Massive Turnover in Caesars Palace Staff?

[whiskeytown]

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I haven't asked enough of venetian or wynn employees to have a real answer. However, most of these jobs are probably so good pay wise that people would put up with a lot.

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I'm curious what percentage of Wynn's poker room employees are the original Canterbury transplants - I'd almost expect them to stick it out till retirement.

RB

[bav]

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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.

[chucksim]

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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.

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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.

[Survivor1]

I'm a local Vegas player, Caesars USED to be my home room. No more. Myself and several others booked. Until we hear that the rake goes back, neither do we.
Two of the Station Casino's tried raising the rake, and they lost 3/4 of the local play. A few months later they sent out letters to players offering comps for them to come back and apologizing for the experimental raising of the rake. I never went back. Live and learn. Hopefully the other rooms (not Harrahs or Stations) are watching and learning from the others mistakes.

[EWillers]

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I'm a local Vegas player, Caesars USED to be my home room. No more. Myself and several others booked. Until we hear that the rake goes back, neither do we.


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Sounds like the games out there that do manage to go might become noticably better due to this.

It's kind of like the tourneys on Harrah's properties. I know a lot of players won't play any Harrah's tourneys due to the W2-G situation. The fields in the daily tourneys seem to be a little softer at Harrah's properties than at others.

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I believe the W2G thing at Harrah's is fixed, isn't it? I haven't played a Harrah's tourney in a while but someone told me they had stopped with the W2G/1099G idiocy until the prize hit $5K.

And the claim is the rake at Caesars will remain capped at $4. They are the recalcitrant child, refusing to join the grand experiment.

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I believe the W2G thing at Harrah's is fixed, isn't it? I haven't played a Harrah's tourney in a while but someone told me they had stopped with the W2G/1099G idiocy until the prize hit $5K.

And the claim is the rake at Caesars will remain capped at $4. They are the recalcitrant child, refusing to join the grand experiment.

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I consider this the Grand Inevitable rather than the Grand Experiment, it might take 1-2 years but all of Las Vegas will be switching to a $5 max rake at 10% over time. Its inevitable.

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SHUSH! Don't give them ideas!

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Anyway, back to the mess at Caesars.

I found out in the past couple days that the place, internally, has become a f'n mess.

People are leaving and/or getting fired left and right.

Brandon (who ran the noon tourneys a while back), gone. Cindy, gone. TJ, gone. Bonnie, gone. Chris T., sucked it up, got his promotion, and ran to China to do some very interesting things.

Jason, who was brought in recently from Harrah's to be the TD, canned. A buddy of his who was brought in, canned.

All that's left from the original floor personel, from what I can tell, from when the room opened is Jed and Bill.

And there are some Full Time dealers that want out, but, they're FT, and there's jack for jobs in town, so they're basically stuck not wanting to give up the hours and benefits.

Not fun times.