[psandman]

Well i wish them luck, but tonight seemed like a bit of a mess.

They advertised a 9PM opening to the general public, there werer signs throught the casino which said the room opened at 9PM (or maybe 9:30 I don't remember).

I arrive at about 9:30 and the room has a huge mob around it. The room is roped off and they are not letting the general public in, only those who had invites are allowed in. Walk around a bit and wait. After a while I speak to someone I know who works in the casino (not in the poker room) he makes a call and tells me they will be letting the general public in at Midnight. I ask him about why all the signs say opening at 9PM. He makes another call and this time is told that they will let the general public in when the crowd subsides . . . (ie they will let the general public in only when the general public has walked away because they are tired of waiting). AT one entrance the security guard is telling people that if they want to get their name on the waiting list they can do so at the other entrance (but at the other entrance they are not letting people in to go to the podium.

The room is a nice room, but quite honestly it strcuk me as just beinga poker room with expensive decorations. Thats nota bad thing, but quite honestly that doesn't make my poker playing experience any better.

I did not get into a game as I had to be leaving anyway. but the impression I had was that they did not have their act together. There seemed to be more floorpeople than dealers (ok slight exaggeration) but there seemed to be little coordination. I definately got a chicken without ahead feeling in the room.

On one hand that is understandable since the room just opened, but on the other hand they have had a lot of time to plan for this event. I hope that the day to day operations run a lot smoother than this did. I would like to see the room succeed, but yet I have the nagging feeling that the today was a reflection of larger organizational issues.