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Cash Diaries

Cross-room deep dives into private and public cash games. Who ran, who played, what the regs did.

Five Texas Clubs, One Night, Zero Open Seats

On May 21, waitlist surges hit social clubs from Dallas to San Antonio simultaneously, and the games they can't seat reveal where the Texas meta is heading.

1d ago · 3 min read

Seven Florida Rooms, Zero PLO Seats: One Night in the State's Omaha Boom

On May 20, PLO waitlists surged across Florida from Miami to Tampa to St. Augustine, and not a single room had enough tables.

1d ago · 3 min read

Orange City Poker Is Running the Hottest Room in Florida

A town of 12,458 in rural Volusia County is posting waitlist surges across four game types simultaneously, outpacing rooms in cities fifty times its size.

3d ago · 3 min read

Canterbury Park's Limit Hold'em Machine Runs Hot on a Monday

Three stake tiers of limit hold'em, five simultaneous waitlist surges, and zero open seats at a horse track in suburban Minneapolis.

3d ago · 3 min read

Lake Elsinore's $300-$1000 Game Draws a 6x Waitlist Surge

A 14-table room in inland Southern California is quietly running nosebleed action that rivals the LA card rooms.

4d ago · 3 min read

Playground Poker Club Logs Six-Game Waitlist Storm No Other Room Can Match

Sunday night Bravo data shows 69 names stacked across NLH, PLO, and PLO5 lists while 22 tables ran at capacity in Kahnawake.

4d ago · 4 min read

Rivers Des Plaines: Three Big Lists, One Sunday Night

A $25/$25 five-card PLO game, a $5/$5 PLO with 11 waiting, and a $5/$5 NLH list that won't quit make Chicagoland's flagship room the Midwest's quiet action capital.

4d ago · 3 min read

Wynn Waitlists Are Screaming: Pre-WSOP Cash Season Arrived Early

Sunday-night Bravo data from the Wynn, Golden Nugget, South Point, and the Orleans shows waitlist surges that Vegas rooms typically don't see until late June.

4d ago · 3 min read