New limits at Venetian poker room - Page 3

Photoc · #21 05-17-2006, 03:34 PM

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Like California. This town has never been able to have decent 6/12 - 10/20 for the simple reason of chip denomination.

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I'm confused, what other chip denomination would you use for 10/20 besides red ($5)? Please dont say 2.50.

bigfishead · #22 05-17-2006, 03:47 PM

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I'm totally confused. You agreed with my post about using red and white chips only yet you tell me I'm wrong? I just think people complaining over a 2 chip/4chip vs the same thing with different denomination chips is rediculous.

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Making 6-12 a 2 chip 4 chip is rediculous. Both are wrong.

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Haha, you compare LA to Vegas. 10 million people vs 1 million people and the CHIPS are the reason no one plays the games?

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Where did I ever say LA? In fact I specifically mentioned smaller cardrooms so you wouldnt present this idea.

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How about we have 200k tourists in town that want to play 2/4 all the time instead of having a base of players that want to play higher games? That is something that cannot be controlled.

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It most certainly can be controlled. If you have real poker people running the store.

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Go to most off strip rooms. The locals ASK for the lowest game in the house...why, so they can jackpot/freeroll chase.

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First lets remember that almost all of the off strip "locals" casinos are Stations properties with the linked JP/freeroll. Your comparison is not based on competition within the realm of the poker world. If a poker room opened with nothing but real poker business people running it next door to every Stations casino offering ONLY a bad beat & not the big freeroll they offer, Stations rooms would close within a year. They just wouldnt keep them open for 2 games a day.

Larry David · #23 05-17-2006, 03:48 PM

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Like California. This town has never been able to have decent 6/12 - 10/20 for the simple reason of chip denomination.

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I'm confused, what other chip denomination would you use for 10/20 besides red ($5)? Please dont say 2.50.

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Never played in a pink chip game? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Photoc,

Do you actually believe a red & white/blue 6/12 game is better than a single $2 chip game? Both for the casino and the players.

bigfishead · #24 05-17-2006, 03:50 PM

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I played the 9-18 on Tuesday night...

The button raised, small blind folded, big blind defended, and the dealer promptly removed $4 for rake. I called the floor over and was told the rake was now a straight 10%, instead of what the plaque says. IMO, having the highest rake in Vegas, at these limits, is not a strong selling point.

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I forgot to mention that in my little report. Complaints abound all ready from the local grinders.

Photoc · #25 05-17-2006, 03:52 PM

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If a poker room opened with nothing but real poker business people running it next door to every Stations casino offering ONLY a bad beat & not the big freeroll they offer, Stations rooms would close within a year. They just wouldnt keep them open for 2 games a day.

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I can't buy that one. People get accustomed to one thing and think they are getting "comped" by havine jackpots and freerolls, they wont change. Look at V's freeroll where they aren't taking an extra jackpot drop. These people are still all going back to their local joints no matter how good everything is.

I never said good or bad on the 2/4 chip structure also. I just stated that the guys complaining about it, were complaining about something with zero difference from red/white to 3's.

Personaly, on that issue, I have no quams either way about it.

Edit: You didn't say LA, you said Cali, I misstyped. But again, just SoCal has 15 million people and is hard to compare an area with 10x the population and 1/10th the toursism.

VORP · #26 05-17-2006, 03:57 PM

I think the point is that any 2 and 4 chip structure for 6/12 is stupid and unnecesary. $2 chips would be better for everyone.

Photoc · #27 05-17-2006, 03:59 PM

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I think the point is that any 2 and 4 chip structure for 6/12 is stupid and unnecesary. $2 chips would be better for everyone.

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That's fine, but my point per my last post, was that I didn't have any opinions one way or another on it. I am one of those that could care less about a 1/2 chip difference in structure.

bav · #28 05-17-2006, 04:22 PM

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I played the 9-18 on Tuesday night...

The button raised, small blind folded, big blind defended, and the dealer promptly removed $4 for rake. I called the floor over and was told the rake was now a straight 10%, instead of what the plaque says. IMO, having the highest rake in Vegas, at these limits, is not a strong selling point.

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They were taking more than the placard stated? Surely not.

It's a nitly complaint, but I don't think raking more than the plaque states is allowed. At the same time, to "fix" it I think all they have to do is get a sticky label and paste over the numbers that are there. But casinos don't get to post their rake, and then take extra.

BrooklynPoker · #29 05-17-2006, 04:23 PM

Never have played 6/12 with the twos but i think it would make the game more fun...at Borgata it is red and white and relatively tight while the pink chip game at teh trop is super loose aggressive and the only real difference is the number of chips...so - the two's do and would make sense if you ask me

The DaveR · #30 05-17-2006, 05:09 PM

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Like California. This town has never been able to have decent 6/12 - 10/20 for the simple reason of chip denomination.

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I'm confused, what other chip denomination would you use for 10/20 besides red ($5)? Please dont say 2.50.

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2.5 would be good, but most CA rooms spread 9/18 rather than 10/20 for obvious reasons.