Changes at Derby Lane
I just got word from Derby Lane of some pretty big changes. Normally we'd save this stuff for the show, but since some of the changes will happen before Friday's show, we felt obligated to post it now. Plus you'll be sure to hear about it in the spots on the show as well.
Starting immediately: The poker room now offers $2/$5 no limit with a $100 min/max buy-in.
Effective Thursday (11/22/07): The Bad Beat Jackpot changes to four (4) Equal Progressive Royal Flush Jackpots. You must hold two parts in your hand for Texas Hold 'Em and 7-Card Stud.
Effective Thursday (11/22/07): The room will offer a $3/$5 limit structure for Hold 'Em and Omaha/8, and a $2/$4 limit with a $5 kill for both games as well.
Effective Nov. 30, 2007: Derby Lane's hours of operation will be Sunday-Thursday 1 p.m.-1 a.m. and Friday-Saturday 2 p.m.-2 a.m.
Effective Nov. 30, 2007: In honor of the new hours of operation Derby Lane will run a high-hand promotion of quad deuces, 2 p.m.-2 a.m. The hand wins $222.
A few more things:
- On Thanksgiving, the high hand of the day will win $1,621, in honor of the year of the first Thanksgiving.
- Two new tournament formats are debuting: Rerun ($20+$0, with $15+$5 rebuys) and Rebuy ($35+$15, with $20+$0 rebuys).
That's it, but that's a lot. And, of course, tune in to Ante Up! to hear more about Derby Lane's upcoming plans and tournaments.
-- Chris
Christopher Cosenza is co-host of the longest running poker podcast on the planet, Ante Up! He started playing poker seriously in 2003 and his favorite players are Phil Ivey and Kenna James, though he tends to act like Phil Hellmuth if you make a bad play against him.
Scott Long, Ante Up!'s other co-host, is the author of the monthly Bet on It column in tbt*. He began gambling way too young (don't tell the fuzz!) and in the seventh grade, named his state "Gambleland" for a school project (State Animal? Loan shark, of course).
Interesting. I think the 2/5 NL game is going to be nuts with tons of players rebuying.
Posted by: Erik | November 19, 2007 at 03:44 PM
The poker room now offers $2/$5 no limit with a $100 min/max buy-in.
Wow, that's even worse than the $2/$3 $100 max/min at Pechenga that I won't even play. I thought CA was the only state with very low max buy ins. Guess you guys will get to experience it now too!
Michael
Posted by: Michael Paul | November 19, 2007 at 04:16 PM
Glad that 2/5 NL is only an option, not a requirement... I hope! :) Most tables should still be 1/2 NL
Paboo
Posted by: Paboo | November 19, 2007 at 10:39 PM
Hard Rock has had a 2/5 NL game for awhile and it's crazy I heard.
Posted by: Erik | November 20, 2007 at 10:50 AM
Actually, I think all the rooms in the Tampa area offer it. I know the Silks has had it for a few months and Tampa Greyhound and Sarasota offer it as well. And yeah, it does get pretty crazy there. It's about time Derby!
Posted by: Hard Rock Sucks | November 20, 2007 at 12:55 PM