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Originally Posted by bigmatt24
Lots of players Saturday night, but not that many Friday (maybe 5 1/2 NL tables going?). Quality of play is a bit better than it used to be, IMO (or maybe I'm worse for being rusty, or both). Still +EV, though ...
One issue I think may partly affect below expectation poker room attendance on Fridays:
As everyone knows it is virtually impossible to get a room inside the casino on weekends, even if one wishes to pay top dollar. The surrounding motels this time of year are crap to so-so but all charge ~$100 on weekends. $160's if you want Holiday Inn Express on short notice.
Players (grinders) that would've otherwise traveled to play from out of town are currently less likely to arrive on Friday evening and pay $100 for a $40 quality motel and instead just arrive early Saturday and leave same day.
Once winter sets in and tourism dies down for the slow season, the $80-$160motels begin to charge $40-$80. I'm willing to bet poker traffic from out of towners would increase a bit. It takes just a handful of grinders and random casino patrons to start an extra couple tables.
Personally, I don't mind paying $100/night since technically I can expect to recoup it from ~1.5hrs-2hrs of poker play on average; however the notion of paying that much for a rather ****ty motel irks me and I imagine there are people who share similar sentiments. It is the principle.
In a perfect world HC would build another tower and add another 500 rooms....