I've been coming into this country back and forth for the past year and have played texas hold em in Santiago (Matum & Gran Almirante), Santo Domingo (Hispaniola & Jaragua), Bavaro (Tower casino), Punta Cana (Hard Rock) and most recently Sosua (Playa Chiquita & Sosua Bay). Unless first impressions are deceiving, Playa Chiquita casino has by far the second biggest texas hold em game, coming second only to the Hard Rock in punta cana. To me any game where people are buying in for 2000 pesos and at times 1000 pesos is not worth while on average. At the hard rock they have both a 1/2 ($100 buy in) and when enough players are interested a 2/5($250 buy in if i'm not mistaken) game...downside is that the games don't get underway until after 9 and the casino closes at 4am. At playa Chiquita, the games last until the players are done playing and on Wednesdays and Fridays is when they have their biggest games because those are tournament days and as the players get knocked out from the tournaments(tournament are ran on all 4 tables) they get into the cash games. The buy in the night I was there started at 5000, pesos but most of us,the first 10 players, were buying in for 8000 or more which made the buy in for all new players start at 10,000 pesos. I was surprised at the numbers of loose players overall at that amount of money and how many times they were re-buying. Coming in #3 is Hispaniola in santo domingo, even though their buy in is only 2000 pesos the strong table which has the regulars, that likes to bump heads at the table, they will all buy in on average for 5,000-20,000 pesos on average. Down side is in that group at least half that table you will find that it is like pulling teeth from to get chips out of them, but its a good game and the poker tables stays open until 7 am and gets underway around 7/8 oclock (the loose and most dangerous player there is Jovahni, but its because of him the game stays so big and interesting overall). In Santiago, only their Omaha games are worth mentioning.
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