is the cap on the 1/2 nl games in Foxwoods really $100?

[AKQJ10]

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You can buy in for $100, tip the dealer or post a blind then rebuy for $40 more (or $60 I forget exactly which one). So it is really $140 (or $160)
~Justin

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Nope, you're backwards. You have to buy in for $40, post a blind (I don't think they'll let you toke in this situation but you might get away with it), then rebuy for $100. You're not allowed to rebuy until you're at $39 or less.

[Durs522]

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You gotta remember, too..this is a game that collects $5 every half hour from the players instead of a rake...pretty much if you're playing tight, 10% of your starting stack is gone every hour...

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Some people find it advantageous to pay the $5 time charge out of pocket, that way your stack doesn't diminish if you're playing tight.

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You can buy in for $100, tip the dealer or post a blind then rebuy for $40 more (or $60 I forget exactly which one). So it is really $140 (or $160)
~Justin

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Nope, you're backwards. You have to buy in for $40, post a blind (I don't think they'll let you toke in this situation but you might get away with it), then rebuy for $100. You're not allowed to rebuy until you're at $39 or less.

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I've seen numerous occassions where players buy in for $40, tip the dealer a buck, and then put a $100 bill under their stack. Nobody has ever said a thing about this being a problem.

Durs

[AKQJ10]

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Some people find it advantageous to pay the $5 time charge out of pocket, that way your stack doesn't diminish if you're playing tight.

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They aren't really consistent about this, but I've been told that I'm not allowed to pay the $5 out of my stack. I thought that was ridiculous (obviously, at the time I wasn't playing short stacks) but that's what the floor said.

Of course inconsistencies at Foxwoods are nothing new. I'm not people have had success toking the dealer to get to $39, and I honestly don't remember if they ever said anything explicitly about it. I may have just imagined that.

But everyone pretty much now looks for the 40+100 trick, so it really confuses everyone when I buy in for $40 and then don't rebuy.

[SDA004]

just go down there and play it. it's very profitable no matter what the buy in cap is

[captswifty]

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I dont either this is the same at Turning Stone, you really can not play the game with this cap, You really cant out play some one.

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It's not all that bad, the casino closest to my house has a $100 max buy-in game with $2/$5 blinds. On the weekends they run a no limit game with $5/$10 blinds, the maximum buy-in is $200. I've tried to talk to management about changing this, but it hasn't worked, so I don't play in it. I'd be happy to play in a game with $1/$2 blinds with a $100 cap.

[zombies kill]

ive said it before and ill say it again.... if youre good enough you can make over $30/hr at the foxwoods 1/2. and thats after the time charge and tips. and yes, i mean long term. the incredibly unusual play of most of the people and the tiny initial stacks make for some interesting caveats, but figure them out and play with optimum strategy and the potential for $ skyrockets. if you make the proper adjustments, you can be confident youll be playing much differently and therefor better than every other person at the table.

and a hint...... the proper strategy for this game is about as far away from 2+2 as you can get. playing with a proper and studious mentality can actually result in a loss.

[Ghazban]

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...playing with a proper and studious mentality can actually result in a loss.

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No

[sirtimo]

notes from my last foxwoods trip-

Starting roll-$550
Time played- 29.5 hrs
Ending roll- $1685

net + $1135

Net is after estimated $80-$100 in tips and the whopping $295 in time charge

[tpir90036]

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Big Bet != Big Blind

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And what exactly is a big bet in a no-limit game? I have never heard people talk about NL stacks in anything other than multiples of the big blind. Yes, the BB != BB is confusing.... but whatever.

[TM1212]

In Nl stacks are evaluated in terms of Big Blinds! Simply because there is no big bet. 50 bb are plenty for a NL ring game. I believe the situation was confused by the first poster who said 25 bb.

Also paying 5 for a half hour is almost exactly the same as the 3 dollar rake at most other casinos. Its beatable, but not for 30 an hour, 15 to 20 maybe. Also, its not like any of you foxwoods player actually toke.