Congratulations! You just became the manager of a Vegas poker room!

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1) On the board, have players indicate whether they will play short or not

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Now thats creative thinking! I like!

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Also - with the popularity of NL these days (thus the decreasing popularity of limit) I'm not sure this is a very realistic venture anyway.

Sorry TT, I guess I'm fired.

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Your fired, you have deviated from the job description. The upper level management doesn't want opinions, they want solutions.

Keep in mind that at the upper mid-levels and high limit levels limit games of all types still more popular than NL.

PS: Assume for this exercise that the room has a vibrant 15/30 and lower limit game selection, that is not a concern.

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[Dave D]

1. Buy a bunch of those Chilis type vibrating square things and give them out to people who put their names on the list. This solves the problem of people wandering off.

2. Get cell phone numbers of players who sign up. Tell them you'll text msg (or maybe even call them personally) them when their table is ready.

The no rake at 5 thing is probably also perfect.

[CountStackula]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!

This thread is killing me...What? You all think rooms in Vegas haven't tried all of these tactics?

The ONLY way to get a 30/60 game going is to promote one heavily during the WSOP (or if your room has a week or two long event of their own) and HOPE that you have offered good enough service during that time to keep them afterwards.

There is NO way to draw them to your room during the slower times of the year. Free food, free rake, and 4.5 dollars an hour in comps were not enough to get the 20/40 game to leave the Mirage. Why? Because a player is not going to play a short handed game in hopes it fills when he KNOWS there is a full game down the road or across the street.

PLAYERS WILL ONLY GO WHERE THE ACTION IS...and that can't happen within the 1st 6 months of a room being open. Bottom line, offer good, well-run games of any limit with a smile and treat players with respect and, eventually, you will get the games without any "gimmicks".

[2461Badugi]

Partner with an online site, identify American six-max fish and LAGtards, and comp them heavily.

[NickMPK]

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In terms of giving high-limit players extra comps or a reduced rake or whatever, I don't really understand why a poker room would have any incentive to do this. Why do they even care about whether they have high limit games, unless they are drawing celebrities that bring other people into the poker room? These games hardly generate any more in rake than low limit games, right?

In fact, it seems like the casino would want to discourage whales from playing poker, where they are likely to lose their money to other players rather than the casino.

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But that's not the point. Your 'job', so to speak, is to get a regular 30/60 game going.

So unless you have suggestion ...

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I'm just asking an honest question. Do the casinos ever actually care whether they have high limit games running? And if so, why?

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The ONLY way to get a 30/60 game going is to promote one heavily during the WSOP (or if your room has a week or two long event of their own) and HOPE that you have offered good enough service during that time to keep them afterwards.

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Your fired. The directive for the job is to make this work before the WSOP, not during or after.

There are many marketing concepts that have never been tried, this thread is about rehashing old ones and trying new ideas that are cutting edge. The proof of course will be in the pudding, this is all hypothetical as presented.

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I'm just asking an honest question. Do the casinos ever actually care whether they have high limit games running? And if so, why?

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Start a new thread for that question.. its very valid, but outside the scope of the job. Solutions are what management wants, not questioning the company's policies.

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[midwestkc]

Is this room usually full? If this is a new room, and one without a large player base (and if space permits) you could market yourself as a shorthanded room. 6 max has become so popular online, that I think this could work. You might not have some of the nitty locals, but I think most online players would be happy to play at a room like this. Your message could be something to the effect of getting to play more hands per hour (dealt hands) meaning more pots to be one, which means more $$$$!!!

The only downside to this would be when you get your room full all the time, you're going to be capped on the number of people you can serve in your room at a lower number than other rooms, but maybe you could get smaller tables that would allow you to fit an extra 3-5 tables in the room?

[SellingtheDrama]

Based on what comps on a player-card level you are allowed to give, place just below maximum (knowing that you need to up the comps for the 60/120 game).

Offer food service at the tables for 30/60 and up only. (Similar to Borgata's policy). This has actually brought people up a level that I've seen.