The Arena Poker Room at Casino Arizona's Talking Stick Resort (Scottsdale, AZ) -- FAQ in OP
I figured I would start a new thread on this topic since the grand opening is Thursday April 15th at 6am. The old casino is closing at 2am on April 15th.
From what I have heard, the new room will be completely enclosed so there will be even less of a smoke smell than before.
It will have a few more tables than it currently has which is 46.
There will be restrooms located within the room from what I have heard, so no having to walk halfway through the casino to get them, or past the tempting blackjack tables 😀.
I will be there on opening day between 9am and 1:30pm, so I will post my observations and thoughts on it when I get to work around 2pm, and I encourage everyone else to as well.
The new era of Poker in Arizona begins on Thursday!
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FAQ - created 2017-03-29:
Wait I heard there is no no-limit poker in Arizona 
Technically you heard correctly, we play 'spread limit hold'em'
$300 max with 1/3 blinds (buy in $100-$300)
$500 max with 3/5 blinds (buy in $300-$1,000)
in fact $500 is the maximum bet in any legal state casino.
So what can I bet? Does the betting stop at $300??
You can bet up to the max bet. So if someone bets $12, you may raise to $312, and he may reraise to $612 etc. {or $15, $515, $1015 in 3/5}
So it's not that hard to get all in.
We guess you'll see someone estopped from getting all in @once every 40 hours of live play, and most of those situation arise because people bet very little on earlier streets.
Should I know about anything that happens fairly often
Yes. Because we're technically playing limit poker, the betting is capped at one bet and 3 raises. The big blind counts as the bet before the flop [a live straddle does NOT count]. So if utg raises to $12, utg+1 reraises to $21, the next player who raises will have made the 3rd and final preflop raise, after which everyone else may only call or fold.
This is not real poker; you can't bluff 😡
You cannot value bet either, because everyone know you can't bluff 😉
