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Was at foxwoods over the weekend and decided to try my first live O8 play. Alittle background - I almost exclusively play 4 tables at a time of O8 6-max or PL online. I had heard live games are slow and boring so I always play holdem live. I got to the casino at 8PM and put my name on the list for the 1 (? how can you only have 1 ) 5/10 o8 table. The list is 15 players long [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]. Also put my name on a holdem list.

45min later I'm playing holdem. OK will stay on the list and move when a seat opens. Check the board at 12 and have moved 4 spots. Get ready to leave at 2 and they start to call names and through the list to me. Too late I did not want to sit at that time. How can a major card room run 1 table that has a list that never moves?

Decide I will try again Sunday morning. Go down to the room at 9am and they have a list of interest of the 5/10 o8.
OK put my name in and there 6 people on the list. Go play holdem again.

11am they start a table but only 4 of the 8 people on the list show. They don't start the game till a 5th shows 20mins later. Play short with no action for an hour ( thought the game was going to break a couple of times ). When the table finally fills action livens up - foxwoods plays the 5/10 with a kill at 100.

Overall impressions - the game was better than I thought live. Table was very loose and passive ( 6-8 to the flops with 2 or 3 showing down ). Kill pots increased people to the flop which was nice. The game was not as slow as I thought it would be and I would play again live. Only complaint the showdowns took forever with allot of discussion on which hand was a winner ( spoiled by online I guess ). Also dealer made mistakes with conterfitted lows which lead to more fighting.

Overall made a couple hundred and had a good time. Will look for a live game again. Anyone know if AC or turning stone run more tables of o8?