[mshalen]

Sorry TT, this post won't help give you an answer to your question but the more I read the more frustrated I became.

It is sad to see that poker room management is as poorly thought out as the typical small companies I deal with on a daily basis. I would not last more than a few days in the position being discussed. When given this assignment I would have asked the manager which he considered more important 1) the overall profit generated by the poker room or 2) the need to run games of a certain size?

If the house is most concerned with profit then I would spread whatever games I could keep full that would generate maximum rake per seat per hour. If this means a room that is full of 1/2 NL and 3/6 limit then so be it. Why should I be concerned with what the games are? Does McDonalds tell their managers to sell more Big Macs or do they tell them increase the bottom line by keeping the place full?

If the house is more concerned with some kind of vanity project where perception is more important than the bottom line then I might as well quit now. If the room is not making a profit then we would all be out on the street eventually. I would appreciate it if someone could explain the economics behind the need to run any one specific game.

I guess that this rambling answer is one reason I have spent a total of only 8 years (out of a 30 year career) working inside major companies. Don't both to fire me, I QUIT.