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I'll admit right up front that I haven't been impressed with most of the Harrah's poker rooms I've visited. They're adequate, to be sure, but they tend to be, in my opinion, somewhat cold and inflexible with too many rules that don't seem to have the players in mind.

That being said, Harrah's Reno is the nicest Harrah's room that I've played in, and it has a staff consisting of warm, welcoming, and helpful people.

The rake is about average compared to other poker rooms these days: 10% and a $4 maximum. There's a relatively generous $1 per hour comp for players in all games. There are high hand bonuses and a bad beat jackpot that includes a mega jackpot linked to other rooms. A $1 drop taken from each pot funds these bonuses. The current bad beat is four tens or better being beaten with both cards playing.

The room is non-smoking and located right next to the sports book. Reading at the table is allowed as long as it doesn't slow the game. Similarly, writing at the table is also allowed provided that play isn't interrupted while the writer writes. There's also free drinks and tableside food service. Headsets are allowed and while there is a no-cell-phone rule, it wasn't being enforced rigorously while I was there; players who answered their phone leaned back or turned away from the table and the dealer did not tell them their hand was dead or that they had to stand up away from the table to speak. Everyone seemed relaxed and happy with the way things were run. And a happy game generally makes for a profitable game.

There are two tournaments a day: one at 10:00am and the other at 6:00pm. Tournament structures change frequently, but when I was there they were very small-stakes affairs: a $25 buy-in with $5 going to the dealers if you wanted to spring for an extra stack of chips. The casino holds somewhat larger tournaments on the weekends. I've been told that many of the small tournaments have not been taking place over the last few weeks due to our economic debacle, so make sure to call first and see what the current schedule is.

Harrah's in Reno is also home to the 'Biggest Little Poker Tournament'. It's a quarterly event with the next one scheduled to take place at the end of December. Each of the events culminates in a $550 final event. There's a $230 satellite, with the top two finishers getting seats to the main event. Sit-and-goes are also available if there are enough interested players.

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The room's primary game, $3/6 limit hold'em, generally starts daily at 10:00am, if it hasn't been going on all night. They also spread a $1/2 no-limit hold'em game, with no max buy-in, though it typically gets underway later in the afternoon or evening. There wasn't a no-limit game taking place when I visited, though I was assured by players and staff that it occurred regularly. Interested players may want to call first to make sure. According to the staff, they also offer a stud game, but seeing as how they haven't had one there for three years, don't expect to find one taking place if you visit.

I played for a few hours in the $3/6 limit hold'em game. It was played with a kill and was occasionally short-handed. The stakes became $6/12 if someone won two pots in a row with the second pot having to be at least $20. One of the players at my table was said to be the best small tournament player in Reno, winning thirteen of the last twenty tournaments she entered. Even so, the game tended to be extremely loose and passive with half of the table typically calling the blinds. Raises didn't occur pre-flop, with the exception of the two times I raised. In both instances, I was in late position and all of the initial callers called me, keeping the action six handed for the flop. My premium pair held up each time for two substantial pots, which made me a winner for the session.

The game lost players as the day dragged on and the house obliged us by cutting the rake to $1, as well as cutting the blinds to a single $1 blind. They kept it at that structure even when the occasional sixth, seventh, or eighth player sat down. The players estimated that tables were generally half tourists and the other half regulars, though during my session, myself and another guy were the only non-regulars.

The room itself was a too dimly lit for my tastes, but the brightness of the staff's personalities more than made up for it. I'll gladly return to play here and I recommend it to those who are looking for a nice, soft, low-limit hold'em game.

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The 2016 World Series of Poker gets started in just over a week, and for a considerable segment of the poker-playing population, the $1,000 buy-in Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship starting Friday, June 17 is a highlight of the schedule.

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Two recent events got me thinking about seniors' poker tournaments. First, I turned 55 last month, which means I've been playing such tournaments for five years now — since my initiation at the seniors' event of the 2011 WSOP, to be exact. (Like many seniors events, the WSOP has a minimum age requirement of 50 for its seniors event.)

Second, a WSOP Circuit series was just held at what is now my closest casino, Harrah's Cherokee, and my girlfriend and I played in both of its seniors' events on consecutive Sundays.

On the drive home, we got to talking about how strategy for seniors' tournaments differs from the approach to standard tournaments. My girlfriend is a wise woman, and she offered this observation (her ideas, my words):

The range of player types in a seniors' event is much more limited than in other poker tournaments. In fact, with few exceptions, the players can be lumped into one of three types, and your main strategic task is to classify your opponents into one of the three categories.

They are:

1. The really good players

In seniors' events, these constitute an even smaller portion of the field than in open events. You'll rarely have more than one with you at a table, and the most common number you'll have is zero, so this is the smallest of the three categories.

2. The nits

This is a classic poker type (not just among older players), and therefore easy to spot. They play a narrow range of opening hands, especially from out of position. They limp, check, and call often when they should bet or raise. They usually play a 'fit or fold' strategy when the flop comes. They tend to neglect implied odds in a no-limit structure, and so won't pay much for a draw.

Cashing matters to them more than winning, so they'll play an ultra-low-risk game near the money bubble, trying to survive. Socially, they are typically (though not always) marked by a quiet demeanor, less-than-average chatting, neat and precise chip stacks, and carefully repeated, even stereotyped mannerisms.

3. The splashers

These are the ones who are just there to have fun. They'll be in many more pots than the nits, though not necessarily with any more aggression. They're far more likely than the nits to call down an opponent's bets with mediocre hands, because folding is no fun. If they make it into the money, well, that's icing on the cake, but they're not really expecting it. That's not the main purpose of playing for them, and their game is not optimized to that outcome — let alone to taking the top prize.

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Virtually opposite to the nits, they'll pay almost any price for a draw, because it's so much fun when they hit. Socially, they're the ones chatting and laughing with the other players. Their play can't be characterized as creative, but it can be erratic and unpredictable.

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How to Play Against All Three Groups in Seniors Events

Once you have put one of these three labels on the people at your table, your play against any one of them at a time becomes perfectly obvious.

For the nits, that means betting and raising them — with nothing, if that's what you have — until they fold. On the rare occasions that they play back at you, back off unless you have something close to the nuts.

For the splashers, dial down your bluffing to a much lower level, because they'll call out of curiosity, suspicion, and hope. They'll often check down hands with you, rather than taking charge of the hand when you give them the opportunity. They may show aggression, but it's often with conspicuous bet-sizing and/or behavioral tells that are relatively easy to exploit.

For the really good players, well, there's no easy-to-follow recipe for them — which is exactly what makes them good players. You just have to be on your game for reading the situation and pressing edges when you have them. Because you'll probably have seven or eight easier targets, it's usually best to deal with them by heeding Shakespeare's advice from Henry IV: 'The better part of valor is discretion.'

Other Practical Suggestions for Seniors Events

So that's the main strategic approach. Then there are a few practical suggestions that can make the day go by more easily.

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First of all, speak up! Hearing loss is a nearly universal malady of advancing age. To make matters worse, the environment of a large tournament room is exactly the kind in which the specific hearing losses are most prominent — lots of voices competing for attention and lots of background noise.

All sorts of problems related to misfiring communications can be avoided if you deliberately step up the volume with which you announce 'Raise' or 'All in.' Your goal should be to feel like you're just a little short of shouting.

Also, be patient. The pace of the games in seniors events tends to be a bit slower than others. Don't waste your attention and emotional energy on wishing people would be quicker with their actions. The flip side, however, is that you'll run into almost none of those annoying players who tank every damn time it's their turn, just because the cool kids are doing it — so count your blessings.

Next, plan your restroom breaks. The plight of older people's bodily functions is the source of no end of humor at their expense (including, I might add with disapproval, in nearly all live-blogging of seniors' events from the poker media). But it's a very real issue. When it's your turn to stand at a urinal for several minutes with an uncomfortably full bladder but no results, while a long line of people is waiting, you may suddenly decide that enlarged prostates aren't as amusing as you once thought.

The lines at the men's room (this is one situation where women have the advantage, due to their fewer numbers) can grow so long in seniors events that if you won't be able to manage to be one of the first to get there, it might be worth planning to go when the tournament is not on break. You may miss fewer hands that way, and it will be a situation where the missing occurs under your control, rather than when you're at the mercy of a hundred people in front of you.

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Finally, compared to open events, the fields in seniors' events are usually softer and the company more enjoyable. So if you qualify for entry but have never tried one, I heartily recommend it.

Robert Woolley lives in Asheville, NC. He spent several years in Las Vegas and chronicled his life in poker on the “Poker Grump” blog.

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