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Is the 1% chance of this happening worth the value of the information you save by mucking? I would argue no, not in this game, because with five in a raised pot no one gives a damn what you're playing because they'll give action anyway. (Sounds like the Empress $5/10 hasn't changed a bit since I played there their first week last October.)

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No, it hasn't. 5-10 is decent stakes in most casinos, but at the Empress it's as fishy as a 1-2 or 2-4 game anywhere else. During the day, the retirees fill the tables, and they see flops with anything. I stopped by today for an hour over lunch and lost with sets twice to an old lady who called preflop with garbage and made straights both time. Nice enough woman. After demolishing my hard-earned set for a second time, she started telling me stories about her grandchildren, which fortunately defused my building urge to strangle her.