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You were here as much as me yesterday

lying again about poker pro thing.

Good luck at video poker today!! My grandma plays that also

Good for your grandmother. I'm not snooty when it comes to +EV, I'll take the money
however it presents itself. I've taken advantage of +EV slots before too, do you want
to make fun of that too? For truly astute gamblers, you come across as a total fool
with comments like that - but that is no surprise to anyone in here.

I have some friends that have the flexibility to travel around the country to find
certain +EV VP deals that have made hundreds of thousands in video poker. I haven't
made that much, but I've made well into the 5 figures.
 
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At least 6 times today at WPN $50 NL, I've had people's stacks in on the flop, with 4 or less outs for them,
and they've sucked out every fucking time.

Mostly runner runner flushes, one runner runner boat...

If I didn't know any better I'd said it was rigged, I just feel like the poker Gods kicked me in the balls. Fuck.
 

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At least 6 times today at WPN $50 NL, I've had people's stacks in on the flop, with 4 or less outs for them,
and they've sucked out every fucking time.

Mostly runner runner flushes, one runner runner boat...

If I didn't know any better I'd said it was rigged, I just feel like the poker Gods kicked me in the balls. Fuck.

That happens to me at WPN sometimes too. Just siiiiiiiiick bad luck runs that go on for days. I would swear it was rigged too if I didn't know better, I've seen some stuff that is ALMOST statistically impossible.

To be fair I get hot there sometimes too though. It's like someone has a switch.
 
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Life is grand. I used to have to drive 4-5 hours to get to a real poker game, now Austin is a poker mecca. Card houses are popping up all over Texas. Austin now has 5 poker rooms that are
no-rake, no-tipping. You pay an hourly fee which ranges from $6-$10/hour, which is considerably less than what you'd pay in a raked $1/$2 NL game.

Here is a pic of one of 5 rooms that are w/in 30 minutes from my house (actually one is about 55 mins away). You can't really tell from the pic, but I counted 11
tables running on a Sunday afternoon - and they are juicy as hell. $1/$2 NL raise to $45 pre flop and get 4 callers... WTF. I saw one guy call a $20 raise pre-flop
with 2-7 off suit just for the hell of it (he won the pot with 2 pair).


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Where are these at?
I'm in ATX monthly
 
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Where are these at?
I'm in ATX monthly

Texas Card House South: https://www.texascardhouse.com/south-austin
Texas Card House North: https://www.texascardhouse.com/north-austin
Chisholm Trail Card Club: http://www.texascardrooms.com/ (Round Rock)
Throne Poker: https://www.thronepoker.com/home
Prestige Poker: http://theprestigeatx.com/



There are also some in Dallas:

Plano: http://www.pokerroomsoftexas.com/
Flint: https://www.tiltpokerroom.com/ - South East of Dallas
 
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Texas Card House South: https://www.texascardhouse.com/south-austin
Texas Card House North: https://www.texascardhouse.com/north-austin
Chisholm Trail Card Club: http://www.texascardrooms.com/ (Round Rock)
Throne Poker: https://www.thronepoker.com/home
Prestige Poker: http://theprestigeatx.com/



There are also some in Dallas:

Plano: http://www.pokerroomsoftexas.com/
Flint: https://www.tiltpokerroom.com/ - South East of Dallas

Texas Card House North is the best one, the one from the pic above...
 

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So these are legal but just now popping up? Now that I think about it...I know this guy that was opening one up in Ft Worth or something less than a year ago. I used to live pretty close to the first one...but that second one is way out of bounds.
 

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Hey FZ looks like I might be headed to San Antonio area for awhile. If so we need to hit the felt together.
 
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Hey FZ looks like I might be headed to San Antonio area for awhile. If so we need to hit the felt together.

For sure!

Are you moving there? Headed there on business?

I have friends that have moved from Austin area to San Antonio, and they all really like it down there.
 

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For sure!

Are you moving there? Headed there on business?

I have friends that have moved from Austin area to San Antonio, and they all really like it down there.

Been offered a package to move there. Should know within a week or so for sure.
 
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So these are legal but just now popping up? Now that I think about it...I know this guy that was opening one up in Ft Worth or something less than a year ago. I used to live pretty close to the first one...but that second one is way out of bounds.

The first one opened in South Austin in early 2015.


<header class="entry-header">[h=1]Texas Card House Opens First Legal Poker Room in Austin[/h] <time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2015-03-11T11:55:20+00:00">March 11, 2015</time> by Edgar Barguiarena
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Texas Card House on Manchaca in South Austin (Credit Taylor Wier)

It almost sounds too good to be true. Legal gambling in Austin? Short of a four hour drive to Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino in Eagle Pass, it simply didn’t exist before now. Texas Card House has changed all that, offering the first legal poker room in Austin–and in the whole state of Texas outside reservations.
The trick is in the language. Texas Card House offers membership to a “card and social club” and provides a facility where members can gamble. There are no tips to the dealer and no rake (house share). Texas Holdem poker will be on the tables most nights, but other card games like Omaha Poker or Bridge/Gin/Hearts/Spades are available upon request.
[h=2]How to Legalize Gambling in Texas[/h] This gutsy move is the brainchild of Sam Von Kennel. Sam’s unique background gave him the perfect insight to set up the first legal poker room in the state of Texas. You see, Sam used to work for the Chairman of the Licensing and Administrative committee. “We got lobbied by all the major casinos including Harrah’s and MGM. They all wanted a piece of Texas,” Sam mentioned on the club’s grand opening night.
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Four tables in the main room – Texas Holdem will be the primary game played (Credit Taylor Wier)

None of the casinos were successful in lobbying for legalized gambling in Texas, but Sam’s experience gave him the idea for exploiting the loophole in state law. As an avid poker player who runs regular house games, Von Kennel came up with the membership idea to give folks a setting where they can play poker in a fun, safe environment.
[h=2]Country Club Setting[/h] “The hardest part about setting up this business was finding a landlord that would be willing to rent to us once they found out what we were doing,” Sam said.
Once they found the right location in South Austin it was just a matter of sprucing up the place with a few HDTV’s, four pro-level poker tables and a lounge area where players can wait for the next game. Sam intends to have all the major sports packages for watching live sports, and eventually intends to buy major fighting events on the weekends. “This will be a social club as much as a poker room. I want people to enjoy hanging out here,” Sam told me.
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Tournament chips at Texas Card House, Austin’s first legal poker room (Credit Taylor Wier)
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Texas Card House doesn’t have an alcohol license yet, but they’ll be working on that in the coming months. As a workaround, certain membership levels will get you up to three drinks on the house. There were two polite servers running around getting drinks and water on opening night. And surprisingly, there was a ratio of about 65/35 guys to girls at the event.
[h=2]How Texas Card House Works[/h] The idea of legal gambling right here in the capital of Texas can be hard to grasp, so let me go over the rules again. Potential gamblers pay a daily or monthly membership for access to the card tables. Once there, they are provided with a dealer and table alongside up to 9 other players. There are currently $60 rebuy tournaments set up Wednesday-Sunday nights, as well as the option to walk into a cash game.



http://austinot.com/texas-card-house-legal-poker-room-in-austin
 

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I thought you were headed to Charleston? Are you trying to decide between the two? Or was that someone else headed to Charleston?

I've got a couple options on the table. My current employer wants me in Charleston.

I have an offer from another company to go to San Antonio. I had a similar offer early last year and posted about it here, if you remember that. They have maybe sweetened the pot enough for me to pull the trigger on it. Not sure, still negotiating, but getting close.
 
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I've got a couple options on the table. My current employer wants me in Charleston.

I have an offer from another company to go to San Antonio. I had a similar offer early last year and posted about it here, if you remember that. They have maybe sweetened the pot enough for me to pull the trigger on it. Not sure, still negotiating, but getting close.

No state income tax in Texas... looks like 7% in SC... Charleston is a cool city though too...
 

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No state income tax in Texas... looks like 7% in SC... Charleston is a cool city though too...

Yeah, I've spent a lot of time in both. Pros and cons to each. Charleston is expensive. If they're gonna pay me 25% more to live in SA, which has a 16% lower cost of living and no state taxes...that is a massive difference.
 

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