Im coming to Scottsdale for 2 weeks in the beginning of April and want to play some cards. Any suggestions of where I can play, where the softest games are, or even any P5ers who wanna bring an out of towner into their home game? Ive looked in to the rooms online and found a couple, but wanna know a little bit more first hand from AZ residents or frequent travelers. Any help would be much appreciated.

casino arizona is the only place worth playing imo has a huge card room 40-50 tables with all games and limits there isnt however true no-limit at the casinos 500 is the max bet so its spreadlimit but plays the same, staying in scottsdale could be pretty expensive but nothing is far from anywhere is phoenix

Well first of all, there are about 5-6 good casinos in the Suburbs, but Casino Arizona is actually in town.

There is actually 2 Casino Arizona's, the first is the original building, pretty much Mckellips and Loop 101 Highway or Freeway (not sure which)

Then there are the tents up about 15 mins north on Indian Bend and 101. That is where the blackjack and cardrooms are. They are actuall building a real Casino Resort similar to Vegas... 20 or so stories high, should be nice because Scottsdale is the Ritzy stuckup rich part of Phoenix.

They hold these games

$1-2 NLHE (Pretty much, it is capped at $500 max bet) This is a very soft game, everyone seems to just want to get all in as quick as possible, it is kindof insane... (unlike any 1-2 I have ever played in vegas or aruba)

Other than that they have standard Limit Omaha and Holdem

$2-$4
$3-$6
$4-$8
$5-$10
$10-$20

Casino Arizona has the softest players on the planet, it was actually written in a Card Player magazine that they have the worst players around (The one w/ the Maven on cover for POY award). Only thing is you aren't going to get that big a NL game. They have a 2-5 game with a 150cap, unless they have added a bigger game since I've been there.

I live in Chandler which is just south of Scottsdale and I usually play at Casino AZ. The best game you probably would want to play is the 3-5-500 spread limit game which is basically 3-5 blinds with a max bet of 500 since No Limit can't be played in AZ. They also run a 1-2-200 spread limit game. The games are soft and like any other casino, the regs think they are the greatest poker players ever, when they're pretty terrible. You might catch the tail end of the Snow Birds before they leave for the summer so the games should be juicier than normal. Hope this helps and remember that it's Casino AZ @ Indian Bend that has the poker room and not Casino AZ @ McKellips. Like it was stated previously in this thread, they also tun 3-6, 4-8, 6-12, 8-16, 20-40, 30-60, 40-80 and so on limit games. They also run 3-6 & 6-12 limit Omaha H/L.

the tournies are really soft as well horrible structures tho w/ a ridiculous house fee 100+30!! wtf is that... have shipped it before tho so cant complain lol
the best tourny is the saturday at ft mcdowell its 100+15 w 10k stack 30 min levels and no antes ever

 

Originally Posted by Papa Fish

the tournies are really soft as well horrible structures tho w/ a ridiculous house fee 100+30!! wtf is that... have shipped it before tho so cant complain lol
the best tourny is the saturday at ft mcdowell its 100+15 w 10k stack 30 min levels and no antes ever

Oh really... How many people play in dis, I have played a couple there, (1st live tournament, took 4th there :-)) That was about 134 runners....

Some really bad advice in this thread. I didn't want to take more time reposting stuff that is over at www.cazpoker.com, but I guess I will.

Spread-Limit games (quasi NL)
1/2 with a max buy-in of $250. Used to be $200. Max bet is $250, but if you bet $250, on same street you can raise $250 on top. Rarely becomes a handicap in the game, since 2 players would have to be $1000+ deep for it to be an issue
2/5 and up Max bet of $500. Not sure off the top of my head the buy-in ranges

The 5/150 people are referring to here was what the game used to be. We used to have a cap just a year ago that $150 was the max bet at a time, that has been increased to $500, but only a certain number of tables can have it, which is why the 1/2 game is a $250 max bet.

Limit Hold'em
3/6: 1 and 3 blinds.
4/8: 2 and 4 blinds.
6/12: 3 and 6 blinds.
8/16: 4 and 8 blinds.
All these games are jackpot eligible. AAATT or better beaten by four of a kind or better. Both cards in your hand must play. Jackpot starts at $7500.
Bah, I am sick of typing, it is all here, seriously....
http://www.casinoarizonapoker.com/index.php?topic=9.0

 

Originally Posted by that_pope

One last thing to mention. The new resort and poker room is now scheduled to open on April 15th, so it sounds like you may get to see the brand new place.

last time i was there they said it would be ready by the begin of the new year. Why is taking so long....granted i havent been over to casino az since i started playing mtts full time