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In article <1993Jan11.230525.21943@ntg.com> slandrum@ntg.com (Stephen H. Landrum) writes:
>
>It did not seem that Vegas was the place to look for weak poker
>players.  By far the majority of players in the games there seemed to
>be locals.

From my experience there back in November, I'm convinced that the locals
aren't really something to be afraid of.  True, they may play tighter than
a lot of tourists, but that doesn't mean they are good players.

You wouldn't think that the house would want to use shills and props that
are so good that they would wipe out the tourists bankrolls in a matter of
minutes, would you?  I wouldn't.  The best thing for the house is to have
full tables, not a bunch of people that they're paying to play.  The house
makes their money from the rake, so they want to keep the game going as
long as possible.

We had a local at our table ($3-6 Omaha Hi-Lo) who said that he wasn't
happy unless he was winning $50/hour.  He wasn't a bad player, but I
never saw him making anywhere near that much.  (Unless, of course, he
was ratholing. :-)

Don't be intimidated by locals, especially the dealers.

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