Massive Turnover in Caesars Palace Staff?

[Al_Capone_Junior]

Complaining on these forums tells the tale, but mostly to people who are not in any position to do anything about it. Most of the people who are in charge of poker these days have no clue about poker whatsoever, and certainly don't read these boards. The only way players will be heard is by saying what's on their mind in a way it will be heard by management. This means filling out a customer comment form. If you don't fill out one of these forms, you almost certainly are wasting your breath.

Al

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Plus there is the sneaky $5 rake that Harrahs is implementing property by property.

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Nothing sneaky about that $5, other than the very small print they use to change the placards on the tables when it goes up.

That MAY be on its way out.

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SIGH. New rumor is the other Harrah's properties have been beaten into submission and all but Caesars are going to join the $5 rake club. Dealers are PO'd, claiming they definitely feel it in their pockets, and it's not just locals turning away from the rooms--they've had plenty of touristy players sit down, watch one full rake go down, confirm it was not an accident, and pick up and walk across the street.

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[it's not just locals turning away from the rooms--they've had plenty of touristy players sit down, watch one full rake go down, confirm it was not an accident, and pick up and walk across the street.

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That was me last week. Stayed at Bally's and was shocked they went to $5 plus the $1 for the jackpot. How greedy can you get? Hello Bellagio.

[ptartaglio]

At least you guys get 10% $5 cap + $1 jackpot. Here in LA everywhere is $5 + $1. 1/2NL, 3/6, 4/8, and 6/12 are pretty much unplayable due to the rake. And Nevada these games are still somewhat playable with a 10% capped rake.

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Their first two poker room managers were fired because they were knowledgable poker people.

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Knowledgable poker people, yes, possibly.

Reason why they were "fired", lol, god no.

I sorta know why Mike was canned and definitely know the situation behind Vito leaving, but I can't disclose it here at all. Sorry.

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Oddly I got an email from Chris out of the blue today, he is now conducting business in China for Harrah's. So although he is not at Caesar's, he is still working for Harrah's.

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Don't really know why Mike was axed. The next fellow--yeah, he really needed to be shown the door.

While yes, they are an arm of Harrah's and yes, Harrah's is famous for screwing their people, not EVERY person they fire is fired because he knows things that might get them in trouble and force them to close hundreds of hotel rooms for weeks and is making waves about it and refuses to go away silently. Sometimes they get it right.

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not EVERY person they fire is fired because he knows things that might get them in trouble and force them to close hundreds of hotel rooms for weeks and is making waves about it and refuses to go away silently. Sometimes they get it right.

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Huh what?

TT - Which Chris?

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not EVERY person they fire is fired because he knows things that might get them in trouble and force them to close hundreds of hotel rooms for weeks and is making waves about it and refuses to go away silently. Sometimes they get it right.

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Huh what?

TT - Which Chris?

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Chris Tessitore, GoofyBaller was talking about him earlier in the thread.

[bav]

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not EVERY person they fire is fired because he knows things that might get them in trouble and force them to close hundreds of hotel rooms for weeks and is making waves about it and refuses to go away silently. Sometimes they get it right.

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Huh what?

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Story playing out the last few weeks in the Review Journal.

A laborer was bitching at his boss and boss' boss and boss' boss' boss telling them "you're violating building codes, you can't do this, this is wrong, you have to have inspections, they just drilled through structural support cables and weakened the building, STOP." His bosses told him to STFU. He kept making waves...

Then he asked his boss if he could take home a sample of various types of fluorescent light bulbs to try out and see which his wife liked. Boss said "sure". Security grabbed him walking out with a box of bulbs, he couldn't produce paperwork proving he had permission, and they axed him.

So he called the RJ. They start nosing around and the county tries to brush 'em off. RJ won't go away and keeps digging. County sends the same "in their pocket, it seems" inspector out to look it over and he returns saying "looks fine to me". RJ calls BS--he's the same inspector who let all this happen in the first place.

Turns out, it's all true. All those major rennovations Harrah's did on the Rio and later-discovered, Harrah's itself, were done without building permits and didn't get proper inspections. And yes, they DID fail to fire caulk newly drilled holes, and yes, they DID drill through and break structural support cables.

So the last weeks large parts of Harrah's and the Rio were closed as they tore out walls and floors and fixed things while inspectors watched. At one point, simply because the fire alarms hadn't been properly inspected, Harrah's was ordered to station a security guard on each impacted floor 24x7 to manually report fires.

Moral of the story... don't fire the guy who knows all the dirt.