[Al_Capone_Junior]

Well there is some good reason not to spread games that are too close in limit to other established games. I don't know the room, but if spreading 20-40 stud would jeapordize the 20-40 stud H/L game, then it makes sense. Many cardrooms utterly fail to comprehend the need to separate the limits. The prime example is mgm with their 4-8 half kill limit hold'em game. They had 6-12 briefly, but as soon as they started spreading 4-8 half kill the 6-12 disappeared. When given a choice that's very close in stakes, players tend to go with the smaller limit. Your situation is similar in that players would probably choose the "less complicated" game at the same stakes.

Their refusal to spread the mixed game when there is a table full of players ready to go seems ridiculous, and the reason they gave even more so. Seems someone has taken the breaking of the stud game personally, like their time was wasted and now they're spiteful over it. Hey, you gotta be there for eight hours, it doesn't really matter. So you started a game and it broke quick, big friggin' hairy deal. Move on and start another one. I don't know the situation, but spreading a mixed game at such small stakes is unlikely to jeapordize any existing games.

From your post it seems the management has lost touch with the reason they are there in the first place. The name of the game is service. The floorperson's job description is to keep the games going and keep the customers happy. Starting or breaking games is just something you might have to do in order to perform your job of keeping the customers happy.

Al