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How can this be bad for a poker room>?, Arlo Payne, 18. Oct 2002 13:27
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I am now in Tucson and there are two card rooms.
Most for the games are low limit. I never see anything above a 10 20 limit game.
Anyway one place does play a 5-10 pot limit dealers choice but they like to keep it down to 3 days a week.
The other place says big games are bad for biz. Some of the players offered to move the pot limit came to the other casino and they told me the other place refused to spread the game.
My guestion is simple:
When a cardroom rejects games that players want is that no bad for biz?

I for one only play the pot limit game here once in a while because the house doesnt want to keep it going and I never play at the other cardroom because the games are so small.

I now go to Phoenix, Vegas, LA to play and I always see alot of other Tucson players at these clubs.
How in the world can it be bad for a cardroom not to have bigger games when they could have all the big player action and of course rake/time collection.

I was also told the manager of one of the cardrooms doesn't even know how to play poker and I think this is true. He has his job because he is related (at least that is what I am told)

Sorry for Rambling but I just don't understand this mind set.
Arlo
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Re: How can this be bad for a poker room>?, Roy Cooke, 20. Oct 2002 11:23
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Hi Arlo

Many cardrooms don't like to spread higher games because it tends to bust many of their customers.


Roy Cooke

on 18. Oct 2002 13:27 Arlo Payne wrote:
> I am now in Tucson and there are two card rooms.
> Most for the games are low limit. I never see anything above a 10 20 limit
> game.
> Anyway one place does play a 5-10 pot limit dealers choice but they like to
> keep it down to 3 days a week.
> The other place says big games are bad for biz. Some of the players offered to
> move the pot limit came to the other casino and they told me the other place
> refused to spread the game.
> My guestion is simple:
> When a cardroom rejects games that players want is that no bad for biz?
>
> I for one only play the pot limit game here once in a while because the house
> doesnt want to keep it going and I never play at the other cardroom because the
> games are so small.
>
> I now go to Phoenix, Vegas, LA to play and I always see alot of other Tucson
> players at these clubs.
> How in the world can it be bad for a cardroom not to have bigger games when
> they could have all the big player action and of course rake/time collection.
>
> I was also told the manager of one of the cardrooms doesn't even know how to
> play poker and I think this is true. He has his job because he is related (at
> least that is what I am told)
>
> Sorry for Rambling but I just don't understand this mind set.
> Arlo
>
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Re: How can this be bad for a poker room>?, Arlo Payne, 20. Oct 2002 16:11
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Roy:
In some cases I would agree..........
However these two room have nothing in a range for alot of the players to play so many many players in the area never play in those cardrooms but rather travel to Phoenix, etc,
Therefore the card rooms just loss alot of players money.

Now if they had 20-40 or above I would agree about busting players but
with their basic limit to 3-6 maybe 1-20 they do not give the rooms a chance to grow and make more money from the local players that don't play local.

Also I know alot of small limit players like to play in a club with big action just so they can be near it and feel part of it.

on 20. Oct 2002 11:23 Roy Cooke wrote:
> Hi Arlo
>
> Many cardrooms don't like to spread higher games because it tends to bust many of
> their customers.
>
>
> Roy Cooke
>
> on 18. Oct 2002 13:27 Arlo Payne wrote:
> > I am now in Tucson and there are two card rooms.
> > Most for the games are low limit. I never see anything above a 10 20 limit
> > game.
> > Anyway one place does play a 5-10 pot limit dealers choice but they like to
> > keep it down to 3 days a week.
> > The other place says big games are bad for biz. Some of the players offered to
> > move the pot limit came to the other casino and they told me the other place
> > refused to spread the game.
> > My guestion is simple:
> > When a cardroom rejects games that players want is that no bad for biz?
> >
> > I for one only play the pot limit game here once in a while because the house
> > doesnt want to keep it going and I never play at the other cardroom because the
> > games are so small.
> >
> > I now go to Phoenix, Vegas, LA to play and I always see alot of other Tucson
> > players at these clubs.
> > How in the world can it be bad for a cardroom not to have bigger games when
> > they could have all the big player action and of course rake/time collection.
> >
> > I was also told the manager of one of the cardrooms doesn't even know how to
> > play poker and I think this is true. He has his job because he is related (at
> > least that is what I am told)
> >
> > Sorry for Rambling but I just don't understand this mind set.
> > Arlo
> >
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Re: How can this be bad for a poker room>?, Kevin J, 21. Oct 2002 21:13
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Do these rooms always have 2 or 3 empty tables? If not, they're probably already close to maxing out their rake. And like Roy said, if this is the case, it makes little sense to spread a requested higher limit game at the expense of a lower game while incurring the additional rise of busting their regular lower limit players.
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Re: How can this be bad for a poker room>?, Arlo Payne, 22. Oct 2002 02:23
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The room that really does not want it has at least 8 tables empty everyday!
The one that has the pot limit 3 days a week has about 4 empty tables a day

This is not a case where they have 100 tables they 20 to 30 tables
As far as busting out the smaller players I really don't think that would happen here there are no steping stone games for them to climb up to get to a big game... In the pot limit came you see very few if any smaller player ever take a shot at it.

on 21. Oct 2002 21:13 Kevin J wrote:
> Do these rooms always have 2 or 3 empty tables? If not, they're probably already close to
> maxing out their rake. And like Roy said, if this is the case, it makes little sense to spread
> a requested higher limit game at the expense of a lower game while incurring the additional
> rise of busting their regular lower limit players.
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