Star City Hotel & Casino (Sydney, Australia)

Hi fellas

I'm travelling from the UK to Sydney for a few nights for a wedding, and would like to play a bit of cash at the Star whilst there. Will be in Sydney on the nights of Monday 25th Nov (though probably ****ed from the flying) to Wednesday 27th Nov inclusive, so sadly not weekends.

How are the games on these weekday afternoons or nights? Am thinking of AU$2/$5, but don't know if it's worth making the trip if games don't really run that much there? Ideally I'd play in the afternoon, but on a Tues or Wed afternoon it might be empty?

Any pointers from anyone too in terms of getting to the casino from the Darlinghurst area, if uber is cheap or if I should bus it, and any other advice specific to poker at this casino would be handy - thanks!

2/5-10 runs from midday everyday. Multiple tables often by 2 or 3. 5/10-20 usually gets up in the evening

Your only challenge is that the 25th and 26th are the final 2 days of a wsop circuit event which will mean cash tables might be limited during the day depending on how many tournaments are running.

It will mean that the room will be throbbing though

Darlinghurst is a $12-15ish Uber to Star

Ideal news re: the event thing taking place on 26th, thanks. I'll look to head there that afternoon and hope to get in a game, thanks for letting me know! Uber it is too, that's very cheap after our last long foreign trip being New York and seeing how much cabs cost there 😃

my guess is that cash lists will be very long. I've given up and gone home during series before and been called for the game hours later. You might get lucky, but hard to predict. If it was me, I'd probably either go and register as the card room opens at 10, or go later on in the afternoon and evening

just as an fyi, you will also need to sign up for a Members card before you're allowed to play. it doesn't take long but it's now mandatory

Honestly last few times I’ve played on a weeknight the waits haven’t been crazy, especially after like 9pm on a Tuesday/wed/thurs

If the queue is long, go to the sports bar at the star. Great food for a casino sports bar and it’s real close to the poker room.

Agree but this is the final two days of a series. Day 2 of a main event and then day 1 of a closing event. I’d guess cash tables will be very limited

Cheers for the advice, and thanks re: signing up [heard about that somewhere else - had to do the same in Malta at a casino and was fine]. If the wait seems okay I'll go check out the sports bar, if not then probably just faff about at the blackjack or something before returning to the Westfield shopping centre where missus is planning on hitting up some Forever New stores, yawn. 😃

Ended up going on the Wednesday 27th today, quiet room early afternoon but got on a 2/5/10straddle easily enough.

Thanks for the advice, otherwise I might not have been in a position to run KQ into Q8 in a KT8QQ runout in a bomb pot for a massive double up - tourist's luck! Casino is massive, took me by surprise just how big it is and I had to ask 2 separate staff members about how to get out of the place ahah.