Brick and mortar card rooms

Today I want to talk about playing in B&M card rooms around Las Vegas, NV. In the future I am going to list the rooms that I play at, but for now let's just talk about the idea of playing in a real room.

The first thing to remember is that you must sign in and get on the list of players waiting for a seat. You will be asked your name or initials. The next thing you will have to let the floor man know is what game you want to play and at what limit. He will then put you on the list for that game and will call your name when a seat becomes open.

You will see that there are two types of games, limit and no limit. Limits for each game will be posted. They look like a fraction such as 2/4. This means that the limit before the flop and on the flop is $2 and the limit after the flop is $4, in holdem. In other games it will be posted in the same way but will apply to other points in the game. A no limit game will be posted in the same way but will apply to the blinds only.

Before you go to your table you will need to buy some chips. There will be a minimum buy in for the game you have chosen, you can get that many or more.

Next time we'll talk about the games you can play and how to chose them.