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[TheHammer24]

How is turning stone resort and casino's poker room. Loose, high stakes, typical tourist destination. Does anyone know what their limits range from. I'm going to be in the area in June and I was planning on checking it out. Anyone have any details?

[GamblinLeaf]

TheHammer24 said:

How is turning stone resort and casino's poker room. Loose, high stakes, typical tourist destination. Does anyone know what their limits range from. I'm going to be in the area in June and I was planning on checking it out. Anyone have any details?

There poker room is very nice. I try to make it there twice a month. Weekends are jam packed, a lot less crowded during the week, especially early in the day. Late afternoons start to get busy but weekends are where the real insanity lies in terms of crowds. They run a $1/$3 spread limit, as well as $3/$6, $5/$10, $10/$20, $15/$30, $20/$40 and $30/$60 limits for hold 'em. They also have a number of NL tables starting at $100 max buy-in. You can usually find a few 7-card stud and Omaha-8 tables going.Style of play is as varied as anything you'll find online. I sat at a fairly tight-passive $1/$3 table a few weekends ago while a crazy as a$$, 3-betting with 35o, $20/$40 game was going on over my shoulder. It just depends on who you happen to be sitting with. Lotta college kids on the weekends, so that certainly loosens things up, but it still depends on the table.The T.S. recently completed a big renovation so be sure and take advantage of the awesome buffets and if you like to golf, they've got two great courses on site.Hope this helps and have a great time!

[TheHammer24]

Wow, that couldn't have been more helpful. I'm going to be in the area in early June for my cousins college graduation. I've been playing poker online for about 6 months, and turned a 25 dollar investment into 500 dollars playing small stakes hold 'em and a litte Stud. Thought it would be an expierence trying my luck in a live casino game. I think my chance of winning here are comparable to what I've seen online. Thanks again.

[GamblinLeaf]

TheHammer24 said:

Wow, that couldn't have been more helpful. I'm going to be in the area in early June for my cousins college graduation. I've been playing poker online for about 6 months, and turned a 25 dollar investment into 500 dollars playing small stakes hold 'em and a litte Stud. Thought it would be an expierence trying my luck in a live casino game. I think my chance of winning here are comparable to what I've seen online. Thanks again.

If you play tight, are patient enough to sit on your hands for long stretches when the cards run cold, and punish everyone at the table when the cards run hot, you should be just fine.Where is your cousin graduating from?

[TheHammer24]

Actually, it's a "double" graduation party. One is graduating from Ithaca College and the other is graduating from Weedsport high school, about 45 minutes away from the casino.Another question. I've never played a spread limit game. What modifications to my play should I make from straight limit?

[GamblinLeaf]

TheHammer24 said:

Actually, it's a "double" graduation party. One is graduating from Ithaca College and the other is graduating from Weedsport high school, about 45 minutes away from the casino.Another question. I've never played a spread limit game. What modifications to my play should I make from straight limit?

This "small world" stuff never ends. I live in (or rather, just outside of) Ithaca (born and raised), and my fiancee is an I.C. grad (from Southwestern Pennsylvania!). This is a great area that time of year, you should have a blast.Personally, I don't think your strategy for spread limit should change all that much from regular limits. You still want to play hands appropriate to your position. One thing that does change at $1/$3 is your implied odds go up when the pot is unraised pre-flop. The small blind and big blind are the same ($1) so, depending on the table, you will often be able to limp for just that amount. It makes playing some of those more speculative hands from late position a lot easier for those of us who tend to play a little too tight at times. If a bunch of people limp, and you make your hand, you're bound to get tons of action. In addition, you get to see the flop "for free" from both blinds if it's unraised. Also, keep in mind that at a spread limit like $1/$3 you can bet $1, $2, or $3 on any street ... the minimum bet is not automatically doubled after the turn card like it is at regular limits. This will occasionally affect your odds to call (if you're drawing) or how you bet (if you're trying to extract the most money from your fish, er, I mean opponents).

[lgkeeper]

I play pretty regularly at TS, and I enjoy it thoroughly. The poster earlier made a good point - when you're playing for the first time at a low-limit/stakes table, it's a good idea to tighten up, develop your image and then go for it later on.I actually played last Saturday at the $1/$2 NL, $100 max table for about 3 hours. I probably folded my first 15 hands, commenting a few times how I wasn't getting cards and how the new "rake strucure" ($5 fee every 1/2 hour) wasn't good for "tight players like me."Then, I found that people would back away a bit from my raises and I could take advantage of my strong reading skills to beat a player head's up in a pot. When I saw a weak raise and just two callers, I re-raised from the button 3x the original raise with 33 and saw it fold around. Just try not to act like it's your first time there - experienced players will pick up on it and take advantage. Good luck!