Black Hawk 2-5 vs other betting structures

[znamenacek]

I know the bet is limited by Colorado gaming to $5, but why must the casinos all play this 2-5 unstructured form of poker? Why can't they use $2.50 chips and have, for example, 2.50/5.00 tables with the bets doubled on the turn and the river? This is the format of poker that I have played in Vegas, online and virtually every other casino I have been to.

I would really like the restrictions lifted just a bit and see 4/8, 5/10, 6/12 tables up there, but I'm guessing that would take a miracle to pull that off.

[Patrick]

I completely agree with everything you said.

I'm sure this has to have been discussed before, but why don't we get some sort of movement going and pressure the state to relax the restrictions at least a little bit at least on poker? With the popularity how it is now, it seems like now would be a good time to get some pressure built up.

[tjholdem]

then where would it stop, guys. The BJ tables would be lookinga t the same things, then the other table games...etc. You would have to change the entire gaming lws in Colorado.

[Patrick]

That's fine. Change 'em all. No need to be afraid of the whole casino being reasonable.

[Wetdog]

That's fine. Change 'em all. No need to be afraid of the whole casino being reasonable.

Who says they have to be reasonable? What if they decide the table minimum is $25 if the state statute says the max is $25? Won't that freeze out the lower player? The house makes more the higher the bet with the house advantage. Immutable laws of math dictate that.

When gaming first started there were $2 min BJ tables. The house didn't make enough for the space as opposed to machines. Soon the minimum went up to the statutory max.

There needs to be balance. There needs to be a formulaic distribution of higher to lower minimums.

And the talibaptists need to be isolated and ridiculed out of the statehouse.

[Patrick]

That's fine. Change 'em all. No need to be afraid of the whole casino being reasonable.

Who says they have to be reasonable? What if they decide the table minimum is $25 if the state statute says the max is $25? Won't that freeze out the lower player? The house makes more the higher the bet with the house advantage. Immutable laws of math dictate that.

When gaming first started there were $2 min BJ tables. The house didn't make enough for the space as opposed to machines. Soon the minimum went up to the statutory max.

There needs to be balance. There needs to be a formulaic distribution of higher to lower minimums.

And the talibaptists need to be isolated and ridiculed out of the statehouse.
This will be settled by the market for low and high limit games. It's all about pricing your product. If you make all the blackjack $25 min/max, then you're going to lose money and you'll soon see that maybe you need to have $2 or $5 or $10 tables to play to the masses. Maybe a $2 table would again be worthwhile as a way to get the people into blackjack and the new revenue as they move up and past $5 would make up for any losses at the $2 table. There is a large market for the cheap game, but there is also a good-sized market for the higher-quality, higher-limit games, especially in poker. Maybe the market won't support a $25 blackjack table, but that doesn't mean we legislate it - let the market decide.

[idh78]

In the U.P. of Michigan where I'm from it's $2-$200, but they have yet to get poker rooms started up there, behind the times I guess...

[Patrick]

In the U.P. of Michigan where I'm from it's $2-$200, but they have yet to get poker rooms started up there, behind the times I guess...
You're from the UP? Where abouts? I went to Tech and my wife's from Hurley.