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12-30-2006, 02:51 PM
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The End of an Era
The Commerce has removed the Terrace!
Prior to the expansion of the hotel and new top section, the Terrace was the top section. It was a dias roughly in the centre of the card room against the far wall. I believe there was room for eight, perhaps nine, tables. Since the expansion it had become the 9/18 hold'em section. A friend of mine, he is also a prolific 2+2 poster, mentioned it to me last week. We went over to take a look and he was correct in claiming that when you look out over original poker room it looks like a sea of poker players! 
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#2
12-30-2006, 04:03 PM
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Re: The End of an Era
Yep. They did it because removing the terrace allowed them to add seven more tables.
I liked the terrace. There's too much foot traffic through there now, and the lack of a railing allows the chip runners to wander off.
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#5
12-30-2006, 07:08 PM
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Re: The End of an Era
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The Commerce has removed the Terrace! Prior to the expansion of the hotel and new top section, the Terrace was the top section. It was a dias roughly in the centre of the card room against the far wall. I believe there was room for eight, perhaps nine, tables. Since the expansion it had become the 9/18 hold'em section. A friend of mine, he is also a prolific 2+2 poster, mentioned it to me last week. We went over to take a look and he was correct in claiming that when you look out over original poker room it looks like a sea of poker players! [/ QUOTE ] Unfortunately the sea has so little room between tables that the claustrophobic among us are having an ongoing nervous breakdown while playing. The closest thing I could find to an aisle seat for a 400 NL game yesterday was back against the west wall. The extra space allowed room for a series of food trays allowing me to eat about $60 worth of comped food amounting to over ten thousand calories in a single nine hour session. Hopefully the crowding will diminish with the introduction of new collection policies on I think January 7th, 2007. My guess is this will be post-worthy. ~ Rick
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#6
12-30-2006, 08:21 PM
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Re: The End of an Era
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[ QUOTE ] Hopefully the crowding will diminish with the introduction of new collection policies on I think January 7th, 2007. My guess is this will be post-worthy. ~ Rick [/ QUOTE ] How much worse can they make it than it is now?
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#7
12-30-2006, 08:48 PM
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Re: The End of an Era
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[ QUOTE ] Hopefully the crowding will diminish with the introduction of new collection policies on I think January 7th, 2007. My guess is this will be post-worthy. ~ Rick [/ QUOTE ] How much worse can they make it than it is now? [/ QUOTE ] From what I read on the back wall in the $400 buyin NL area (along with the sign in the hallway between top and the main (old) section) quite a bit worse. At the same time I wonder if there "stepped" drops may open a door to more competitive drops elsewhere. ~ Rick I didn't change any content, just fixed a misplaced quote. -RR
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#9
12-31-2006, 01:33 AM
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Re: The End of an Era
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I will mix the Terrace. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, me too. I remeber when one part of the Commerce floor was solid $3-6 LHE, one section was solid $6-12(24 tables each, all going strong each weekend), one section was "pan", and one section was $2-4 stud up to $6-12 stud(appx 30 total stud tables on weekends...lol plus about 10 more $1-2...I don't think we'll ever see that again). And in the center were $10-20 up to $20-40 LHE tables shadowed over by the Terrace which was $30-60 and up. Really, I think this structure was part of the sucess of Commerce....the bigger games were close to the smaller games and allowed for very easy access to a $6-12 donkey who ran well to go take a shot at bigger games.
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#10
12-31-2006, 11:57 AM
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Re: The End of an Era
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Hopefully the crowding will diminish with the introduction of new collection policies on I think January 7th, 2007. My guess is this will be post-worthy. ~ Rick [/ QUOTE ] How much worse can they make it than it is now? [/ QUOTE ] From what I read on the back wall in the $400 buyin NL area (along with the sign in the hallway between top and the main (old) section) quite a bit worse. At the same time I wonder if there "stepped" drops may open a door to more competitive drops elsewhere. [/ QUOTE ] My understanding is that the increase in rake(by $1?) is due to the raise in Californias minimum wage(puke....god I hate socialists). Anyway, I know for certain I will never play below $9-18 at Commerce again and probably not below $20-40. The other area casinos can have my action at $15-30 as long as the rake remains the same. Increases like this really kill small games. I think this increase may make games at $4-8 and lower entirely -ev games. I already liked the $4-8 at Hustler...I put in maybe 40 hours last year donking at $4-8 or $6-12....Commerce will never see that action from me. Also, the rake effectively ensures I simply will not play as much. At $15-30, and $20-40 I will not play if I am not in the correct frame of mind, if I am tired or, anything else is going on that might disrupt my ability to play my best. So if the dog barks in the morning and wakes me up....no poker. If I do work around the house and am tired...no poker. If I am upset about something and likely to tilt...no poker.
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