Tel Aviv Poker
Lou Krieger wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
Thanks to my friend Guy, I was tipped off to a place in Tel Aviv where cash poker games are held twice a week. I caught one of the nights while there and it was awesome. The games start around 11 p.m. and go until about 4 a.m. They do it a bit differently there. People bring in their home poker chips/cards and set up at a table. When the table is full (say 9 players) they take no more players. So basically, each table is it’s own entity and it makes it interesting. Most tables set limits of buy-in’s to 50 or 100 shekels. There were probably 70 players in the place that night. Almost all guys. I only saw a couple women players.
The play is much more loose than in the States. This reflects the ethnic diversity of the players. The thing about Israel, everyone comes from a [...]
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