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[TStoneMBD]

couldnt read all the replies but heres my contribution:

players want to play in games where the action is good. thats pretty much the simple truth. you want people talking about how the action is so live at your casino. people arent going to come to your casino to play when theres a better game waiting for them at bellagio.

there are a few ways to do this.

1) you entice your rich pit gamblers into playing poker (most likely very -ev for the house)

2) rather than give rake reduction, you set a budget for shills to come in and dump money into the game. they should be especially good at making the table think theyre absolutely horrible when in fact they really arent THAT bad. this allows for your budget to last longer while making the game look as juicy as possible.

3) you hire shills to come into the game and dump money to your props. your shills go 7 bets on the turn with a flush draw against your prop and at the end of the night, the prop gives the money back. (not exactly ethical.)

4) you actually deter good players from playing your game. while it makes logical sense to have shorthanded pros starting up a shorthanded game in hopes that it fills, who is going to want to play with them? the games will be dry and the players will move elsewhere. it probably makes more sense to just have a start time every night for when the game will go and then you dont give rake reduction to the players who play around the clock at night. instead, the money you drop that you would have given back can be used more practically. thebike has been known to kick tight/tough players out of games. they start the games with fish at certain start times at night.


also, i think giving fully free room comps to poker players is a very very good idea if your hotel never sells out. id recommend finding fishy poker players who just enjoy playing and comping them free rooms if they give your poker room enough action. this will ensure that they play long hours and make the games juicy. i dont recommend giving free rooms to your pros, they arent necessarily good for your poker room.