should be fine

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If we're talking one day/session, $150 is plenty. And those who say it's all about the chips have never played at Trump in Gary (or should I say Buffington Harbor, LOL). They were so gross, I'll never go back. Oh wait, I guess it IS all about the chips [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Bobby

Re: 150$ for 2/4 @ foxwoods not enough?
 

I've only ever bought in for $80 or $100 on a 2/4 table, and have never even come close to running out of chips.

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Why would you want to slow down the game playing with white?

Are your suggesting the 4-8 be played with white as well? I've played 4-8 this way and the game is much slower than using the $2 chips.

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4/8 with white is the nuts. Its not slow at all (now, I'm not talking FW, but this is how Canterbury runs it). Now, if you've got morans who don't know how to count 4 chips, then 8 chips, maybe it'll go a little slower, like one hand per hour less, but that's not much to give up.

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Basically, any limit game with a single chip denomination where the small bet is 4 chips and the big bet is 8 chips rules. Big pots, big pyramids, spray.

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Gambooooooooooooooool!!!

I'll never forget Gonores and Schneids getting in the arms race. Allegedly, we ran CP out of blues (whites, whatever). Big pots are probably the best thing about live play. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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Why would you want to slow down the game playing with white?

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Well, I don't slow it down. I break a stack of 20 into 5 piles of four beforehand, so slinging out 4 or 8 white is as easy as pulling out two or four yellow.

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Are your suggesting the 4-8 be played with white as well? I've played 4-8 this way and the game is much slower than using the $2 chips.

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With $4/8 I'm fine with either. 2 chip/4 chip doesn't create tiny-looking pots like 1 chip/2 chip. Sometimes if I have a few stacks of white (from moving up from $2/4), I make piles of eight.

I'm not as adamant as some on here (see above) about maximizing physical pot size, but it can't hurt right?

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I've only ever bought in for $80 or $100 on a 2/4 table, and have never even come close to running out of chips.

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How many times have you done that?

Re: 150$ for 2/4 @ foxwoods not enough?
 

$150 should be more than enough. Heck, $75 should be enough.

I don't understand why you wouldn't want to have $1 chips at a $2/$4 table. The small blind is $1. It really is a pain in the arse for the dealer to have to constantly refund money and keep track of who put what into the pot.

For my first time playing live, I was surprised at how much money I gave away to the dealer. A $1 tip per winning hand seemed pretty standard. Probably won 20 hands, so probably tipped $20. Made a big difference at the end of the night.

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I don't understand why you wouldn't want to have $1 chips at a $2/$4 table. The small blind is $1.

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When I played 2/4 (and the first few times I played 5/10), I made sure to buy some $1 chips to go along with my rack, until I realized that it was easy enough to get $1 chips from either: change from my folded small blind, from other players, or from pots won.


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It really is a pain in the arse for the dealer to have to constantly refund money and keep track of who put what into the pot.

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Although many Foxwoods dealers are idiots, most can handle the above two tasks.


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For my first time playing live, I was surprised at how much money I gave away to the dealer. A $1 tip per winning hand seemed pretty standard. Probably won 20 hands, so probably tipped $20. Made a big difference at the end of the night.

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You probably spent as much on gasoline, food, and tips for the waitresses. Besides, if twenty dollars makes a big difference to you after 6-8 hours of play, then you probably should ask your mommy to increase your allowance.

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I've only ever bought in for $80 or $100 on a 2/4 table, and have never even come close to running out of chips.

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you must play g00t

Re: 150$ for 2/4 @ foxwoods not enough?
 

playing 4/8 with $2 chips is completly absurd. i have never seen a 4/8 game played with $2 chips.

playing 2/4 with $2 chips is even more absurd and rediclious if not gay.

Re: 150$ for 2/4 @ foxwoods not enough?
 

Well... I typically don't go to the casino with less than 60 BB.

However, you might be able to have some fun with your $150. Just for god's sake don't play craps with it! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Good luck, have fun, and get over this mental hangup with "real" money vs "internet" money.