They did bring the old tables over. 43 or whatever tables compared to 69...50% more tables.

Yes to the general suggestion of getting some higher denomination chips. But a huge NOOOOO to 10K chips. Please no, not ever. Just go from 1K to 5K to 25K to 100K. 10K chips are just a waste of money, are not a number players are used to dealing with, and lead to errors when counting stacks and such. My advice to every room everywhere, NEVER buy a 10K chip. Also, never buy/use plaques (you know, the big rectangular chips). They are a pain in the ass to stack and count. Thanks!

A jump to a 25,000 chip would have been just fine with me.

Are all the PLO games there hi-lo or am I misreading Bravo?

HL stands for High Limit, a different board and games that are time instead of rake.

Thank you - what do you mean by different board?

A floor person runs and manages those games from the back of the room, unlike all the other games that are called from the main board at the entry of the room. You can sign up anywhere, but the seats/games get called by the floor handling those handful of games.

Went on Sunday to play the satellite for the Pot O'Gold tournament (one bullet, 80 runners, 16 seats, I didn't win one)

Floor guy explained liquor license issue as so: licensee no longer works at TSR. I expect that was the old poker room director? Seems strange to link the license to a single individual, not a corp entity or position, like CEO or perhaps Director of Poker?

I've seen bars and such have to halt liquor sales for a period of time (30-90 days?) because of a sale, but I also assumed (look out!) a larger operation like a casino resort would have this **** figured out.

Seeing as that was Sunday, and Monday was a holiday, I don't expect them to have figured it out yet, either.

Enjoy!

As of today, the liquor license is back.

Ramblings on the new room: New tables make it hard for the 1 and 8/9 seat to see what's going on with the other. The room and chairs are pretty sweet. They did not think about visibility of the board from the outside of the room. I still don't really get why they have the separate HL board in the back. Better service for HL players? I do miss the self serve soda machine. Smokers patio is nice. Location/Parking is great.

I’ve always liked the 1 and 8/9. Too tough to sit there now. Dealers are not aware for the most part of the stitching on the rail indicating proper seat position on these kidney shaped tables.
Actually, a little entertaining to watch the players in those seats struggle. Much worse for the 1 to see the 8.
Not sure how you’d fix this. Anyone?

It's not fixable due to the shape of the new tables. There is a cutout where the dealer sits which puts the dealer in front of seats 1 and 8 and blocks the line of sight between those seats. On the old tables there was no cutout and therefore no real problem as the dealer was directly parallel to seats 1 and 8.

Au contraire, the sight lines can be improved IF, the players are instructed where to sit ((between the stitching on the rail)). The problem is most dealers are unaware as of my last visit. IMO the SAND TRAP is the bigger issue.

I made my first visit to TS. I heard some bad reviews but figured there will always be haters at the beginning. It turns out they are right. I am shocked at how many little and in some cases big issues this room has. I'll start with the good and then the bad.

Good

1) It's a big spacious room
2) The seats are very comfortable.
3) There is more room between tables.

Bad

1) Seats 1 and 8 can't see each other.
2) The people at the poker board can't see people waiting at the other end of room.
3) The people playing low stakes can't hear the floor call them to higher stake games
4) Some tables have terrible lighting.
5) I heard the wall paper has already come off and is super cheap.
5) The carpet is already tearing apart.
6) There is an exit at the back of the room but you can't get in that way so you have to walk a long distance to get to higher limit area.
7) You have to walk a long way from higher limits to the restroom.
8) The restroom has only 4 urinals and you have to wade through pee to get to them and then stand in more pee. The paper towel dispensers hang too low so the towels are soaking in standing water. The soap dispensers rarely work.
9) The food service is terrible regarding wait times. I ordered the lo mein. The noodles were soggy and the chicken was dry.
10) The chip service is terrible regarding wait times.
11) If you are at the low limit area you have to walk to the end of the room to check the high limit board
12) I was happy to hear they built a smokers balcony because I was sick of walking into the room and smelling the smoke. However, I guess they have since now added smoking areas right outside the entrance as well.
13) They have plenty of TV's but they aren't easy to see from some areas.
14) They have had glare issues at the back of the room.
15) The food is still ridiculously priced.
16) The game waiting list for low limit is not visible from inside the room.

This is not a room related gripe. The high limit floors on both days I was there started a 40/80 game which left the 20/40 game short and the 40 was also short. I saw one day where the they called the players to the 40 but the game didn't officially start for about 20 minutes. I think the 20 ended up breaking. It looks like the 20/40 game there is extremely fragile. I talked to a few 20 players who said they rarely show up anymore because they never know when the game will go or break or be converted to a 40/80. The 40/80 was pretty good one day but absolutely horrific the other with a bunch of grinders. I guess there are a couple players they depend on for it to be a good game.

Some of these negatives I heard from regs I talked too. I get there being a few glitches in a new room but this seems excessive. I talked to dealers and floor who said they aren't shocked. The people running the place don't seem to put a lot of thought into things. The room looks nice but it's more lipstick on a pig.

Yep floors completely incompetent been saying this for some time. Worst run room I've personally visited. Such a shame because would be pretty easy to have a great ecosystem in a wealthy area.

Huh this doesn’t bode well for my trip there next month to play 20-40.

Fridays the games seem to be good and often have two games going.

Saturdays seem to be all over the place. I've seen two games on Bravo. When I was there it was 4 handed.

Thursdays they run a big high hand promotion in the lower limits. This often times leaves no dealers for the 20 or 40. They eventually get a game going but not until the evening.

Sunday also has a high hand promotion. I haven't been there so no comment on 20/40 game availability.

Mon- Wed looks really bad. I'd say it's hit or miss when or if a game will be going.

If you are willing to play 40/80 that will significantly increase your odds of getting on a table. It's not possible these days to predict when the games will start like the good old days.

The limit player pools has lost players to the mix games, NL, death, poor floor management and banishment. You could make a full table of the players banned in the last two years.

I don't want to scare you off but just be aware that the game has become quite fragile.

Fridays the games seem to be good and often have two games going.

Saturdays seem to be all over the place. I've seen two games on Bravo. When I was there it was 4 handed.

Thursdays they run a big high hand promotion in the lower limits. This often times leaves no dealers for the 20 or 40. They eventually get a game going but not until the evening.

Sunday also has a high hand promotion. I haven't been there so no comment on 20/40 game availability.

Mon- Wed looks really bad. I'd say it's hit or miss when or if a game will be going.

If you are willing to play 40/80 that will significantly increase your odds of getting on a table. It's not possible these days to predict when the games will start like the good old days.

The limit player pools has lost players to the mix games, NL, death, poor floor management and banishment. You could make a full table of the players banned in the last two years.

I don't want to scare you off but just be aware that the game has become quite fragile.

Good feedback, thanks.

Yeah thanks for the detailed info.

I’ll be there wed night through Sunday. Not yet sure which days/nights I’ll be playing yet, I’m there to visit friends primarily. But the good news is seems like mostly during the times that are ok.

Not really planning to play 40-80. Possibly once if it’s all that’s offered. But more likely to just go do something else. Or maybe play smaller for a bit to just **** around.

Maybe I’ll see pope!

People still play limit poker? My last trip to Vegas one of the hard core local pro's told me 'real men don't play limit' and I guess I took that to heart.

Im just a little boy.