What limit at Mirage?

[Odder]

I played at the Excalibur poker room when I was in Vegas last week and took down 400 bucks in one night at the 2/6 table. It is very juicy. They even have a 4/8 game with a half kill and a $100 NL game. Your wife will be happy there and you can easily make a killing at the tables. Plus, Excalibur gives a spin on the wheel ($20-300 range) if pockets Aces are cracked or if you have a 4 of a kind or better.

[realbad101]

So it looks like everyone is in total agreement [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Appreciate all of the advice. I guess the only real way to go is to give it a try. I'll put some time in at 3/6 and 6/12 and see how it goes. If I build up some dough and am doing ok, maybe I'll give the 10/20 a try.

Can't wait, 1st trip to Vegas, hope to see some 2+2'ers!

[asdtexas]

I am convinced that 3-6 and similar games may be unbeatable. The more I read and study, the more I lose in these games (albeit marginal lifetime, it still rubs me wrong) Being run down with 95o is the norm. I am wondering if moving up makes any sense; however, I have not b/c I want to beat the small games first.

I can already here it: "You should love these games" No, the Horse Race concept is correct. The fish school together and decent hands don't hold up and the rake is prohibitive.

[TimTimSalabim]

The 6-12 is usually a happy medium between the 3-6 "lottery" and the higher limits, where you risk running into some tough players if you play at the wrong time.

[GuyOnTilt]

I am convinced that 3-6 and similar games may be unbeatable. The more I read and study, the more I lose in these games (albeit marginal lifetime, it still rubs me wrong) Being run down with 95o is the norm. I am wondering if moving up makes any sense; however, I have not b/c I want to beat the small games first. I can already here it: "You should love these games" No, the Horse Race concept is correct. The fish school together and decent hands don't hold up and the rake is prohibitive.

No comment.

GoT

[sucka]

BTW, to the original poster, the 6-12 is the worst game in the room.

Wow - that game was good when I was there last. Guess I just got a good table (for 7 hours)

Although, I appreciate the heads up.

[JDErickson]

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For instance... you limp for the $2, then someone raises to $8 behind you

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Boy the limp masters hate that move. But its funny to see the look on their faces when they limp and you raise to 8 right to the left of them. The funny thing is most of them will call anyway [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[EWillers]

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I'm at the Mirage every night and the 10-20 is a joke right now. It's not at all like the rocky 10-20 of yore. It's the new and improved uber fishy 10-20.

BTW, to the original poster, the 6-12 is the worst game in the room.



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I spent about 20 hours a week or so at the Mirage playing the 6/12 almost exclusively from February to May. Most nights the games were really good. Some nights the games were great. Some nights the games were not good.

Funny thing, when bad players happened to populate the table, the game was good. When good players happened to populate the table, the game was bad.

I spose what I deduce from these facts is that games are what they are. As far as B&M analysis of which games are typically "good" or "bad" (and this is a no brainer with on-line games--due to the easy availability of stats) there really isn't any secret. The invisible hand will do its job of making sure that over time, all the games will be about the same at any given time (if it doesn't then the skilled players aern't doing their job).

If you find yourself in a bad game (or what you feel is a less than optimal game) take a walk. Find the better game at that given point in time at that particular place in the universe. Don't worry so much about which casino has the "softest" games and do worry so much about how strongly the 9 other fellas at the table play.

[3rdCheckRaise]

About a 1.5 years ago on my first trip to Vegas i took the worst beating of my life in Mirage 10-20 playing there 6 nights in the row. Do not know if i sucked that bad back then or the game was that tough. On my last two trips ( a month ago and 3 month ago)i've sit down at 10-20 in Mirage while waiting for 20 or 40 game and on couple of nights never made it to 20 game, the game was just that good...Vegas games are supposed to be tougher then AC but 10-20 and 20-40 Mirage are a lot softer then same games in Taj...any idea why ?

[NoRiverRats]

Thanks for the intel Clarkmeister - glad to know the 10-20 is softer. To what do you attribute the change in the game and when did it change? The last time I was there was in Feb. but I didn't play 10-20 at the Mirage, played some 6-12 and mostly 8-16 at Bellagio. Will have to email you before I take of for my next trip in Sept/Oct.

NRR