Lone Butte's Mixed-Game Waitlists Are Deeper Than Anything Else in Arizona

Thirteen Names, One Table

Lone Butte Casino in Chandler, Arizona, logged 13 combined names on waitlists for two non-hold'em games the evening of May 20 — and the room had almost nowhere to put them.

The $5/$5 PLO list hit seven players with zero tables open. The $6/$12 mixed game had six waiting with just one table running. By Bravo's own median baselines, those lists were running roughly 4.7× and 6× their normal depth, respectively.

The $6/$12 mixed list ran at six times its median — with only a single table in operation.

Why This Matters for Arizona

Arizona card rooms aren't known for deep mixed-game action. The typical Bravo snapshot at Lone Butte shows a median of 1.5 names waiting for PLO and a single name on the mixed-game list. Seeing both surge on the same night, at the same property, is unusual.

Seven PLO names with no table open suggests either a late spread or a game that broke and re-formed demand faster than the floor could respond. Six mixed-game names against one running table points to a session that players wanted into but couldn't crack.

Combined, the two lists represent the deepest non-NLH demand Charlotte has tracked at any Arizona room this month.

The Broader Read

Lone Butte sits about 25 minutes southeast of downtown Phoenix in the Gila River Indian Community. It competes for action with Wild Horse Pass and Talking Stick, both of which tend to run heavier hold'em spreads.

What stands out here isn't volume — it's composition. A room posting simultaneous waitlist spikes for PLO and a mixed rotation signals a pocket of players who want something other than no-limit hold'em, and who are willing to sit on a list to get it.

Whether Lone Butte responds by spreading a second mixed table or adding another PLO game is a floor-management question. The demand data, at least for the night of May 20, says the players are there.

What Else Is Running

Bravo snapshots from the same window showed Lone Butte's hold'em tables in their usual range — nothing out of the ordinary. The story here is entirely on the non-NLH side.

For players in the greater Phoenix area hunting PLO or mixed action, Lone Butte's lists suggest the games will run — you just might need patience and a phone charger while you wait.