Real Poker in the State of Florida (updated)

[jaymfc]

very nice I loving it , FLA is my #1 state to live in and add this to it and it can't be beat thanks for the 411 sir

one question for everyone playing live in FLA now .
all these games are totally live with dealers and chips and cards lol ?

we got live poker at the horse track but it's all electronic , live only in the sense that we have real players at the table

 

[drgilbert4]

They are live with dealers and chips and cards.... unless you go to one of the few places with the PokerPro machines. I have played a lot of the FL poker rooms and haven't had to play any of those machines.

 

[jaymfc]

too cool thought those machines were gonna take over poker and then the world

 

[white_lytning]

We are still on track for the July change. There is a ton of talk at every card room I go to about whats going to happen and what its going to be like. Most of the dealers are quiet, I'm sure they have been told not to talk about what they are being told from management.

The Hollywood HR has been training their dealers in some of the odder games and limits. I have heard a dealer say they are going to have A,B,and C dealers, with each class having a different string.

Also starting June 18th the new chips will be in play. (A dealer told me this yesterday). Currently the chips used on the table games inside are not the same as the ones used in the poker room. They are switching the chips to the ones used in the other games (probably because there are larger denominations already in circulation).

I haven't heard yet, but I bet that there will be some kind of opening ceremy at Tampa and Hollywood on the first weekend of July (maybe a big tourny with lots guaranteed or something to that effect). I asked about it and was told by two different dealers that they can't say anything.

The next month should be interesting, I will keep updating as it gets closer and closer.

 

[clubsta]

Ah man, I just moved from Florida to NYC not too long ago and never really got a chance to enjoy the casinos in Florida since I started playing poker young. One more reason in the very short list of why I miss Florida.

 

[white_lytning]

Some of the official games are being released. Most of these are South Florida location because thats what I am familiar with. If anyone wants to post their local rooms it might help.

From the Hollywood Hard Rock:
http://www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com/gaming/high_stake_poker_limits.php

Tampa doesn't have any.

The Isle at Pompano:
http://pompano-park.isleofcapricasinos.com/casino-poker.aspx
(notice the 5/10 uncapped nl game)

Mardis Gras:
http://www.playbigeasypoker.com/bigeasynewgames.pdf

 

[jimmyjames1713]

is there still the casino on the boats that go out....so far out...seven miles or so...then they open the casino?

 

[blankoblanco]

man i wish i lived in florida

....oh wait

I DO. score!

 

[polingpower]

Been wait for this ....

 

[Mortis]

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/9351-uncapped-no-limit-poker-begins-today-in-florida


Today is the day. After more than two decades since the Florida government first legalized live poker games, but instituted a buy-in cap that would torture serious players, poker rooms will now finally be able to offer uncapped, no-limit games throughout the state.

“It’s very exciting,” said Kevin Schaffel, a lifelong Floridian who made the final table of the main event last year. “Now, if I’m having a tough day at the tables, I can go home. I’ve got my gym, I’ve got my golf course, I’ve got my regular life. I can eat better. It’s just going to be a pleasure.”
Schaffel, like most other serious poker players in the state, previously had to travel to places like California, Nevada, or New Jersey to play some serious cash games. But now, they will be able to play just minutes from their home.

In April, the two chambers of the Florida government voted to alter the gambling laws in the state, which included scrapping the $100 max buy-in for cash games and the $1,000 max buy-in for tournaments.

The move, which goes into effect today, is expected to propel Florida into one of the premiere poker destinations in the country.

“Florida becomes another Atlantic City, Tunica or Vegas,” said Russ Christianson, the vice president of gaming operations at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. “Why would you want to go to Atlantic City in January when you can come to Florida?”

Under the new law, poker rooms across the state will be able to offer poker around the clock on the weekends and for up 18 hours at a time during the week. Poker rooms in Seminole casinos are allowed to offer poker all week long.

“I was born and raised in Florida. To think that I don’t have to travel to California and Vegas now just to play cash games for a week or two at a time is just really, really exciting. People don’t understand how hard it is to travel and play poker,” said Schaffel. “I know a lot of people are going to be coming down there and I’ll end up playing against a lot of people that I played against in California and Vegas, but at least I’ll know who they are.”

While Florida legislators legalized penny ante poker in 1989, they capped all pots at $10. While the laws would loosen up a little over the years, it never went as far as most serious poker players would’ve liked.

In 1996, state-licensed pari-mutuel facilities were allowed to begin spreading poker games with the $10 cap. In 2003, a new law passed that scrapped the $10 cap, but still forced the max bet in any action to be only $2. In 2007, no-limit hold’em was finally introduced, but with the $100 max buy-in.

Starting today, Florida joins states like Nevada, Oklahoma, California, and New Jersey as locations with the best live poker laws in the country.

 

[MidyMat]

I want to see some FLA players at this years WPT Jacksonville Nov. 2011:
https://www.cardschat.com/forum/a-g...d-cardchat-members-wpt-florida-2011-a-199861/