This thread is for general discussion/chat about the Luxor Poker Room.

I've heard plenty of good about this place, I didn't have the same opinion though. The room is OK but the structure of the 1/2NL isn't to my liking. They have 1/1/2 blinds rather than just 1/2 so it's not much break between blinds, especially short-handed. The $50 minimum buy-in is cool, but the max of $50 puts you at a big disadvantage if you're buying into a table full of big-stacks. They should bump the max buy-in to at least $200, just to give you some options.

I would never play in that $50 max buy in game, though I have heard many that swear by it.

Played at Luxor a couple times, just low limit when we were already there. Nice small room, with a very friendly staff, but nothing spectacular that would ever promot me to go back specifically for poker.
Don't like thier chairs (in fact, I found them to be amongst the least comforable ever).

I love the Lux! the $50 limit on buy in makes sure that you don't come to a NL table and sit next to someone with $3000 in front of them.

Play tight and aggressive here and you will win. I have won at least three times my buy in every time I have played there.

The night managers are great. Most players are there to have a good time. Expect a fun, friendly time with loose action.

That's certainly true on a table that's only been going for an hour or two, but not at all the case for one that's been running all day. Last time I played there were at least 3 players at my table w/ over $1200 in chips and the avg chipstack was about $750

Wow - I've never seen anyone with more than about $500 there.

I wouldn't mind seeing some of those stacks, especially if the players had been drinking for several hours ...

I find it hard to believe that the average chip stack at a table with a 50 maximum buy in would be $750. That means each person would, on average, have won 14 times their initial buy in. For anyone to have that type of chip stack, a ton of people would have had to bust out, meaning there'd be at least a few people sitting at the table with a short stack buy in. That means the stacks of everyone else would have to be around 1000 bucks for those numbers to be accurate.

No, that was a bit of a reach, there were 3 dominant stacks and another 3 that were at least 400, the rest were closer to 200, but when I bought in I was the only one w/ 50 at the table. I'd say the avg was closer to 400 But again, I may have just picked the worst time ever to be there, lol.

Anyone know how the comps are at luxor? Any dinner comps? High Hand stuff?

If you ask the poker room manager, you can get a small food comp - $4 or so, I think - that can be used at the cafe or buffet.

High hands pay little. I only got $20 for quad jacks, but at least I only had to use one pocket card. You won't get much, even for a royal.

They do have a high hand "contest" during the wee hours once a week - maybe something like Mondays from 3am to 8 am? Something like that. Pay $1000 for high hand and pays out a few other spots.

Sorry - I haven't been there for a few months and don't remember all the details.

Anyone else?

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