well, I played some live poker on vacation...

SixFive

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about 20 miles north of Panama City at a dogtrack in Ebro, Florida.

They only have 1/2 tables for ring games plus 10 man tourneys. On some days they have 6 table tourneys.

I played an hour on a hold 'em table after I registered for a tourney, and I won 70 bucks. It was a no fold-em hold 'em type game. I just played quality hands, and won all of them that I played (go figure).

The tournament was for 10 people, and the blinds went up every 10 minutes, and you only started with 1000 chips. It was very similar to a speed tourney on PokerStars I thought. Way too fast. However, I won that too.

The bad thing about this place is although there were plenty of people throwing their money away, I'm sure if I played like that on a 1/2 table for long, I would be getting bad beats out the ass consistently since none of them were folding.

The tourney was a 40 dollar buy-in, and I won, but my prize was only 160 bucks. :cursin: If I figured right, I think the track's take on the tournaments is way too much!! :scared :scared That's just too much of a ripoff. The winnings for the top three were 160, 90, and 60. The 6 table tourney flyer I saw awarded only 7 places with the winner getting only $750 (45 dollar buy-in).

It looked like the rake on each holdem hand was 4 bucks on each hand that was bet every time through the river :scared :scared

I think there's a lot better bang for your buck online although I thoroughly enjoyed playing live. Opinions?
 

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Don't play poker in Florida, its an awful state to play poker in.

Take cruise ships out if you are in Florida and you need to play. Wait for international waters. They go out daily. Still sux, but that's just the way poker in florida is set up.

I don't care if you won 70 bucks, although I'm glad you did, a $4 rake on a 1/2 game makes the game 100% unbeatable long term.

glad you had fun and made some coin.
 

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BleedDodgerBlue said:
Don't play poker in Florida, its an awful state to play poker in.

Take cruise ships out if you are in Florida and you need to play. Wait for international waters. They go out daily. Still sux, but that's just the way poker in florida is set up.

I don't care if you won 70 bucks, although I'm glad you did, a $4 rake on a 1/2 game makes the game 100% unbeatable long term.

glad you had fun and made some coin.

yep, after I did some figuring, that's what I came up with too. One reason I didn't play but that one time!
 
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