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- From: erwin@bend.ucsd.edu (Sean Erwin)
- Newsgroups: rec.gambling
- Subject: Lo-roller trip report: Sycuan, San Diego, CA
- Date: 23 Nov 1992 03:16:18 GMT
- Organization: Linguistics Department, UCSD
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- Well, I played in a California card room for the first time yesterday, at
- Sycuan casino in El Cajon, California. I played 1-1-2-2 Texas Hold 'em at
- the 'beginners' table. Normal rules, but no check-raising, and if you bet
- or raised on the turn or river, you had to bet $2 (not $1).
-
- It was definitely a beginners' table. Dealers-in-training dealt, and there
- were a lot of flipped cards on the deal. Most of the people at the table
- tended to stay in too long, i.e. most bets were called all the way through.
- Winning money was simply a matter of waiting for decent cards, and folding
- your second-best hands early enough. I bought in for $40, and left with $62
- 2 1/2 hours later, which I guess is ok. The rake was nasty, as there were two
- blinds of $1 each, which both went to the house.
-
- Previously I have played at the 4Q and Cx2 and gotten chewed up by the sharks.
- The quality of play was a lot worse (but I am a little better than I was then,
- mostly due to the net.holdem tournament, I've learned a lot!)
-
- I went on a Sat. afternoon, and the place was pretty crowded. I'll probably
- be heading back soon.
-
- Other games there include 1-3 hi lo stud, and 3-6 and up reg stud, 3-6 and up
- texas holdem (incl. a hi-lo game or two) and something called 'kill' texas
- holdem (what is this?) No omaha, no lowball, but today (11/22) they supposedly
- opened a whole new cardroom so maybe they will have more games now.
-
- Of course, they got bingo and a bunch of asian games and ca. aces, but who
- cares, right?
-
- Anyway, if anyone comes to San Diego and wants to go, lemme know, I'll go wit
- ya.
-
- ---Sean
-
-