[Howard Burroughs]

Greetings,


Opinions sought..........



I already have my 50 hours in for the Venetian freeroll (a long time ago). A good friend of mine has about 4 hours to go (to qualify for his 50 hours for the month) and asks me if I'll come on down and play in his game and he'll buy me late night dinner afterwards.



I agree.


He's had a great, great week so far and decides to play the lowest limit game in the room to relax and get his last 4 hours in.



We're in the same game. It gets 3-handed. All of a sudden, we have a full game and it's a very great game.


A little later it gets down to 4 handed. Two players leave (leaving just me and my friend). We are happy to play (we have a reduced rake, $1 max at $30). We are playing and having a good time (and tipping the dealer better then Photoc at a Sushi Bar!).


Then the floor man comes over and hands us some empty racks and says. "games's over, you two rack up, this game is over".

I say, "What?"

He says he's not dealing a game heads up with a $1 rake.

I say that's what you told us 5 minutes ago ($1 at $30, max). He says rack up and leave.


As he's walking away to get some paper to officially break the game, other dealers whom I've known for years, say to me, "Howard this is B.S., ask "TOM", he's the big boss.


Steve (the floorman) comes over again to kick us out (again, we are tipping well to the dealers). I ask him if we can talk to "Tom". He tells us Tom is not around.


I again ask him about, if we can talk to Tom. He again tells us we have to leave or pay full rake (a few minutes after he (steve) gave us a reduced rake). He tells us we have to leave.



All of a sudden Tom shows up. He hears all of the facts from both Steve (the floorman) and me. He rules in my favor. My friend says, " I don't know if I even want to play here now". And faster then Photoc can leave a $5 tip at a fancy restaurant, we head off into the night in search of a late night dining experience.






All in all I enjoy the Venetian. As I was driving away, I called a couple of good 2+2 friends of mine (as to whether I should post this B&M experience on 2+2 B&M or not for feedback). They Both said, "Post it".


In a nut-shell,

1) I've never seen a floor man reduce a rake and then five minutes later say "Full rake or you're gone!".

2) I've never seen a floor man bring empty racks to a table and say, "game is over".



I'd love to hear from Randy R, Rick, N., Photoc, Don O. and all of you. If I'm out of line, let me know.


Thanks,

Howard