Bay Area NL questions

[Dr_Freeze]

Hi all,

I'm going to be in the Bay Area on the 21st and 22nd, and I want to play some NL while I'm there. It seems like Lucky Chances is the only place in that area that offers capped buy-in NL regularly.

Three questions:
1. Are there other cardrooms that I should consider?

2. What is the max buy-in for the 1/1/2 game at Lucky Chances?

3. Should I try a higher level NL game there, given that I am doing quite well 3 tabling the Ultimate Bet and Party .50/1 NL (~10 pokertracker BB/100 hands) and am a winning player at the 1/2 NL as well? What are the buy-ins for the higher NL games? Bankroll is not a problem.

Thanks,
-Freeze

[haakee]

1. The Palace in Hayward, and California Grand in Concord(?) both have small to mediumish no limit games. However, unless you're going to be very close to one of those two I would recommend Lucky Chances.

2. $40 min $100 max

3. You might do well in the 2/3 blinds game at Lucky Chances. $200min/$500max buyin.

[SossMan]

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1. The Palace in Hayward, and California Grand in Concord(?) both have small to mediumish no limit games. However, unless you're going to be very close to one of those two I would recommend Lucky Chances.

2. $40 min $100 max

3. You might do well in the 2/3 blinds game at Lucky Chances. $200min/$500max buyin.

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how is that 2/3 game at LCs?

[haakee]

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how is that 2/3 game at LCs?

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I haven't played it. But it looked good the last time I was there.

[FlyingFetus]

I think it is a great game for making a profit. I like to buy in at around 200 to 300 and just hang out waiting for premium hands, you would think if you don't play too many hands people might respect your bets too much, that is the case with some of the better players but there is still plenty of random gamblers there to give you a run for it. I would say your average table of 2/3 is 3 good players who have deep stacks, 3 ok players who fluctuate based upon cards and a mixture of the two groups and a revolving door of people who are just there to throw a little money around for the remaining seats. As long as you know how to fold, and when to pick your moments to make a move, you will do just fine there while making a decent profit. You just need to be a little more careful on the days that the 10-10-20 game is not running, because you get players from that game who have no higher NL game to play, so they play the 2/3 and clean up fairly well.

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1. The Palace in Hayward, and California Grand in Concord(?) both have small to mediumish no limit games. However, unless you're going to be very close to one of those two I would recommend Lucky Chances.

2. $40 min $100 max

3. You might do well in the 2/3 blinds game at Lucky Chances. $200min/$500max buyin.

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how is that 2/3 game at LCs?

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[pilamsolo]

I played the 2/3 for the first time on Saturday and was a little dissapointed. There were about 6 solid players in the game and I ended up waiting for almost 2 hours to get in. Once I got in there was really only one fish, and when he left the action went with him. Part of the problem was that they only had one game going and wouldn't open another, and with only 1 or 2 seats really rotating players a lot of people waiting gave up and played the $100 NL instead. I was a little surprised, since everybody I had talked to said it was a pretty wild game. A couple of the players also play the 10-10-20, so maybe the game's a lot better when the big game is going. I'll try it again, but so far I think the Palace game is better.

-Solo

[Dr_Freeze]

Thanks for all the responses... I think I will play the 2/3 at LCs. Hopefully the "big game" will be going.

-Freeze

[okayplayer]

The Big game (not to be confused with the Big Game where Cal stomps on Stanfurd [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] ) is Friday nights

[LLWesMan]

Theres also NL at Casino San Pablo, where I will be playing tonight.