PBKC at Palm Beach Kennel Club — Local services in Florida

1-2 NL October 6th approx 9pm table 6 in the 2 seat I get involved in a heads up all in pre flop for my stack which I win. Upon cutting out the chips the dealer tells the losing player to give me $188 for the double up. I quickly chime in to assert that it is $200 because I was playing with a freshly maxed buy in for the game ($200), and my initial open raise to start the hand was $12 which has to be included in my all in.

The dealer quickly shushed me to disagree so since this was my first time at the room (which I was making an out of the way effort to explore out of the few remaining poker rooms in Florida I have not been to) instead of stopping the game to call the floor over in that moment to resolve an insignificant $12 mistake, I decided I would run an easy little game integrity experiment on the room. I waited till the dealer finished her down and calmly walked over to ask the floor manager to entirely explain the situation to check the eyes in the sky and verify what happened for me while insisting that I was not upset or looking for the money to be paid out after the conclusion of the hand, and I just wanted them to verify what happened so they could acknowledge a mistake and let it be water under the bridge.

Floor manager goes to check comes back and sheepishly says that nothing seemed out of place in the hand. Although he acknowledged that I was topping my stack off to the maximum ($200) with chips off the rail, I was told that they couldn't find anything wrong with the hand (they did not want to admit their mistake but did not have the courage to outright lie to me either). I made a couple points about how it should be pretty obvious what happened if they could see how much I started the hand with but then I calmly relinquished my request and left the room while internalizing the fact that the floor basically failed one of the easiest hand investigations a poker room could come across. I forgive the dealer, she was nice and it was an honest mistake. Room was otherwise nice with a historical charm to it, but if the floor would either make a mistake or lack the integrity to admit the mistake over something that small it suggests the room is not secure enough to handle high limit games. In my poker playing journey through these various gaming establishments I have come to realize that game integrity protection like this is the most important function of a licensed poker room. Super disappointed in the...

First and last time I will visit this place.

Played poker, and actually was winning some great hands and even tripled my buy in--so no complaints on the challenge of Friday night players.

That said, let's get to the dealers. The first annoyance came when a dealer was barking at me over and over to move my chips to the right of me (sitting on his right). I told him I can't because they would be in front of the guy on the corner. Then, the guy on the corner kept folding and mucking his cards in front of me. The dealer wasn't paying attention, so he'd fuss at me for not playing a hand I already folded and said it was my fault for not moving my chips. What? Pay attention dealer! I wasn't even in play.

Then, the icing that broke the camels back came when I raised a bet by $15.00 on a straight draw. The guy across pushes all in with $37.00. I weigh the options, and decide an extra $22.00 is fine. Dealer says I needed another $15.00. I said, I am the one who raised and he went all in. So I matched the $37.00. He said he swiped the $15.00 already and left the amount on top. I was watching and never saw any such rake. I argued and he argued back and said, look, you can bet the $15.00 you raised or fold.

I decided to just lose the $15.00 and be done with the hand. So I folded the $15.00 and reached for my $22.00. Then he says, no, you can't have the $22.00 because it crossed the line. I said, what? You said I could lose the $15.00 or fold. He argues again and says no, I said you'd lose the $$22.00.

He never said that! So, I told him, fine, I'll pay an extra $15.00 and play the cards. He says, nope you mucked them. What? Totally trapped me from my $22.00 plus the $15.00 I had already potted plus the preflop bets.

I said, screw this and cashed out. Told the manager what happened and he said he'd talk to the dealer. No chance of getting my cash back though, so I just expressed my concerns for the principle of it.

I will never come back to this place ever because of how it was handled and no concern of making it right. Plenty of other poker rooms for me to...

If you wanna lose money and have nothing to show for it, this is the place for you.

A buddy and I went last week. I was a bit surprised to hear that at this location, they don't really consider themselves a "casino" but more of a "poker hall" I was also very surprised when they told my buddy and I, that they don't offer player cards, no comps, just free soda.

None of that stuff is too big of a deal, but once you play the ultimate hold'em and notice the rules in place, you quickly learn it's impossible to make money.

They have a blind payout for a royal flush of 200-1. Every casino I've ever been to, in and out of Florida, the blind payout on a royal is 500-1. So if you happen to hit that hand, you'll be paid $1,000 for your $5 bet, instead of $2,500. Also, the trips bet is supposed to be a "side bet". You're not playing the trips because you're betting to win the hand, you play it because you're betting you'll make 3 of a kind or better. I told my buddy it was time to leave, when I saw a gentleman sitting next to us, lose with a full-house to the dealer's higher full house, and he didn't get paid for his trips bet.

"Oh, in this Location, you have to beat the dealer to get paid on the trips bet."

It's a side bet, not a mandatory bet needed to recieve a hand.

The only good thing about this location, the dealers were very friendly. Especially Katherine and Justin.

But if you want better odds, or to at least be able to earn some points for your play, take 25 minute drive to coconut creek and play at seminole.

But this location, in my humble opinion, isn't worth your...