HORSE Event - Dealers

[3N1GM4]

DTD run dealer"s choice cash games which are far more varied than the variants within HORSE. I"m sure it won"t be a problem at all.

Fair enough, I must admit I"ve not dipped my toes into the mixed games at DTD, due to bankroll and also a belief (which is seems was ill-founded) that they mostly just play HE and 4, 5 or 6 card PLO...

Anyone have a good idea of the games that are spread in the DC games at DTD? I"ve been gagging for a live Baduci game since I was last in Vegas.

if you fancy badugi and you live near norwich, the dc is usually 80% badugi and 20% omaha, awful quality of players so can be worth the trip

I don"t live close, but might think about, although I wasn"t talking about badugi, I was referring to the far superior (IMO) game of baduci, which is 2-7 triple draw where the best qualifying badugi wins half the pot, so you can never actually have the stone cold nuts for both pots, which makes it interesting.

[evilpie]

DTD run dealer"s choice cash games which are far more varied than the variants within HORSE. I"m sure it won"t be a problem at all.

Fair enough, I must admit I"ve not dipped my toes into the mixed games at DTD, due to bankroll and also a belief (which is seems was ill-founded) that they mostly just play HE and 4, 5 or 6 card PLO...

Anyone have a good idea of the games that are spread in the DC games at DTD? I"ve been gagging for a live Baduci game since I was last in Vegas.

Games played are:

PLO 4/5/6 card - Occasional
PLO8 4/5/6 card - Popular
Irish 3/4/5 card - Rarely picked
Stud - Nobody ever picks stud
Stud8 - Nobody picks this either
Superstud - Quite popular
Padooki - Fairly popular
HE isn"t an option so your belief is definitely out with that one  

Obviously it depends on who"s there but you get some night"s where 4 of the 8 players pick padooki. Other nights it"s mostly PLO8. Generally speaking it"s usually it"s a mix of PLO8, superstud and padooki.

It"s a very fun game. Plenty of 1k+ pots and usually a lot of cash on the table. Plenty of gamblers there too so can be lots of value if a bit swingy at times.

GL

[antthecat]

DTD run dealer"s choice cash games which are far more varied than the variants within HORSE. I"m sure it won"t be a problem at all.

Fair enough, I must admit I"ve not dipped my toes into the mixed games at DTD, due to bankroll and also a belief (which is seems was ill-founded) that they mostly just play HE and 4, 5 or 6 card PLO...

Anyone have a good idea of the games that are spread in the DC games at DTD? I"ve been gagging for a live Baduci game since I was last in Vegas.

if you fancy badugi and you live near norwich, the dc is usually 80% badugi and 20% omaha, awful quality of players so can be worth the trip

I don"t live close, but might think about, although I wasn"t talking about badugi, I was referring to the far superior (IMO) game of baduci, which is 2-7 triple draw where the best qualifying badugi wins half the pot, so you can never actually have the stone cold nuts for both pots, which makes it interesting.

sorry, my misread, they do occassionaly play triple draw 2-7

[3N1GM4]

DTD run dealer"s choice cash games which are far more varied than the variants within HORSE. I"m sure it won"t be a problem at all.

Fair enough, I must admit I"ve not dipped my toes into the mixed games at DTD, due to bankroll and also a belief (which is seems was ill-founded) that they mostly just play HE and 4, 5 or 6 card PLO...

Anyone have a good idea of the games that are spread in the DC games at DTD? I"ve been gagging for a live Baduci game since I was last in Vegas.

if you fancy badugi and you live near norwich, the dc is usually 80% badugi and 20% omaha, awful quality of players so can be worth the trip

I don"t live close, but might think about, although I wasn"t talking about badugi, I was referring to the far superior (IMO) game of baduci, which is 2-7 triple draw where the best qualifying badugi wins half the pot, so you can never actually have the stone cold nuts for both pots, which makes it interesting.

sorry, my misread, they do occassionaly play triple draw 2-7

No worries, everyone usually makes that mistake as no-one knows what baduci is, but it"s such an awesome game, I wish there was somewhere I could play it!

[kinboshi]

There will be .50/1 cash games during the APAT weekend.  During the £300 weekend they don"t have them on the Saturday night (although if there is enough demand and the space later on they have been known to have a few tables running).

Other than the .50/1 game, there are HE tables at 1/2, 2/5, and 5/10 if the demand is there.  PLO is run at 2/2 and 5/5 I believe, and then there"s the DC game at 5/5. This is usually running most nights.  I have seen 6-max tables at DTD, but only at the higher stakes, never at the lower limits.

At DTD the .50/1 game has a max buy-in of £100, and a minimum of £40.  The 1/2 game has no maximum, and a minimum of £50.  Also, a live straddle is not allowed in the .50/1 game, but is in the 1/2 and above.

As for poor dealers, they tend to have a few when they are close to capacity as they have to bring in dealers from elsewhere.  For the HORSE event, i"d imagine that the more experienced dealers will be used, or maybe ones who express an interest in learning new games.  They"ll get the appropriate training and I"m sure will be more qualified than the bunch of amateurs they"l be dealing to .

[Barnfather]

I have played at DTD a number of times. Dealer-wise it is mostly fine, although I have had a couple of occasions where I have had a problem with them - but it is usually lack of concentration rather than anything else. I played when the recent Amir Khan boxing match was playing on the LCDs, and the game on my table became chaotic when the dealer kept watching the TV, forgetting where the dealer button should be, forgetting to collect antes, allowing actions out of turn etc...

Its actually amazing how quickly the games turn to crap when the dealers mind is elsewhere. From a players perspective, it is tough too as you need focus. Actually, my biggest complaint with DTD is that they shouldn"t have big sporting events on the tournament-area LCDs - especially ones which sit right next to the gaming tables. If people want to watch TV they should go in the lounge area IMO

Obv I haven"t seen them deal a non HE event, so seeing how they cope with HORSE should be fun. I am sure they will be well trained, and I suspect they will need to be given the lack of live stud/razz/Omaha hi-lo experience I guess most of the field will have.

[MintTrav]

I am sure they will be well trained, and I suspect they will need to be given the lack of live stud/razz/Omaha hi-lo experience I guess most of the field will have.

The point about live experience is well-made. I played a HORSE event at The International a while ago, where most of the players, like me, had only played HORSE online. The biggest issue that kept coming up was how much you were allowed to bet on the various streets, particularly in the stud games, which you don"t have to think about on-line, as the limits are defined for you. The whole thing was great fun though, especially the bit at the end of each hand where we all tried to figure out who had won.

[kinboshi]

Actually, my biggest complaint with DTD is that they shouldn"t have big sporting events on the tournament-area LCDs - especially ones which sit right next to the gaming tables. If people want to watch TV they should go in the lounge area IMO

...and when the big sporting events are on, the tables clear?  

[WYoung83]

i was there last year when FA cup final was on....tables didnt clear. then again it was only Portsmouth and ?cant evan remember.

[Jon MW]

... The biggest issue that kept coming up was how much you were allowed to bet on the various streets, particularly in the stud games, which you don"t have to think about on-line, as the limits are defined for you. ...

Only took me about 10 hours to get the hang of that when I played my first live razz game  

[duke3016]

... The biggest issue that kept coming up was how much you were allowed to bet on the various streets, particularly in the stud games, which you don"t have to think about on-line, as the limits are defined for you. ...

Only took me about 10 hours to get the hang of that when I played my first live razz game  

sigh - don"t rise to the bait guys

[Bainn]

I have the impression Jon is desperately wanting to bore us with something....

[MintTrav]

i was there last year when FA cup final was on....tables didnt clear. then again it was only Portsmouth and ?cant evan remember.

Only Portsmouth!!!!!!!!!!!  Only Portsmouth?!?!?!?!?!?  FFS. A cut above Birmingham or WBA or Wolves or whichever of the other dead-end lower-Division Black Country teams you support.

Maybe this will refresh your memory...........

[MintTrav]

If you don"t show some more respect we"ll send some of our sophisticated supporters around to have tea with you:

[AMRN]

If you don"t show some more respect we"ll send some of our sophisticated supporters around to have tea with you:

John, I see you shaved your beard off for that pic.