GBH poker limits??

Colin408

Just wondering what type of limits they play at the Great Blue Heron? I called twice but wasn't able to get a hold of the poker room..

Does anyone play there regularly? If so what are the wait times like? And what types of limits/games are being played?

RAM_Eh

5/10 is the lowest. I don't know the highest as I have not been in a while. Usually 25/50.

The biggest game there is the Omaha game.

GTA Poker

The Omaha is limit fwiw.

kk_rush

This is what was running one weekend when I was there a few months ago...

5-10
5-10 (full kill....the game I played in)
10-20 half kill
20-40 half kill
20-40 Omaha Hi half kill
20-40 Pineapple half kill (which was a 30-60 hold-em game before the table switched it).

As you can see, most of the tables have some sort of kill attached to them. These are all limit games.

They also run bad beat jackpots as well.

Popkorn

Seeing as I'm still considered a GBH reg, I'll chime in a bit.

5/10, 5/10 kill, and 10/20 half kill, are generally spread everyday. On the weekends (and some weekdays) there will usually be 1-2 20/40 games. Either Omaha or holdem. All their games are limit.

There hasn't been pineapple there in well over a year. Because regular pineapple is like the worst form of pineapple, they should've spread crazy pineapple to begin with.

Best bet is to just phone them and find out what games are running before you go.

BlondeFish

Spread Limit Poker is the closest thing to NLHE available at GBH, but it seems that as usual, I'm the lone poker weirdo :-[ and that game never runs. I dunno how to half-kill anything, much less full kill anybody. So after I play a tournament there this month, I'll have nothing to do except make the long drive back home...

unless I hire Popkorn as my crazy pineapple coach! :D

Colin408;366927 wroteJust wondering what type of limits they play at the Great Blue Heron?

kk_rush

I guess the kill games is their way to generate action as their hands are kinda tied due to the "charity casino" designation. People seem happy enough with it. If they want no-limit...they can go to Rama I guess.

Colin408

Is anyone heading to the GBH tonight or tmrrw? I might be interested in meeting up with someone.

Colin408

Or any game? If anyone is going through the Peterborough area I could chip gas+food.

Popkorn

I may be there tonight depending how I feel.

Colin408

If anyone is going through Peterborough to the GBH tonight, I'd be willing to give you 45 bucks to pick me up on the way.

Colin408

Heading there now, I'll be the kid wearing a green/black FCC Barcelona sweater and a Home Depot toque. Buying into 5/10 with 200 bucks.... Talk about being short stacked.. Stupid thing to do but oh well.

BlondeFish

Unless you're better at Limit than No Limit, why don't you save that $200 for 1/2 at Casino Niagara or Woodbine on your way to WPT Fallsview, or towards the $550 super satellite?

Colin408;367556 wroteBuying into 5/10 with 200 bucks....

Colin408

BlondeFish;367559 wroteUnless you're better at Limit than No Limit, why don't you save that $200 for 1/2 at Casino Niagara or Woodbine on your way to WPT Fallsview, or towards the $550 super satellite?

I have plenty put away for the trip,should be fine.

BlondeFish

Colin408;367560 wroteI have plenty put away for the trip,should be fine.

Good, are you gonna steak me for the $5K? ;)
See you on the "Forumers' Night at WPT Fallsview."

Colin408

Lmfao, such a bad decision! Never played limit ever before, so I had know clew about the blinds being half and how the betting worked. I'm 100% sure they thought I was a donk who has never played before because I had no clue that the blinds were half the limit and what the min/max bets were.

With all that being said I bought In for 160 and left with 210 for a donkey profit of 50.

Colin408

Edit: After looking further into the game, it's not that it doesn't take as much skill. It just doesn't have the same "fear factor" that NL does, it's a little more relaxed.

BlondeFish

Poker players usually don't follow my advice (thank goodness! >:D), but I'll give it to you since I'm backing you for WPT Fallsview: Rather than try to play a Limit cash game again, you would be better off playing the $220 GBH tourneys next month or at least read a Limit book first, such as by my favourite poker author Ed Miller. The strategies needed to win at Limit cash games are very different from both NLHE cash game & tournament.

Colin408;367592 wrote... I might go to the GBH again now that I know how limit works.

Colin408

Anyone there tonight??

Colin408

BlondeFish;367610 wrotePoker players usually don't follow my advice (thank goodness! >:D), but I'll give it to you since I'm backing you for WPT Fallsview: Rather than try to play a Limit cash game again, you would be better off playing the $220 GBH tourneys next month or at least read a Limit book first, such as by my favourite poker author Ed Miller. The strategies needed to win at Limit cash games are very different from both NLHE cash game & tournament.

Well I decided I Would go once more :p...I sat down with $160 and left with $230 for a profit of $70.

I won't be going back to the Heron until after WPT Fallsview, and I will begin studying the limit games as well. I am going to take the next 30 or so days leading up to WPT Fallsview off when it comes to playing poker. I will be spending the time studying and improving my MTT game.