Glasgow Live Poker

[Santino67]

Hi everyone, hope you"re all doing well. Anyone got word of whats happening in Glasgow. Went to Mint a couple of Sundays ago only to be told it"s scrapped now.

[CrizzyConnor]

Sorry Grant, don"t really play live anymore. I play the odd night at a pub near where I stay with a few mates and the Merchant once in a blue moon but other than that I prefer to play online these days, live poker players in Glasgow tilt the feck out of me I plan to play all the APAT's in the UK if possible this season to get my live fix. You planning on playing any?

[Santino67]

Already missed the Welsh qualifiers but hope to catch some this year. Working 5 weekends from every 8 doesn"t help mate but see what I can manage as I"m gutted I missed them all last year.

Going to Alea Saturday afternoon 3pm kick-off as it"s been too long

[Saoirse]

Mint Casino - No Scheduled live poker.

Riverboat - has poker on most nights not sure of what games though to be honest as I don"t play it very cleeky.  Here there is plenty of cash games on as well.

Alea"s best games are Tuesday £50 Freeze, Friday £40 + 20 these games get most runners.  also very busy on a Saturday afternoon with a £20 turbo gets about 90 players.  Plenty of cash games on.

Merchant has a few tourneys on, I won"t be playing there again though after an incident in cash game a few weeks back, seems playing in teams is allowed in Gala Casinos.

Cincinnati - has two £10 deepstack games on Monday and a Wednesday great structure but only gets around 30 players suppose if u want a fun game with decent structure and not a lot of expense its ideal.

Wabash has a regular tourney each night, not sure what it is as the website is down the now.

[THEGUY84]

Mint Casino - No Scheduled live poker.

Riverboat - has poker on most nights not sure of what games though to be honest as I don"t play it very cleeky.  Here there is plenty of cash games on as well.

Alea"s best games are Tuesday £50 Freeze, Friday £40 + 20 these games get most runners.  also very busy on a Saturday afternoon with a £20 turbo gets about 90 players.  Plenty of cash games on.

Merchant has a few tourneys on, I won"t be playing there again though after an incident in cash game a few weeks back, seems playing in teams is allowed in Gala Casinos.

Cincinnati - has two £10 deepstack games on Monday and a Wednesday great structure but only gets around 30 players suppose if u want a fun game with decent structure and not a lot of expense its ideal.

Wabash has a regular tourney each night, not sure what it is as the website is down the now.

Playing in team? I was going to start playing cash there, what happened??

[CrizzyConnor]

Mint Casino - No Scheduled live poker.

Riverboat - has poker on most nights not sure of what games though to be honest as I don"t play it very cleeky.  Here there is plenty of cash games on as well.

Alea"s best games are Tuesday £50 Freeze, Friday £40 + 20 these games get most runners.  also very busy on a Saturday afternoon with a £20 turbo gets about 90 players.  Plenty of cash games on.

Merchant has a few tourneys on, I won"t be playing there again though after an incident in cash game a few weeks back, seems playing in teams is allowed in Gala Casinos.

Cincinnati - has two £10 deepstack games on Monday and a Wednesday great structure but only gets around 30 players suppose if u want a fun game with decent structure and not a lot of expense its ideal.

Wabash has a regular tourney each night, not sure what it is as the website is down the now.

Playing in team? I was going to start playing cash there, what happened??

Yeah more info please...

[Saoirse]

On a number of occasions I stuck in a late position raise only to see a group of friends occupying seats 2, 3 and 4 all shove in their stacks normally 2 at a time and then chop the pot without any community cards being deallt.

[THEGUY84]

What, that can"t be allowed!!!! At all!!

[Saoirse]

What, that can"t be allowed!!!! At all!!

It shouldn"t but as I never called they were allowed to do as they pleased according to the dealer and cardroom superviser.

As I said I won"t be back.

Also in the other games there are a group of 3/4 players who often chop every game 50/50 and will play very softly against each other including overshoving the nuts to get their pals out the way.  They mostly play at the riverboat and can occasionally be seen in alea on a Friday.  

[Santino67]

Cheers for the info, went to Alea for meal last night as no poker on bu might go for game on Wed night this week. Online league game tonight, c"mon Glasgow!

[Saoirse]

Cheers for the info, went to Alea for meal last night as no poker on bu might go for game on Wed night this week. Online league game tonight, c"mon Glasgow!

Monday and Tuesday are probably the best games bud.  Friday is a crapshoot but has a nice prizepool.

[Denham]

Mint Casino - No Scheduled live poker.

Riverboat - has poker on most nights not sure of what games though to be honest as I don"t play it very cleeky.  Here there is plenty of cash games on as well.

Alea"s best games are Tuesday £50 Freeze, Friday £40 + 20 these games get most runners.  also very busy on a Saturday afternoon with a £20 turbo gets about 90 players.  Plenty of cash games on.

Merchant has a few tourneys on, I won"t be playing there again though after an incident in cash game a few weeks back, seems playing in teams is allowed in Gala Casinos.

Cincinnati - has two £10 deepstack games on Monday and a Wednesday great structure but only gets around 30 players suppose if u want a fun game with decent structure and not a lot of expense its ideal.

Wabash has a regular tourney each night, not sure what it is as the website is down the now.

hiya

I was thinking about going to the Gala Casino on Glassford street soon for the beginner night they hold on a Wednesday for £10 + £1 reg fee.  In work the now so the office has blocked most poker sites so can"t get onto the gala website the now.

This wasn"t one of the nights where people were playing in teams was it?  I thought that looked best night for me to get some live experience behind me prior to my 1st live event coming up in May.

[dgc1989]

You don"t need to worry about the "Beginners Night" being ruined by "teamers" - they only tend to stick around the £1/£2 Cash Table.

Only thing that may ruin your "Beginners Night" experience is that you have the occasional player that is wanting out of the tournament to join there mates at the Cash Tables, and as such pushes with any two cards.  And therefore any form of Poker goes out the window and is just a push-fest.

The only other thing that is the downside to the Merchant City, is that it is not dealer run, and as such is self-deal and if it is your first trip into the world of "live" poker - then it could be a bit intimidating having to deal and make sure everyone"s chips/antes etc are all sorted, as well as trying to play your own game.  Personally I enjoy dealing and makes me take more note of players actions etc, but I am sure it must be hard for a newbie to do both things on there "live" debut.

But, standard is quite poor, until down to the final two tables.

But, don"t be put off by the term "Beginners Night" - it"s the same old faces that play the deep stack events, and are of a decent standard, so you just need to filter out the fish from the sharks - as there are some in there.

Certainly worth just a tenner, took it down on the one occasion I played the Wed night.  Just prefer playing Cash or deeper stacked events.

[Denham]

cheers for all that info dgc - much appreciated man.

"beginners night" and ye need tae shuffle cards yourself - i cannae shuffle worth a toss tho lol

i"d rather there was a dealer tbh on my 1st ever live game - been playing on-line for a gd 2 years now and wanna move onto a few live games locally.

any other nights in Glasgow that would best suit me m8?

Even one of the nights at the alea for a low buy-in. I prefer deepstack, freezout tourneys.  Been there once for drinks and a few games of rouellete, i think it was a Tuesday night last year and the poker tourney was already running and there was a dealer at each table , i so wanted to join in an play lol

[dgc1989]

Well Merchant don"t really do dealer-dealt tables.  So, if you fancy there (which may not be necessarily the best place to play - but is my personal preference) then you are gonna have to make-do with self deal.  Albeit, on the 4-8 tables that start, you do tend to get a volunteer from each to play dealer.  On the rare occasion, it is indeed "high carded" round the table, and if the "cruel hand of fate" picks you out - then tough luck, you are in the hotseat.  Although, they do stipulate that you only need to deal for one round of the table. So, in essence is a minimum of 9/10 hands before you can "pass the buck" to the next person for the next "high card".  But, if you are that against dealing and you are unfortunate enough to be "high carded" then you can kindly ask and plead your case that you can"t deal for ****.  And, again someone will then tend to volunteer, or at worst you prove how inept you are at dealing and then someone will jump in.  I mean no-one likes there game slowed down, and nothing worse than a ****e dealer.

At least when it comes to a final table, you will then have a dealer provided by the Casino (normally give him a tenner each if you are lucky enough to cash) for the final table, so everyone is able to concentrate on there own game.