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Texas is a breading ground for shady home games. I have been fortunate enough to find a couple of good ones, but the faces never change.
I was wondering if anyone has any experience with places like this.
www.alamocardhouse.net
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Im just going to come right out and say it; thats fucking brilliant.
Coats $6/hr plus $10 to get in the door.Quote:
Originally Posted by sonatine
If you play for five hours, costs you $8 per hour.
25 hands, should get 30 but it's fucking Texas if you ever been there you know what I mean.
Average rake might be $3.5 in regular $5 per hand casino.
Seems pretty close to fair to me.
Plus no tipping probably makes it a pretty good deal.
Although what's the math on getting stabbed?
The math is actually a bit rougher than I thought... if youre going to pay a dealer to be there for 8 hours, off the books basically, you really need to come through with $160-200 a shift which is 50-60% of what an 8 hour shift takes down in time charges.
Subtract $50-100 a night for refreshments and you need 3 tables at nearly full ring for all 8 hours to earn like $300-$350 profit... 5 tables to earn that much and pay someone to be a security presence...
Thats a tricky grind honestly.
Edit: ohhhh right, the $10 door charge. That definitely helps bump up profit a good $100 per table.
Fuck this is really interesting.
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Originally Posted by abrown83Coats $6/hr plus $10 to get in the door.Quote:
Originally Posted by sonatine
If you play for five hours, costs you $8 per hour.
25 hands, should get 30 but it's fucking Texas if you ever been there you know what I mean.
Average rake might be $3.5 in regular $5 per hand casino.
Seems pretty close to fair to me.
Plus no tipping probably makes it a pretty good deal.
Although what's the math on getting stabbed?
You and I think alike. The math works out ok, and its not in a "bad" part of town, but it could become a breeding ground for parking lot rollings.
http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/W...369748821.html
Played here several time. Rumored owner is Brandon Stevens (He finished 10th in the one drop a few years back).
I was offered the general manager job a few years back (this place has operated in the open for several years). I pretty much was inquiring just to figure out the ins and outs of how they were getting away with it.
looks pretty good
it's texas you're allowed to carry a gun right?
"received numerous complaints from citizens and business owners"
kiss of death.
pussies
Let me guess, you'd buy him a beer? lololQuote:
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You and I think alike. The math works out ok, and its not in a "bad" part of town, but it could become a breeding ground for parking lot rollings.
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Originally Posted by Starbucks Spunk BucketLet me guess, you'd buy him a beer? lololQuote:
Originally Posted by The_Lurker
Bad read, I would suck HIS dick (no homo)
Astonishingly low rake. I'd be worried about scam dealers. (grab two red chips and spit out five whites etc.)
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- no alcohol
- being told when to leave
- tipping not allowed so no honest good dealer would ever work there
- pace of play would suck because the dealer gets paid the same whether he spits out 3 hands or 30 hands an hour.
Fish won't leave their regular illegal cash game with a fast dealer that allows them to drink and doesn't tell them when to leave. Winning players won't leave their regular illegal cash game because pace of play will be atrocious and no one with real money to burn is going to show up. The one and only thing it has going for it is that rake is way lower than any good house game I've ever been to. I'm sure that will get a few short sighted nits in the door... once.
The people that come to this thing will be the same fuckers that humped freerolls in 2004 and total noobs. I'd rather shoot dice against Ashy Larry with Suge Knight there as the pit boss than show up to that glorified freeroll.
Reading you guys comments now. You really all must have lost your minds all at once. Do you really think there are fish in San Antonio just dying to play cards that haven't been invited to real games? Let's say there are one or two left. They will be swooped up within the first week of this shit show. I'd really like to crawl around the mind of someone that thinks this is a good idea... I doubt I'd bump into much.
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Hey guys, the semi homeless unemployable loner wants to crawl around our minds.
Takers?
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All the comments have been about the rake math, and potential parking lot rollings. Your pissing all over this with so much venom leaves me a little puzzled.
My advice to you is, quit being a cunt, and shove a rag up your twat. The PMS will subside.
When you guys read Sonatine's horrendous posts in this thread do you naturally dub in the heavy breathing? It makes it so much better.
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Originally Posted by Brittney Griner's Clit
All the comments have been about the rake math, and potential parking lot rollings. Your pissing all over this with so much venom leaves me a little puzzled.
My advice to you is, quit being a cunt, and shove a rag up your twat. The PMS will subside.
I gave you nothing but truth here buddy. Unemployable losers that can run up 10 stacks in a week or two whenever necessary would probably have a finger closer to the pulse of this thread than cubicle zombies. Maybe listen to me.
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I gave you nothing but truth here buddy. Unemployable losers that can run up 10 stacks in a week or two whenever necessary would probably have a finger closer to the pulse of this thread than cubicle zombies. Maybe listen to me.
As someone who started playing poker before the boom, I understand that no poker room today will give you the "warm fuzzy" feeling you used to get when you would walk into the room, size up the table, and KNOW you were going to walk out with more $100 bills than you came in with.
Also, it has been long established that poker is faggot, and that the current state of poker is really faggot.
All these things have nothing to do with this thread.
Why you so mad Bro?
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Originally Posted by The_LurkerQuote:
Originally Posted by Brittney Griner's Clit
As someone who started playing poker before the boom, I understand that no poker room today will give you the "warm fuzzy" feeling you used to get when you would walk into the room, size up the table, and KNOW you were going to walk out with more $100 bills than you came in with.
Also, it has been long established that poker is faggot, and that the current state of poker is really faggot.
All these things have nothing to do with this thread.
Why you so mad Bro?
The current state of poker is certainly not faggot if you know where to look and know who to shmooze to get invited. If you like to play like a nit and not straddle and enjoy berating fish you will never get invited to any good game. (unless you really really suck) If you want a poker league and you play poker for social reasons I really can't comprehend that. The game stopped being fun for me years ago. I play for money.
As I read the comments I notice I'm the only telling you exactly what you will experience when you walk in that door on April 1st. Even worse by May 1st all the agents will poach the new fish that somehow hadnt found a game. It seems like I'm the only one talking about things to do with this thread. Sonatine is so fat that he thought your OP was asking if this would be a good business model. I didn't see you tell him to stay on topic.
#GoBackToLurking
Real talk if I just moved to San Antonio I'd show up to that poker league on it's first week with backstory of prosperity and show a high propensity for the gambooool. Put a super slick reverse bumhunt on all the representatives of the good San Antonio games to get the invites. Of course this poker social club might be an even bigger fail than I'm picturing and they might not even bother with it.
There is a large percentage of fish that will never play in a private game (for anything more than a hundo).
Almost all the private games I have played in where the play is for greater than a couple hundred bucks are not good games.
Give me the rural card room with 6 or 7 loose passive farmers any day of the week.
I know I'm beating a dead horse and none of you ingrates are listening to me but...
The_Lurker, when you go to this thing check out how incredibly bad the dealing is specifically. I really can't understand how any dealer that has ever been tipped would ever set foot in there. Please return after April 1st and be honest with me when everything I tell you comes true about this sure fire shitshow. The ambition (stupidity) of this club owner thinking any poker dealer would ever do this is truly mystifying. It almost has to all be an April Fool's prank.
Step in to Alamo Card House! Your poker dealer is licensed by Chuck E. Cheese but HEY! At least you can't drink! Don't worry about staying out too late either. We will make sure you are home a decent hour!
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My best game on my weekly rotation is a mostly farmer/mineral owner game. They are so rich but so nitty with little things like hiring a dealer. They actually also think it's bad form to charge a rake so there is ZERO RAKE/ZERO ENTRANCE FEE. It's bring your own booze and pass the deck at a gentleman's house. His wife or daughter usually cooks. Only pass the deck game on my rotation. It's painfully fucking slow but worth it.
I've tried three times after big wins to give some money to the host. He refuses. He simply wants to play cards but doesn't want to leave his house.
Find out what his favorite booze is and bring him a bottle of it next time.Quote:
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Originally Posted by abrown83
My best game on my weekly rotation is a mostly farmer/mineral owner game. They are so rich but so nitty with little things like hiring a dealer. They actually also think it's bad form to charge a rake so there is ZERO RAKE/ZERO ENTRANCE FEE. It's bring your own booze and pass the deck at a gentleman's house. His wife or daughter usually cooks. Only pass the deck game on my rotation. It's painfully fucking slow but worth it.
I've tried three times after big wins to give some money to the host. He refuses. He simply wants to play cards but doesn't want to leave his house.
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Originally Posted by MumblesBadlyFind out what his favorite booze is and bring him a bottle of it next time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brittney Griner's Clit
He will think I'm trying to kill him. But yeah I have found my own way before.
We have freerolls at local stripclubs, pretty entertaining, after a cooler you can just walk up and get tits in your face for a dollar.
Lol. My first hand of poker ever played was 3/6 limit in a strip club that showed pussy. I remember they had a tv screen above the table for people too lazy to look over their shoulder covering the action while two whores simulated sex.Quote:
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Sheboon making life-memories in a strip club is approximately the least surprising revelation in the history of this forum.
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ewwww girls grossssss
I play in a bi-weekly "big game" with some biggest fish in the whole world, including a very famous country western star's manager. While I appreciate all your wonderful words of wisdom about "the current state of poker" it has nothing to do with this thread.Quote:
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Originally Posted by The_Lurker
The current state of poker is certainly not faggot if you know where to look and know who to shmooze to get invited. If you like to play like a nit and not straddle and enjoy berating fish you will never get invited to any good game. (unless you really really suck) If you want a poker league and you play poker for social reasons I really can't comprehend that. The game stopped being fun for me years ago. I play for money.
As I read the comments I notice I'm the only telling you exactly what you will experience when you walk in that door on April 1st. Even worse by May 1st all the agents will poach the new fish that somehow hadnt found a game. It seems like I'm the only one talking about things to do with this thread. Sonatine is so fat that he thought your OP was asking if this would be a good business model. I didn't see you tell him to stay on topic.
#GoBackToLurking
#GoFuckYourself
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Originally Posted by The_LurkerI play in a bi-weekly "big game" with some biggest fish in the whole world, including a very famous country western star's manager. While I appreciate all your wonderful words of wisdom about "the current state of poker" it has nothing to do with this thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brittney Griner's Clit
#GoFuckYourself
You wanted opinions of Poker Clubs. I probably play poker more than anyone on this forum. I've seen similar things start and fail miserably. I know exactly how it will go down at this Alamo Poker Club. I couldn't be more on topic. No alcohol, time limits, slowness, gayness, with the worst kicker in the deck being that you just haven't quite comprehended what sort of dealers would actually think this is a good gig. I'm just trying to save you some time.
Ask George Strait's manager and the rest of the boys at that game what they think this will turn out looking like. I bet they say the same as me. If you are invited to something like that then this shit show should not even be on your radar.
Holy mother fucking shit. Holy mother fucking shit. I finally went to their site. I clicked the "Dealers Wanted" icon. It's even worse than I thought LMFAO!!!
You don't have to be a professional to deal at Alamo Card House. If you can shuffle cards & do simple math then we encourage you to apply. If you have dealt at a bar or a house game before then dealing for us shouldn't be that much different. Fill out the quick & easy form below & one of our staff members will get back to you at our earliest convenience.
My licensed to deal by Chuck E. Cheese comment was more truthful than I even imagined.
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Originally Posted by The_Lurker
You wanted opinions of Poker Clubs. I probably play poker more than anyone on this forum. I've seen similar things start and fail miserably. I know exactly how it will go down at this Alamo Poker Club. I couldn't be more on topic. No alcohol, time limits, slowness, gayness, with the worst kicker in the deck being that you just haven't quite comprehended what sort of dealers would actually think this is a good gig. I'm just trying to save you some time.
Ask George Strait's manager and the rest of the boys at that game what they think this will turn out looking like. I bet they say the same as me. If you are invited to something like that then this shit show should not even be on your radar.
I happen to agree with you on most of this. I would rather clean up puke than play 1-2 NL in pretty much any room in this country. I happen to like an occasional small field freezeout.
Lets just hug it out.
Oh brother. Loudmouth wants to hug it out as soon as I pin his ass to George strait.
P.S. Your bitch looooooved my poetry almost as much as my D.
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OH SHEEBOON PLEASE. We both know You couldn't get laid in a whore house.
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OH SHEEBOON PLEASE. We both know You couldn't get laid in a whore house.
Call me Clit Black from now on or I will render your dick useless. I really don't want to see your second midlife crisis where you try to pass off Hooters trading card pics as your love interests.
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Originally Posted by The_Lurker
Call me Clit Black from now on or I will render your dick useless. I really don't want to see your second midlife crisis where you try to pass off Hooters trading card pics as your love interests.
Is this seriously the best comeback you can come up with. I was hoping for a "your wife begs me to go balls deep in her ass" or some other junior high retort.
Seriously call me Clit Black. Last warning.Quote:
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Is this seriously the best comeback you can come up with. I was hoping for a "your wife begs me to go balls deep in her ass" or some other junior high retort.
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Originally Posted by Brittney Griner's ClitSeriously call me Clit Black. Last warning.Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Lurker
Nah, I think I am Going to call you "Psycho Sandn-word with girly hands"