Metropolis vs Aztar this weekend

[ibstudly1]

I live in nashville. My brother is coming in from New jersey. both are about the same distance from me. i like to play NL 300 max buyin. he like 2/4 limit. which is the best place to play? we will be there on sunday about 3 and looking to play about 10 hrs.

[Tom Bayes]

I live about 1 hour from Metropolis and a little over 2 from Casino Aztar Evansville.

The poker room at Harrah's Metropolis is only about a month old and has only 4 tables. I've played there 3 times. Each time they have spread $4/$8 limit holdem. My first two trips they had 3 tables of $4/$8 and one NL table ($2/$5 blinds, no max buy-in, most people bought in for several hundred). The last time they had no NL game, but a $5/$10 limit game instead. I've heard that they have also spread a $1/$2 baby NL game on some days. I have no idea what they will have this coming Sunday. I am almost positive there will be no game lower than $4/$8. Room opens at noon and the waits can be long and Harrah's provides nowhere to wait, just a pager so you can go waste money on craps or BJ or whatever.

I haven't been to Evansville in several months, so this info could be garbage. They have 9 tables. The last time I was there, they spread $5/$10 and $10/$20/$30 ($30 on river) limit holdem games and a $2/$5 NL game with $100 min/$300 max buy-in. Someone told me they've raised the max to $500. I've never seen a holdem game below $5/$10 offered in Evansville. They do usually have 1 or 2 tables of 1-5 stud if your brother wants to play with 85-year old women.

If someone who has been to Aztar Evansville has more recent info, hopefully they will post. I'd guess Aztar would be better for the size NL game you want and that your brother is SOL for a $2/$4 game. If the $2/$4 game is crucial, then you will probably have to go to Tunica (I think the Grand or Sams Town has it) or Casino Aztar Misery in Carutherville in the bootheel of Missouri, if you really want to go to a sad little redneck boat in a nothing-to-do place. They usually have a $2/$4 or $3/$6 game going. I actually went to Aztar Misery last weekend for my first time at $10/$20 (not very tough). No NL at Aztar Misery.

[steamboatin]

Ceasar's IN, spreads 3-6 and often has a 1-2 blinds NL $100 min, 300 max.

About 2 1/2 hours from Nashville M/L.

[d10]

I haven't played at Metropolis, but I go to Aztar about once or twice a month. They usually have 1 NL table there on the weekends. 5/10 blinds I think. For your friend, the lowest limit spread is 5/10, which I highly recommend unless he just doesn't have the bankroll for it. If he considers himself a winning player at any level he won't have a problem with Aztar 5/10. There's a range of players there, about 60% of them have no clue what they're doing and are there to gamble it up. Super loose/Super passive guys. They'll call you down with bottom pair or less and play practically anything PF. Another 20% are the tight/passive regular locals who go there just to socialize. They're probably the hardest to beat. The other 20% are the experts who like to talk about basic poker theory and then grossly misapply the concepts. Sometimes you'll get a table full of the tight players and you won't earn much, other times you'll get a table full of the gamblers and you'll get used to seeing 10 players to the flop. I live at Ft Campbell and I'll be going up at least one day this weekend, probably two. If you end up picking Aztar let me know, and I'll try to make it up on Sunday.