Poker Nation

So one of the new socail gaming clubs in Poker Nation.

Poker Nation has (4) tables, and runs nightly tournaments and cash games. The primary cash game is 1/2 NLHE with a 100BB capped buyin. The room is well ran with professional and semi-professional dealers that work for tips only. All things considered they do a good job, but one must remain vigilant to protect one's self from dealer mistakes, not unlike in any poker game. I find that I am a little more "on gaurd" than if say I was playing at the Wynn in Vegas.

Poker Nation has a $20 membership fee to The International Card and Game Players Association. Which is fine with me, as the ICGPA is fighting for poker player rights here in AZ and could have an impact on the legality of poker online and nation wide.

Poker Nation uses the ICGPA form of a button fee which ranges depending on the number of players from $0 to $2. If you want to do the math feel free, but it ends up working out to less than if you were to play in a raked or time charge game at any local casino.

Depending on the dealer and the player make up of the game, they are turning out somewhere between 25 and 35 hands an hour. The games often play short handed without a great fear of the game breaking up. I have spent hours play 5 and 6 handed and never had to worry about a typical casino nit wanting to stop the game.

The room bases it rules on Roberts rules of poker. Which is good, as so many people in this town have been subjected to local casino rules, that simply do not fit with the rest of the world.