Best Poker City in US and why

Well this goes in hand with my posts questioning about what it's like to be a dealer. Basically i'm embracing my poker lifestyle and planning to relocate and presumably support myself initially through dealing but maybe i'll just stick to waiting tables:P Either way, I can go absolutely anywhere where should I go? I feel that the quality of the casinos and quality of the life in the area are of equal importance... southern california sounds great but i'm not so sure about the cost of living and quality of their B&M's. Otherwise AC is my current other choice i'm mostly leaning towards...

[AKQJ10]

Um.... Vegas? The quality of life is certainly better than AC, I would think. I might actually be attracted to AC but only if I wanted to stay on the East Coast. Aesthetically it's a nasty nasty place.

You're spot on about cost of living being a huge drawback to SoCal.

[Dominic]

it's either L.A. or Vegas. no other city should even be considered.

[PITTM]

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it's either L.A. or Vegas. no other city should even be considered.

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as intriguing as absolute blanket statements are, they make for horrid discussion, and therefore shouldnt be put on message boards.

rj

[Mason Hellmuth]

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[Dominic]

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it's either L.A. or Vegas. no other city should even be considered.

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as intriguing as absolute blanket statements are, they make for horrid discussion, and therefore shouldnt be put on message boards.

rj

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Hmmmm...you're possibly right....no, you're probably wrong....maybe you're right....

is that better?

Screw it - you're most definitely wrong.

How's that for a blanket statement?

Well that's great about LA or Vegas or nothing else but not helpful at all unless you can provide some reasons why you're so gung-ho about them... as a side note, I wasn't even aware there was a viable B&M community in Montana or Colorado so any other info on those would be great for me too

[sternroolz]

Los Angeles pays best for dealers....$30K up to about $60-70K range depending on casino. Dealers at Commerce seem to make the most in tips.

LA best in terms of game selection - 7 major card clubs including three of the largest in the world.

LA is expensive. You cannot find anything under $800 a month in any sort of a neighborhood you would want to live in. $800 will get you a very small studio in a trendy area that is still a little crime ridden such as Los Feliz or Hollywood. But those areas are not bad because there are usually hot chicks

Bottom line is Los Angeles has a huge edge in terms of number of games, types of games, and number of really bad players.

Las Vegas still has lots of games and a decent one bedroom apartment can still be had for $500-700. But you may have trouble making enough money to keep up.

Frankly, if in Los Angeles, you may want to consider this:

City of Los Angeles hires tons of people into it's clerk/typist classification. It does this every other year or so. You get full benefits including medical, 11 sick days a year, vacation gradually increasing to over 5 weeks a year, retirement, options of a 9/80 or 4/10 schedule, etc.
It starts at $26K a year, but you can promote to a position fairly easily that pays up to $50K. The $50K is reallistically attainable in 4 years. The job requires no experience. Oh yeah, once you pass probation, it takes an act of god to get fired.

If you have a 4 year degree, there is a position that starts
at $45K called management assistant. From that job, $72K is attainable in under 5 years. $85-105K is attainable in less than 8.

https://personline.lacity.org/job_list/index.cfm

I basically do nothing but work Mon-Thurs and play poker every Fri, Sat and some Sundays. I am well rested at 2am while the rest of the shlubs are sucking wind.

"City of Los Angeles hires tons of people into it's clerk/typist classification. It does this every other year or so. You get full benefits including medical, 11 sick days a year..."

Hmm.. so are you saying dealing isn't a very good choice probably?

[sternroolz]

In a big city, having a secure job paying $50K a year, plus benefits you have no chance of finding in private industry, is a huge plus. The fact that the hours of the job allow for lots of poker play in the poker capital of the world seems to fit into what you are looking for.

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Hmm.. so are you saying dealing isn't a very good choice probably?

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