primm17
04-09-2006, 11:54 PM
Hey, just thought I'd start a topic so we might be able to compare some of the games from various locations.
Oklahoma has had legal poker for about 18 months now with several casinos offering poker rooms. Cherokee Casino (just on the outer edge of Tulsa) seems to be the best room in the state with 35 tables -- at some times with games on every one on the weekends. The common games they offer there vary from $4/8 limit to $2/5 NL to a very sleepy $1/5 stud game. The most common game at this time is the $1/2 NL (min $100, max $200 buy-in) which has virtually taken over the room.
From my somewhat limited experience in various poker rooms (besides Oklahoma: Tunica, Kansas City and Vegas), I think the play there is rather mixed. While there are some very solid and tough players, on the lower-limit games you'll find a majority of bad players. Surprisingly, sometimes the bigger $2/5 NL game ($200 min buy-in, no max) and the $5/10 NL game ($500 min buy-in, no max) offer good opportunities as well. A few of the regulars in those games will chase draws almost regardless of the price.
(Ex: During on $5/10 NL hand, the preflop raise from a solid player was to $60. Two callers. The flop was a J-5-6 rainbow. The pre-flop raiser opened for $50. The next player called. The last player raised to $150. The pre-flop raiser pushed all-in -- about $3k! While doing so, he flashed the JJ he held ... don't ask me why. The middle player folded ... and the last player called ... with 47o! The JJ held but only after sweating a bit.)
The up-and-coming game there is PL Omaha (high-only). Most of the time, they get a $1/2 PL game spread but, when it's busy (as it was during the Oklahoma State Poker Championships), they'll get a larger game. I watched a $10/25 PL game that week (from my best count, stacks were around $15-30k) and heard a $10/25/50 PL game went on for a while as well.
Personally, I stick to the $1/2 NL and $2/5 NL games as I'm not solid enough (yet) at PL Omaha to be a consistent winner. Anyone want to recommend any good literature on PL Omaha?
Overall, I find the play fairly loose and aggressive in the casinos in which I've played in Oklahoma. Anyone else played in the state yet?
Oklahoma has had legal poker for about 18 months now with several casinos offering poker rooms. Cherokee Casino (just on the outer edge of Tulsa) seems to be the best room in the state with 35 tables -- at some times with games on every one on the weekends. The common games they offer there vary from $4/8 limit to $2/5 NL to a very sleepy $1/5 stud game. The most common game at this time is the $1/2 NL (min $100, max $200 buy-in) which has virtually taken over the room.
From my somewhat limited experience in various poker rooms (besides Oklahoma: Tunica, Kansas City and Vegas), I think the play there is rather mixed. While there are some very solid and tough players, on the lower-limit games you'll find a majority of bad players. Surprisingly, sometimes the bigger $2/5 NL game ($200 min buy-in, no max) and the $5/10 NL game ($500 min buy-in, no max) offer good opportunities as well. A few of the regulars in those games will chase draws almost regardless of the price.
(Ex: During on $5/10 NL hand, the preflop raise from a solid player was to $60. Two callers. The flop was a J-5-6 rainbow. The pre-flop raiser opened for $50. The next player called. The last player raised to $150. The pre-flop raiser pushed all-in -- about $3k! While doing so, he flashed the JJ he held ... don't ask me why. The middle player folded ... and the last player called ... with 47o! The JJ held but only after sweating a bit.)
The up-and-coming game there is PL Omaha (high-only). Most of the time, they get a $1/2 PL game spread but, when it's busy (as it was during the Oklahoma State Poker Championships), they'll get a larger game. I watched a $10/25 PL game that week (from my best count, stacks were around $15-30k) and heard a $10/25/50 PL game went on for a while as well.
Personally, I stick to the $1/2 NL and $2/5 NL games as I'm not solid enough (yet) at PL Omaha to be a consistent winner. Anyone want to recommend any good literature on PL Omaha?
Overall, I find the play fairly loose and aggressive in the casinos in which I've played in Oklahoma. Anyone else played in the state yet?