Card Rooms near Columbus Ohio?
 

Ok yea, I'm in Seattle and don't know the Midwest for chit. But you see I've got to do a little travelling this weekend, for a little professional game play if possible.

If they have onsite hotel with card room rate, even better.

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There are no cardrooms in columbus ohio. The closest is in indiana, several hours by car.

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yep looks like there is an 18 table room outside of Cincy in Indianna that may be my best shot. I figured I'd have to do some driving on Saturday.

Why can't they just hold big football games in Vegas?

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Why can't they just hold big football games in Vegas?

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Because then there'd be no legal betting on them.

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goofball is wrong and is likely not from ohio.

columbus has charity games which are legal that rotate around the city on the weekends. i am not sure of the locations or the hotline to call.

cleveland has the same situation and i know all the information and locations. it is legal, dont worry.

however, cleveland is a 2 hr drive away.

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goofball is wrong and is likely not from ohio.

columbus has charity games which are legal that rotate around the city on the weekends. i am not sure of the locations or the hotline to call.

cleveland has the same situation and i know all the information and locations. it is legal, dont worry.

however, cleveland is a 2 hr drive away.

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It's true that I'm not from ohio, I did however spend 3 months there, mostly not finding a cardroom. I didn't hear of these charity games however.

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Here's what you do when you get into Columbus (if nothing has changed since last year when I still played there)
1. Grab yourself a copy of the Columbus Dispatch, any edition Thursday through Sunday.
2. Open it up to the Classifieds. Look for a section called either "Charity Events" or "Charity Gaming." I can't remember which right now.

In there you should find some games listed. That's how I used to find them; I also had the hotlines but I've since lost the numbers. There are usually 2-3 games listed every week. Typically you're going to deal with 3/6, 5/10, and 10/20. Depending on who's running the show (as there were two main groups) the biggest game will either be 10/20 or possibly a NL game. This, mind you, was all about a year and a half ago when I still went on a weekly basis.

If it so happens that there's a game listed at the Westerville Armory, I'd go there. I know it may sound off-beat, but when I still went there they had 3-4 3/6 tables, 2-3 5/10 and usually 1-2 10/20. Games were fairly soft. The other group that runs games had some friendly folks and good competition. If you run into a guy named Louis Asmo, talk to him. He's a good man. Best of luck.

Oh yeah, and

GO BUCKS

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From columbusdispatch.com:

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Bingo, Fund Raising Events - A LAS VEGAS WEEKEND Sept. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 Westerville Armory 240 S. State Street (Westerville) Next to Post Office Phone # 614-989-6774. Thurs. & Fri. 4pm Sat. & Sun. 2pm Sat. & Sun. Tournaments at 3pm

Location: OH Date: 9/3/2005

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...So perhaps they haven't updated it for this week yet, but you could try the number.

Thanks, Ryan Z. I'm from Columbus and I had no idea this took place...

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I used to be very active in Columbus poker. One thing to watch for is dealers over raking. It isn't uncommon for them to take the rake on every street (they jsut throw it in a bucket instead of having a drop slide for it to sit on). In general I would avoid the games in Columbus that aren't in a church. The worst games are the ones run by "Wayne and Jackie."

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From columbusdispatch.com:

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Bingo, Fund Raising Events - A LAS VEGAS WEEKEND Sept. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 Westerville Armory 240 S. State Street (Westerville) Next to Post Office Phone # 614-989-6774. Thurs. & Fri. 4pm Sat. & Sun. 2pm Sat. & Sun. Tournaments at 3pm

Location: OH Date: 9/3/2005

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...So perhaps they haven't updated it for this week yet, but you could try the number.

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Yeah, the games listing in the Dispatch is updated every Thursday. I can't recall when the hotline is updated, but that may give you the location and details before Thursday. For instance, in Cleveland, the hotline is updated on Tuesday or Wednesday every week.

Also, on a side note, where are you in Columbus? Perhaps we could give the "sup bro" at some point. If you got any other questions PM me.

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goofball is wrong and is likely not from ohio.

columbus has charity games which are legal that rotate around the city on the weekends. i am not sure of the locations or the hotline to call.

cleveland has the same situation and i know all the information and locations. it is legal, dont worry.

however, cleveland is a 2 hr drive away.

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I am in the Nati and have heard that these type of charity feature an extremely large rake. One guy told of a 2/4 game where in a pot of >20, they took an amount equal to 1 dollar for every person who was dealt in. Talk about an unbeatable structure...

Anyway, I am curious to know whether this situation applies. And if not, do you know of any of these type of games in Cincinnati. Belterra is about an hour away and I would love to play closer to home, if possible.

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I've never heard of organized games in Cincinnati, although I'm sure they have to exist. I'm 100% positive of games in Columbus, Cleveland, Akron, and Toledo. I've heard of all of these games. Never really heard much on the Cincinnati front though. Next time I play in Columbus (I'm moving back next week) I'll ask around about games. I'm sure people know people. Hope I shed some light.

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How are these charity games legal? Are there limits on the number of events per month/year?

Is this an statewide "legal" endeavor or county/city? Any info would be appreciated.

Oh yeah, HOOK EM HORNS!!!!!!!!

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I suppose I could always drive up to Columbus as well. And thanks for the info. PM me if you find out anything I would want to know.

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How are these charity games legal?

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they are legal so long as 100% of the rake goes to a charity. most operators seem to have a conceptual problem understanding 100% tho.

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How are these charity games legal?

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they are legal so long as 100% of the rake goes to a charity. most operators seem to have a conceptual problem understanding 100% tho.

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Good lord, ask a simple question and you come across the seediest sides of gambling life around the country. Well it darn sure is interesting how this works, I must admit it's quite a bit better than what happens in the undergrounds of Houston, Dallas, and Austin.

I really do like playing in a state that has legal casinos, that are well run(mostly) and regulated.

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How are these charity games legal?

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they are legal so long as 100% of the rake goes to a charity. most operators seem to have a conceptual problem understanding 100% tho.

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Good lord, ask a simple question and you come across the seediest sides of gambling life around the country. Well it darn sure is interesting how this works, I must admit it's quite a bit better than what happens in the undergrounds of Houston, Dallas, and Austin.

I really do like playing in a state that has legal casinos, that are well run(mostly) and regulated.

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as a player you are safe from legal problems. the cops only hassle the organizers.

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I'm not from there andd don't know when I"ll be back if ever, but I'm sure the OP is grateful.

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Bingo, Fund Raising Events - A LAS VEGAS WEEKEND Sept. 8, 9, 10, 11 4PM to ? Super Tournament Sat-Sun, 2pm Regular Tournament 4 PM American Legion 5477 Sandalwood Blvd. 71 N to Morse Rd., go east to Karl Rd. turn left to Sandalwood turn left American Legion next to Sequoia Bowling Alley. Phone: 893-7557. Free food & admission. Hold'em. Black Jack, 7 Card Stud, Texas Hold 'em, (all limits) 31-1486788
Location: OH Date: 9/8/2005
Source: Columbus Dispatch

Sounds like a regular game to me. Also, for those who may be interested, check out the Blackjack. No joke, they used to play 2 deck shoes with Casino rules (pushes on all hands 17-21, doubles allowed, splits, etc.) I played a couple times just to win my buy in at 5/10. Not too shabby.

-ryan

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How are these charity games legal? Are there limits on the number of events per month/year?

Is this an statewide "legal" endeavor or county/city? Any info would be appreciated.

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They're definitely legal; I believe it's statewide.

There is a company here that runs charity tourneys ( Reece's Online ) and they had a tournament shut down over the summer because the organization had exceeded its allotted number of charity gambling events (I think for the month, but I'm not sure of the time period).

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They're definitely legal; I believe it's statewide.

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The games as run are illegal. It is legal to have the poker games if they dont' make any money. TYpically what they do is they wrote down half of what is dropped and give that to the charity and keep the other half off the book to pay people. They typically snatch double or triple rake from each pot so the shortfall doesn't show up on the books (and so they make more moeny).

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Victor while its true that the cops will only hassle the organizers, if they come in and "sting" the joint, don't they confiscate all chips that are on the table, and hence, all the players' money as well?

They were doing that a year ago. Are most of the charity games in Cleveland "safe" now?