Name:	(No name)
Date:	Thursday January 8, 2009
Subject:	Re: Silver Fox Review
Message:	Hip-Hop wrote: ~ > PokerWiki wrote: ~> > Games ~ > > Limit hold 'em: 4/8, 4/8 with a full kill, 8/16?, possibly 10/20? ~> > ~ > > They were only spreading 4/8 full kill when I was there on a ~> Sunday ~ > > evening, and only one table of it. I don't know if they spread ~> other ~ > > limits, or when, but the brush board had columns labelled 8/16 and ~> > 10/20. ~ > > ~> > The 8/16 spreads often enough (3-5 times a week, in the evening), ~ > but ~> > I have never seen the 10/20 go (though some have told me it has). ~ > Jay ~> > ~ > > Game Info ~> > The rake is $4 per hand. The rake is taken from the pot after the ~ > > flop. ~> > ~ > > Posting: New players need not post. ~> > ~ > > Shuffling: Shufflemaster machines are standard on all tables. ~> > ~ > > Wait Time ~> > Depends greatly on number of tables in use; on Sunday night when I ~ > > went in at around 8pm, there was a wait list of three people for ~> the ~ > > lone running 4/8 game, but 10 minutes later I was in a seat (the ~> > earlier two names did not respond when called). ~ > > ~> > Tournaments ~ > > None, though apparently once every few months they have a special ~> > tournament. Nothing regular. ~ > > ~> > Jackpots ~ > >     * Gold Bad Beat Jackpot: Quad 8's or better beaten = $100,000 ~> > (Feb 06) ~ > >     * Silver Bad Beat Jackpot: AAAKK or better beaten by quads or ~> > better, $12000 (Feb 06). ~ > >     * Royal Flush Bonus: progressive by suit. All suits were ~> around ~ > > $300 each in Feb 06. ~> >     * High hand for each day wins $100. (High hand is 3 times a day ~ > - ~> > Jay) ~ > > ~> > Atmosphere ~ > > This is one of the scariest card rooms I've ever entered. The ~> > exterior looks somewhat normal, if plain, but the interior almost ~ > had ~> > me running out the door before I'd signed up. A tiny (2-table) bar ~ > is ~> > the main entrance, with a sullen-looking bartender who watches you ~ > as ~> > you walk through to the card room in back. There was one person at ~ > the ~> > bar, and a TV quietly playing some sports show in the corner. ~ > Dark, ~> > ill-lit, and smelled weird. ~ > > ~> > The card room itself was even worse. A large room with high flat ~ > > ceilings, plain concrete walls painted a drab offwhite with that ~> kind ~ > > of thick paint you see in school cafeterias. Wan fluorescent ~> lights ~ > > make everything look like you're in a prison ward. Broken and ~> stained ~ > > furniture is scattered around the room. It could hold 8 poker ~> tables ~ > > easily, but they only have four in there. The place smells vaguely ~> of ~ > > a weak Mr. Clean mixture and makes you think they tried to clean ~> up ~ > > some spills and only partially succeeded. It reminded me of a bad ~> > porn store. ~ > > ~> > The employees looked generally unhappy to be there, and the crowd ~ > > around the one active poker table seemed desperate. I guess they'd ~> > have to be, to play in a place like this when there's two other ~ > > casinos in town much much better than this. Maybe they're ~> desperate ~ > > to play 8/16, which I hadn't seen elsewhere in town (though the ~> > Capitol Casino offers a 9/18 game, which is often quite full). But ~ > > this night they were playing 4/8 with a full kill. ~> > ~ > > They actually have a table of Pai Gow, as well. There were people ~> > playing there, but it was too scary for me to go over and watch. ~ > > ~> > Neighborhood: A fairly commercial area on a business street, the ~ > > Silver Fox is surrounded by used car lots and other ~> > slightly-less-desireable businesses. That's why they're so far out ~ > of ~> > downtown. ~ > ~> It's off Stockton Blvd. That's the Asian ghetto in Sacramento, and ~ > where you'll find the prostitutes. In other words, this place is ~> ghetto, and if you know how bad of poker players "most" Asians are ~ > and how much they like to gamble, you'll have an idea how crappy this ~> place is. Rating should be a 1. Its kinda funny how you label how bad asians are gambling and and prostitutes around stockton blvd you must make your rounds alot there.

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