wendover, nv

[oddjob]

any info on the poker rooms there? standard info:

size, limits, poker room rates, comps, etc.

thanks in advance

[Mano]

I live in Salt Lake City, and play in Wendover once or twice a month. If you go to Wendover, you will probably want to play at the Rainbow Casino. I believe Montego Bay and the Stateline Nugget also have poker, but only a few tables each.

The Rainbow has a dozen or so tbles going. They 2-5 spread limit HE with a full kill (goes to 5/10 structured if pot is over $30 I believe). They usually also have 1-5 stud going. There is usually also a bigger game going, sometimes 10/20 and sometimes 15/30. Occasionally they run a 5/10 full kill game as well. They usually also have a 4/8 Omaha 8 game going. They have a Friday night limit tourney ($25 buyin with $20 rebuys during first hour), a Sunday afternoon NL tourney, and a Monday night NL tourney. I haven't had any problems with dealers or floor. Poker room is non-smoking. They have bad beat jackpots for Holdem, stud and Omaha. Nice room, and pretty soft games. Hope this helps.

[Fishwhenican]

I second all of Mano's statements.
I get to SLC once a year for a conference and usually find time to get over to Wendover at least once and twice if I can spare the time during the week. I played at the Rainbow in March and it was exactly as described. I played the 2-5 full kill and made out like a bandit both days I was there and I'm not that good! [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
Made enough to buy a nice new bow and a .22 for my kid! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
I hated to leave but I had taken the bus from SLC and had to catch it to get back.

[JDErickson]

One thing to note about Rainbow is the room is very crowded with tables. Not good if you are easily distracted. Other than that all info above is good.

[Mano]

There is usually also a bigger game going, sometimes 10/20 and sometimes 15/30.

Just re-read the post and wanted to clarify - the 10/20 and 15/30 games are limit Holdem, not stud. I usually go on the weekends, and at least one of these games has always been going.

[oddjob]

what about low limit structure games? 3/6 or a 4/8? we have a 2-5 spread in colorado. and although i love it, i like to mix it when i'm elsewhere.

thanks for the info all you guys posted

[Mano]

The only low limit Holdem structure game I have seen there is an occasional 5/10 (usually with the kill). When there are a few live ones in the game, the 2/5 is essentially a 5/10 structured game, as most pots are killed. The Omaha 8 game is 4/8 structured.

[HDPM]

The wendover 2-5 kill game is different from the colorado 2-5 games IME. It is soft, but different. As mano said, many times you are playing 5-10 with 1-2 blinds when the game is good because it is killed all the time. Some of your colo experience will help tho on general 2-5 stuff.

No 3-6 or 4-8 structure there as mano said. They usually do not get a 5-1- with a kill going. More often the 2-5 plays like 5-10 and they skip 5-10 and spread a 10-20 in addition to the main 15-30 or 10-20 w/ 1/2 kill game IME. I have not been there in a few months tho

[Abagadro]

Wow. Didn't know there were so many Rainbow denizens here. Well, 4 anyways. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

If you need to smoke, the Montego Bay and Golden Nugget State Line are smoking rooms. The Montego Bay is only a 4 table room and I think the State Line is 5 and both spread 1-4. But I've never played at either one in a ring game as I don't like smoke. The MB has a decent little $20 NL 2-rebuy max tourney on Thursdays and another tourney on saturdays that I've never played. The MB also has an "aces cracked" wheel a la Excaliber.

The Clarification: The kill on the 2-5 game is actually on $50 pots (including rake & BB jackpot drop) rather than 30. You will get long runs of it being 5/10 with the extra kill blind in there if the game is rocking. The games are wildly inconsistent and depend on the TOM/baseball cap/fish ratio which can be all over the place. Sometimes it is a loose passive love fest and other times it is a LAG knock down drag out. They just got one auto-shuffler on a 2-5 table so that is nice if you want to play more hands. I've played in the 10/20 game a few times and it is pretty decent with a fair amount of chasing and not much fancy play. Variance is high though, especially with the 1/2 kill they play there as you are putting in almost a BB every time you win and you switch to a 15/30 which can be tough on the bankroll if you are just squeaking into the 10/20.

Comps are few and far between. If you are there real late (or on a slow night like a weeknight) and have played a while, you can usually score a 5$ meal ticket. For rooms you basically need to be a regular and be familiar to the room manager.

I think it is a pretty well run room.

[Soya]

It's a relief to hear that there is a decent poker room in Wendover as I'm about to move to SLC. How far a drive is it? I've also heard about a shuttle-- does anyone know how that works?