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Contents 1 Ring games 1.1 Limit hold 'em 1.2 No-limit hold 'em 1.3 Pot-limit hold 'em 1.4 Limit Omaha high 1.5 Pot-limit Omaha high 1.6 Omaha hi-lo 1.7 Seven-card stud 1.8 7-stud hi-lo 1.9 Rake schedule 2 Sit-and-gos 2.1 Structure for flop games 2.2 Structure for stud games 3 Multi-table tournaments 3.1 WSOP, etc. 3.2 Blinds and antes 3.2.1 No-limit hold'em

[edit] Ring games

[edit] Limit hold 'em

Standard tables seat 9. All games offer also 6-max tables except as noted. All games through $5/10 stay pretty busy at peak times (North American evening).

• 2c/4c
• 10c/20c
• 25c/50c
• 50c/$1 - the 6-max tables are definitely much softer than the standard ones, especially if there's only one standard one going. 6-max might have 3-4 to most flops, whereas the full-size one might have 2-3 with blind steals 10% of the time.
• $1/2
• $2/4
• $3/6
• $5/10
• $10/20 (6-max is more active)
• $15/30
• $25/50 (6-max is more active)
• $50/100 (no 6-max tables)

[edit] No-limit hold 'em

All have full games up to $2-4 at peak times. All have full 6-max games up to $1-3 at peak times.

• 5c-10c blinds, $4 min buy-in, $20 max
• 10c-25c, $10 min, $50 max
• 25c-50c, $20 min, $100 max
• 50c-$1, $40 min, $200 max
• $1-$2, $80 min, $400 max
• $2-$4, $160 min, $800 max - shorthanded at peak times
• $5-$10, $400 min, $2000 max - shorthanded at peak times

[edit] Pot-limit hold 'em

Very sparse; apparently everyone would rather play NL. They used to only offer 5c-10c pot-limit, no no-limit, but since they've added that micro NL game it looks like the PL game has died.

• 5c-10c blinds, $4 min buy-in, $20 max
• 10c-25c, $10 min, $50 max
• 25c-50c, $20 min, $100 max

[edit] Limit Omaha high

Standard tables seat 9. All games offer also 6-max tables except as noted. 2c/4c appears to be the only limit occasionally going.

• 2c/4c - sporadic
• 10c/20c
• 25c/50c
• 50c/$1
• $1/2
• $2/4
• $3/6
• $5/10
• $10/20
• $15/30 (no 6-max tables)

[edit] Pot-limit Omaha high

Standard tables seat 9. All games offer also 6-max tables except as noted. 5c-10c 6-max appears to be the only game going at peak times.

• 5c-10c blinds, $4 min buy-in, $20 max. - 6-max looks fairly active, full table is dead
• 10c - 25c, $10 min, $50 max.
• 25c - 50c, $20 min, $100 max.
• 50c - $1, $40 min, $200 max.
• $1 - $2, $80 min, $400 max.

[edit] Omaha hi-lo

Standard tables seat 9. All games offer also 6-max tables except as noted. Games above $2/4 aren't very common.

• 2c/4c
• 10c/20c
• 25c/50c - somewhat regular - game can be pretty tight (3-4 to flop).
• 50c/$1 - uncommon
• $1/2 - pretty regular
• $2/4 - sporadic
• $3/6
• $5/10
• $10/20
• $15/30 (no 6-max tables)

[edit] Seven-card stud

All tables seat 7. Games above $2/4 aren't all that common, and microlimit games ($1/2 and lower) are sporadic even at semi-peak times (US holiday).

• 10c/25c
• 25c/50c
• 50c/$1
• $1/2
• $2/4 - pretty stable
• $3/6
• $5/10
• $10/20
• $15/30

[edit] 7-stud hi-lo

All tables seat 7. Games above $2/4 aren't all that common.

• 10c/25c - pretty stable
• 25c/50c - pretty stable
• 50c/$1
• $1/2
• $2/4 - sporadic
• $3/6
• $5/10
• $10/20
• $15/30

[edit] Rake schedule

See [1].

[edit] Sit-and-gos

Buy-in	Vigorish	Pctg	Games offered
$2	20c	10%	LHE, NLHE, LOH, LO8, PLOH, PLO8, 7SH, 7S8

[edit] Structure for flop games

(observed at a $6+$1 NLHE sit-and-go)

• T1500 starting stacks
• 10 hands per level

Level	Small	Big blind
1	T15	T30
2	T20	T40
3	T30	T60
4	T50	T75
5	T50	T100
6	T75	T150
7	T100	T200
8	T150	T300

[edit] Structure for stud games

• T1500 starting stacks
• 10 hands per level

Level	Ante	Bring-in	Small bet	Big bet
1	T2	T5	T15	T30
2	T5	T10	T25	T50
3	T10	T15	T50	T100
4	T10	T20	T75	T150
5	T15	T25	T100	T200

[edit] Multi-table tournaments

See also official schedule

[edit] WSOP, etc.

Here's a screen shot of observations on Friday, 2005-11-18, in the North American evening:

Observed just past midnight, Eastern Time, on Sunday morning 2005-11-20:

[edit] Blinds and antes

See also official listing

[edit] No-limit hold'em

• T1500 starting stacks
• 10 minutes per level

Level	Small	Big blind	Ante
1	T10	T20
2	T15	T30
3	T20	T40
4	T30	T60
5	T40	T80
6	T50	T100
break
7	T75	T150
8	T100	T200
9	T100	T200	T25
10	T150	T300	T25
10	T200	T400	T25
11	T200	T400	T50
12	T250	T500	T50
break
13	T300	T600	T50
14	T400	T800	T75
15	T500	T1000	T75
16	T600	T1200	T100
17	T800	T1600	T100
18	T1000	T2000	T150
break
19	T1200	T2400	T150
20	T1500	T3000	T200
21	T 2k	T 4k	T 200
22	T 2.5k	T 5k	T 250
23	T 3k	T 6k	T 300
24	T 4k	T 8k	T 400
break
25	T 5k	T 10k	T 500
27	T 8k	T 16k	T 800
28	T 10k	T 20k	T 1k
29	T 12k	T 24k	T 1k
30	T 15k	T 30k	T 1.5k
break (?)