Hard Rock Cincinnati used to be my "go-to" poker room before Jan 1, 2025. That is when management decided to #@$% up the 1/3NL by making it a 1/2NL....but added a $5 bring-in & also only $5 increment bets. So now the 1/3NL that had $300max buy-in, for 100BB, is now a 60bet stack the moment you sit down. July 1, 2025 they increased the 1/2(5-5)NL to $500max, so now you can buy in for 100bets in a 1/2NL game. Yeah, good luck with that short-stack 2/5NL masquerading as a 1/2NL. The messed up thing is that players don't know about the $5 thing until they sit down, or know where to look.
Now I play in the 1/2NL $400max at Hollywood in Columbus. Bad move, Hard Rock, bad move.



