Twelve Deep for a Game That Didn't Exist Two Years Ago

The Waitlist That Tells a Story

Twelve players are waiting for a $5/$5 double-board bomb pot game at Caesars Palace, and not a single table is open.

The game is listed on Bravo as "5-5 D/B BOMB POT/POT LIMIT 2X." That string of words would have confused every floor person in Las Vegas as recently as 2024. On the morning of May 24, it drew a waitlist six times the median for Caesars Palace games.

Twelve names, zero tables, six times the median waitlist: that's the demand signal for a format that barely had a name two years ago.

What the Listing Actually Means

Breaking down the Bravo shorthand: "D/B" is double board. "BOMB POT" means every player posts a predetermined amount before seeing cards, with no preflop betting round. "POT LIMIT" governs post-flop sizing. "2X" likely refers to double the standard bomb-pot ante.

The result is a high-action, high-variance format where two separate boards run simultaneously and pots balloon before anyone makes a decision. It plays nothing like a standard $5/$5 no-limit game. The appeal is obvious for action players. So is the reason the room hasn't opened a table yet: staffing a double-board bomb pot game requires a dealer comfortable with a format that most training programs don't cover.

Twelve Names Is the Number

Context matters here. The median waitlist across Caesars Palace games at this hour sits at two names. This bomb pot list is running at six times that median, a ratio that signals genuine demand rather than a couple of curious names tacked onto a dead board.

Twelve players waiting with zero tables spreading is unusual. Most Bravo boards show a ratio closer to 1:1, one table per handful of names. A 12-to-zero split means the game has enough interest to fill at least one full table and start a second, but hasn't launched. Whether that's a staffing constraint, a minimum-player threshold, or simply timing is impossible to say from the data alone.

The Format Trend

Bomb pots started as a side feature, something rooms offered once an orbit to keep a table from breaking. Double-board bomb pots added a twist. But a standalone spread, listed on Bravo as its own game type with its own waitlist, is a different animal.

Caesars Palace listing "D/B BOMB POT/POT LIMIT" as a discrete game, not a modifier on a standard hold'em or PLO table, signals that the room considers this a format worth tracking separately. The 12-deep waitlist suggests players agree.

Whether Caesars opens a table for these 12 names or lets the list dissolve overnight is a question for the floor. The demand is already on the board.