My day at Bay101 (for the bay area hoes)

[baronzeus]

I walk into the casino today and look around for a bit. The information desk dude says "Poker?" I nod, and he points to my right. I walk over, look over the limits, and decide on 6/12 for my first day.

I have the dude take my name down on a fairly long (15 or so names before me) list and I sit down at a chair. The whole place looks pretty nice from what I can see and the food court area looked like it had decent food.

After about 15 minutes of waiting, I decided to cash in for some chips. At first I was going to buy in for 300, but settled for 150 because I didn't want to withdraw any money from the ATM. I asked for all $3 chips, thinking that the blind structure was $3/$6.

Finally, after the wait, my table was ready. I sat down, and posted from the CO almost immediately. The very first hand there was only 1 limper, me, and the 2 blinds.

This was NOT a trend that would continue. From then on, the game played like Party 0.5/1 only slightly worse preflop and slightly better postflop (VERY slightly better).

At least 3 people at the table were drunk, and one dude was playing super tight because his aces got cracked by some fish who called down with J5o.

Overall there were about 5-6 players per flop, with almost every pot being raised preflop. I didn't even get a hand worth raising preflop.

Overall, I made a killing. I flopped 2 pair on a small pot for my first big blind and some guy called me with pocket 8s the whole way, with 3 overs on the board. Some dude capped 2 streets with me when I flopped top 2 pair again, and when I capped the turn, he looked at me and said "two pair eh? I have to see it". There was one hand where I had AQs and had to chop my TP when the board boated on the river, which cost me about 8 BBs [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

the service was good overall and the dealers were great, save the last one who refused to pay attention to the game while baseball was on TV. The rake wasn't too bad, and the people were overall friendly and ridiculously fishy. I ended up about 20BBs in 1.5 hours, while playing only 7 or 8 hands the whole time.

Nobody at the table (except me) would fold for $6 on the flop. Almost nobody would fold on the turn. People limped in with hands like 34o on the CO in raised pots. This is NOT a joke. The overlay I had was huge, and there was MAYBE 1 decent player at the table.

Just out of curiosity for all you regulars out there, what limits do you find to be more profitable? I know I can easily beat that game for 3BB/100 +++ even with the rake and tip--it's literally worse than 0.5/1.0 at party.

Also, how are the tournaments? I'm considering playing in some of them but I'm not 21 and I have an ID but I'm not sure if it scans. I'm glad they didn't stop me today.

If you have any thoughts let me know.


EDIT: How are the NL games? More or less profitable?

[Analyst]

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I asked for all $3 chips, thinking that the blind structure was $3/$6.

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And found out that the game is played with green $2 chips.

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From then on, the game played like Party 0.5/1 only slightly worse preflop and slightly better postflop (VERY slightly better).

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Welcome to Bay101! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I'm not 21 and I have an ID but I'm not sure if it scans. I'm glad they didn't stop me today.

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Not a good idea to try and play. Wait until you're of age.

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EDIT: How are the NL games? More or less profitable?

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I'm surprised that you didn't notice that there are no NL games at Bay101. City regulations prohibit this.

[Boris]

haha! glad you had a good time and a profitable day. play here long enough and you will be guaranteed to take it in the ass from these players for several sessions in a row. If you want to play no limit head over to Hayward. cant remember the name of the card room over there.

[baronzeus]

Why should I wait until I'm of age? what is the worst that can happen? I only buy in for 12BBs and don't mind that.

What is a reasonable BB/hr for this place?

[wslee00]

ah - i miss bay101 - that 6/12 was such an action game

[Boris]

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Why should I wait until I'm of age?

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I never said anything about waiting until you were 21. I don't know why your asking me this question.

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What is a reasonable BB/hr for this place?

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I have no idea. I think a 12BB buy in is way too low. My lower bound on "commitment per session" is 2 racks.

[baronzeus]

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Why should I wait until I'm of age?

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I never said anything about waiting until you were 21. I don't know why your asking me this question.

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What is a reasonable BB/hr for this place?

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I have no idea. I think a 12BB buy in is way too low. My lower bound on "commitment per session" is 2 racks.

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Sorry, that first one wasn't directed at you.

Also, I'll probably buy in for 25BB for each session on normal days ($300) while I play 6/12. Should I consider moving up in limits?


EDIT: Just want to add something funny I heard. Most people call too much, but I heard some guy say this in a 15BB pot when he had the flush draw and a pair:

"Man, I really wanted that flush card, but is it worth $24 to see it? I just can't do it."

[Analyst]

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Why should I wait until I'm of age? what is the worst that can happen? I only buy in for 12BBs and don't mind that.

What is a reasonable BB/hr for this place?

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I don't think that you'll be hauled off to jail or anything like that, nor if they'd even bar you past your 21st birthday, probably not. Still, if you're close enough to pass for 21, why not wait and avoid the hassle?

You should buy in for more than 12BB. That said, 12BB is my usual buy-in, so take that advice for what it's worth . . .

The rule of thumb for winning players at a B&M is 1BB/hour. I would not be surprised at all if you could do better than that, given the skill (or lack of) at the 6/12 game. Expect a lot of variance, though, due to the texture of the game. Those nights when the villains don't miss will be pretty painful.

[baronzeus]

I'm not 21 for 1.5 years [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[haakee]

I guarantee you will get carded at least once within the your next 5 visits to Bay 101.