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To: poker wiki <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: poker wiki wrote on the message board: > Games > Limit hold 'em: 3/6 with a full kill. 4/8 and 6/12 available on > weekday mornings. > > They may offer Omaha/8 as well on demand, but there seemed to be no > regular games or schedule. > > Rake: The rake on all games is $3 per hand + $1 jackpot. > > Blinds on 3/6 the blinds are 1/3. > > Posting: New players need not post. > > Shuffling: All tables are hand shuffled. > > Kill: Killer acts last on preflop betting round. > > Game Character: Fairly loose and passive; typical small town game. > > Wait Time: Often there is only one game going, so wait time can be > anywhere from 0 minutes to an hour. > Tournaments Edit > > Mon-Fri, 11:30am, NLHE $10+$2 > Mon 6pm NLHE: $20+$5 > Tue 6pm NLHE: $20+$5 > Wed 6pm NLHE: $20+$5, $20 rb > Thu 6pm NLHE: $20+$5 > Fri 6pm NLHE: $35+$5 > > Jackpots and Promotions Edit > > Bad Beat Jackpot: AAA88 beat = $1500 > High Hand: High hand of the day wins $100 > Hand Of The Day: $325 or $100 bonus if you show one of the two > "hands of the day". > > In Merced, an unusual jackpot tradition has started: both Merced > cardrooms pick one or two "oddball full houses" to be the hands of the > day each day, and if a player makes one of those full houses (using > both hole cards) they win a jackpot prize. This is specifically to > juice the action slightly in the game: when the hand of the day is > 22244, you will play 2-4 or pocket deuces, even for two or three bets > cold. > > Hands of the day are always weird full houses of high-and-low-cards, > e.g. 555KK or TTT33, because their point is to get you to play hands > you wouldn't normally play. > Atmosphere > Poker Flats is one of Merced's two small card rooms. Located on a > corner of Main St right downtown, it's a small cozy room with only > three tables. Everyone knows everyone and calls out each other's name > as they enter the room ("Norm!"). One player went to buy more chips at > the cage, and when the cashier wasn't visible, just entered the cage, > left a hundred on the coutner, and grabbed a rack of chips. He then > told the cashier when they came back from the bathroom what he'd done. > Clearly, this is a laid back establishment. > > There is a TV on the wall, and a few decorations around the place, but > basically it's a standard small town card room. > > Neighborhood: In the middle of downtown Merced, but Merced isn't that > big a city. Seems like an OK place; businesses all over. Probably some > city crime around, though, so be careful. > > Parking: Large city lot immediately behind the building. > > Tables and Chairs: Standard 9-player tables, with unfortunate > astro-turfy felt and old cracked vinyl padding on the armrails. > Roll-up wheeled drink/food tables. An assortment of different player > chairs; some are fancy office chairs with "Poker Flats" embroidered on > their backs; others are standard fixed-leg chairs. Some are adjustable > office chairs. > http://poker.wikia.com/wiki/Poker_Flats_Casino Code: Enter the following code: (required) Consider sharing your comments with the other readers of the message board. They may benefit from your insights If you decide not to send email, post a follow up instead, or return to the original message

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