So I'm playing 3/6 before the tourney (i'm like 4th or 5th alternate). Overall nothing to report. Came up ~$50 in the 45 minutes or so I played. Then the tourney comes.
I make a couple of nice hands, put a couple nice beats down (My all-in A2s beats all-in ATo and QTo when I flop a 2). I'm blinded away and WAY shortstacked at the 800/1600 blind level - 5 of us left - and go all-in on TT. Chip leader calls with Axo and spikes not 1, but TWO aces on the flop. Bubbled at 5th. Not terrible for the 1st Limelight tourney I've played.
My buddy took 4th for like $66.
After, we played live 3/6. Question for you. I'm in the 5 seat and there's a nice asian girl in the 3 seat. We're in a hand together, but she's busy talking to someone who's standing behing her and to the 2 seat who's out of the hand. River comes and she bets out, I raise, she looks back at the table, flips her cards up, and returns to talking.
I told the dealer the hand was dead. She clearly violated the posted rule of "no exposing cards", blah blah blah. I wasn't trying to be a dick, but I thought if she lost a pot because she was too busy hamming it up with the boys she might pay a little closer attention to the action.
Dealer calls the floor, ruled live hand, she calls and I angrily muck. I'm curious as to your guys' opinions on that one.
I was a little steamed to I took a smoke break then came back to win 3 pots in a row against her (!). She left after the last pot I took.
Honestly, I would say the dealers are friendly and all, but clearly the management is very, very loose about the standards the dealers should follow. On the other hand, I feel the dealers' pain because the players are so goofy. I'm sure trying to keep them in line just results in more abuse for the dealers. Tough situation.
We stayed until 1am, so we were about 4 hours of play total. I took a couple beats, took a couple pots, and made out ~$230 up for the night. My buddy broke even.
What do you guys think about the Slime? Should I try anywhere else? I can hold my own pretty decently at 3/6 and 4/8, and the last time I played 9/18 I got killed - mostly because of the "holy shit, a cap on the turn is $72!" factor. Interestingly, I'm a pretty decent NL player - that is, if the NL game at Cache Creek is any indication.
edit: forgot to mention: I hit my 2nd lifetime straight flush! The first was a royal at capitol (got a nice $400 bonus for that one)... I come back and post $4 after missing the blind and limp with 56d. Flop comes 5x78d. Bottopm pair, open-end straight flush draw. Turn no help, river 4d. Smallish pot, but a two-cards-play 8-high straight-flush made my night happier. Would have been high hand at Capitol, probably! What's wierd is maybe a half-hour before, the guy in the 7 seat also had a straight-flush. One card, but a SF nonetheless.
I make a couple of nice hands, put a couple nice beats down (My all-in A2s beats all-in ATo and QTo when I flop a 2). I'm blinded away and WAY shortstacked at the 800/1600 blind level - 5 of us left - and go all-in on TT. Chip leader calls with Axo and spikes not 1, but TWO aces on the flop. Bubbled at 5th. Not terrible for the 1st Limelight tourney I've played.
My buddy took 4th for like $66.
After, we played live 3/6. Question for you. I'm in the 5 seat and there's a nice asian girl in the 3 seat. We're in a hand together, but she's busy talking to someone who's standing behing her and to the 2 seat who's out of the hand. River comes and she bets out, I raise, she looks back at the table, flips her cards up, and returns to talking.
I told the dealer the hand was dead. She clearly violated the posted rule of "no exposing cards", blah blah blah. I wasn't trying to be a dick, but I thought if she lost a pot because she was too busy hamming it up with the boys she might pay a little closer attention to the action.
Dealer calls the floor, ruled live hand, she calls and I angrily muck. I'm curious as to your guys' opinions on that one.
I was a little steamed to I took a smoke break then came back to win 3 pots in a row against her (!). She left after the last pot I took.
Honestly, I would say the dealers are friendly and all, but clearly the management is very, very loose about the standards the dealers should follow. On the other hand, I feel the dealers' pain because the players are so goofy. I'm sure trying to keep them in line just results in more abuse for the dealers. Tough situation.
We stayed until 1am, so we were about 4 hours of play total. I took a couple beats, took a couple pots, and made out ~$230 up for the night. My buddy broke even.
What do you guys think about the Slime? Should I try anywhere else? I can hold my own pretty decently at 3/6 and 4/8, and the last time I played 9/18 I got killed - mostly because of the "holy shit, a cap on the turn is $72!" factor. Interestingly, I'm a pretty decent NL player - that is, if the NL game at Cache Creek is any indication.
edit: forgot to mention: I hit my 2nd lifetime straight flush! The first was a royal at capitol (got a nice $400 bonus for that one)... I come back and post $4 after missing the blind and limp with 56d. Flop comes 5x78d. Bottopm pair, open-end straight flush draw. Turn no help, river 4d. Smallish pot, but a two-cards-play 8-high straight-flush made my night happier. Would have been high hand at Capitol, probably! What's wierd is maybe a half-hour before, the guy in the 7 seat also had a straight-flush. One card, but a SF nonetheless.