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Hopefully, the velvet rope things at the bottom of the emergency doors do not cause a problem in case there is an emergency.

Is doing this a fire code violation?

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05-19-2017 , 10:27 PM

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sai1b0ats

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Originally Posted by DCJ001

Hopefully, the velvet rope things at the bottom of the emergency doors do not cause a problem in case there is an emergency.

Is doing this a fire code violation?

Not if you don't tell

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05-19-2017 , 11:12 PM

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Randal_Graves

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Having the dealers not announce bet sizes as they happen is brutally bad. Half the dealers don't pay hardly any attention as it is, making them announce the bets will both speed the game up and keep them engaged and paying attention.

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05-20-2017 , 12:12 AM

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sai1b0ats

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Yeah, the good dealers I've asked, don't like the rule either.

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05-20-2017 , 08:09 AM

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SKYYHIGH

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I played a short session Thursday, about an hour in guy sits at an open seat, takes out cash and lays it on the felt. The dealer asked if he had any chips, the guy just sat there pointing to his cash. Dealer went into the box instead of calling for player checks. He then had to call to reload the box. Up until that point the game had been moving along.
The annoying parts was, after about 5 minutes of talking it was obvious the guy was a reg. He was talking about being there every day and saying hi to floor and other players. I don't understand why it is so hard to go to the cage and get chips before you sit down.

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05-20-2017 , 08:24 AM

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dcmidnight

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Originally Posted by DCJ001

Hopefully, the velvet rope things at the bottom of the emergency doors do not cause a problem in case there is an emergency.

Is doing this a fire code violation?

Table 35 sits right in front of a couple of the doors. If a thousand pounds of table and chairs doesn't impede people then I doubt a couple of draft stoppers will.

Back of the room was noticeably cooler yesterday. Whether it was this or an AC change or a combo - I dont really care to be honest.

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05-20-2017 , 10:22 AM

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JohnnyGroomsTD

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AC issue eas addressed by engineering yesterday, and they will be doing.more over the next couple of weeks.

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05-20-2017 , 12:08 PM

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Zero2Hero13

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Originally Posted by SKYYHIGH

They don't wanna be inconvienced by waiting in line. Or the player just moved/sat himself without notifying the floor and doesn't want to lose seat

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05-20-2017 , 12:21 PM

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psujohn

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Yeah allowing first buy in at the table is probably the worst of all possible solutions.

1) Buy at the brush desk - at MGM that'd require a cart by the desk
2) Buy at the table through a runner
3) Buy at the cage
4) Buy at the table through the dealer

They call the guy sitting in the box a dealer not a cashier. Let him deal.

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05-20-2017 , 04:06 PM

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GolfPro

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Sorry for the duplicate post, just missed a few words in my last message:

PSU, after the K's < A's hand, thought you were migrating to Vegas to get your money back from the old lady. Nice to see that you are back in the east coast.

JG, the lucky table (500 to everyone)/top 4 hands promos look exciting for June. The Sunday 50K/30 min levels is awesome. Also, appreciate the full lineup of tournaments.

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05-20-2017 , 05:56 PM

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PotLuckNeeded

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Originally Posted by Iuomo

This x 100. People only want what's best for them short term and never see the bigger picture. Deeper games benefit only better players. If you are a good player, you should be making enough money as it is. Games should be set up to support bad players. If you want to play 500BB deep, move up.

Disagreements does not mean the other party doesnt see the big picture. Plenty of casinos allow 75%/100% of max stacks. Was just a suggestion based on my experience from other properties.

"you should be making enough money as it is."

Cute. Anyway, I enjoy the room, JD and crew continue to do a great job. I look forward to a better solution of the chip purchase procedures.

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05-20-2017 , 07:02 PM

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Rod the Bod

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Originally Posted by psujohn

Agreed. IMO the policy should be that dealers are simply not allowed to sell initial buy-ins to anyone. Enabling one person's laziness inconveniences ten other people at the table and cuts into the casino's profit (slow game = less rake).

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05-21-2017 , 05:09 AM

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OvertlySexual

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If you are a reg, you might as well keep enough chips to cover the first buy in whenever you return to the casino.

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05-21-2017 , 05:36 AM

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ZephyrSpy

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Buying in at the table is the much better option. If they make people buy in at the cage there's going to be a huge line over there to do so and then people are going to complain about that and complain that it's taking too long to fill seats. And and top of that you'll have the random fish who decides he doesn't want to wait in line so he leaves without telling anyone so that seat won't get filled for a while.

They way the do it now is fine, the dealer can sell like $100 or whatever small amount to keep the game moving and let the some else run the rest of the money needed

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05-21-2017 , 07:39 AM

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Tomark

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I also like the current setup. buyin at the table is ideal, even if it requires a few fills.

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05-21-2017 , 07:40 AM

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psujohn

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Originally Posted by GolfPro

PSU, after the K's < A's hand, thought you were migrating to Vegas to get your money back from the old lady. Nice to see that you are back in the east coast.

Plenty of nitty old ladies back here where I can seek my revenge by proxy.

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If you are a reg, you might as well keep enough chips to cover the first buy in whenever you return to the casino.

I play 1/3. I typically buy $400 red. You want me to carry around 80 chips? I could carry black or green sure but the tables are always short on red as it is. I'd say I make change for someone at least twice in an average session.

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If they make people buy in at the cage there's going to be a huge line over there to do so

It's not impossible or even difficult to staff the cage at a level where there will never be much of a line.

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They way the do it now is fine, the dealer can sell like $100 or whatever small amount to keep the game moving and let the some else run the rest of the money needed

So the dealer has to pause and sell the new guy $100 in green - making the shortage of red on the table worse - and notify everyone that the guy is $300 behind or whatever. Which opens all the problems that come with a player playing behind.

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05-21-2017 , 10:07 AM

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sai1b0ats

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June promos on Bravo still says Lucky Table and Hot Seat will run concurrently on Fridays from 10a to 3p.

True?

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05-21-2017 , 01:03 PM

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rubbrband

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Buy in at the table is fine. You want as little a barrier as possible for rec players to get in the game.

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05-21-2017 , 01:29 PM

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OvertlySexual

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I play 1/3. I typically buy $400 red. You want me to carry around 80 chips?

No. Carry 4 blacks or 3 blacks and 4 greens. You don't have to change all of them to 4 stacks of reds either. It's definitely easier and faster.

There's always a couple of guys with piles of reds when I sit at a table, so it's a win win.

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05-21-2017 , 07:22 PM

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dcmidnight

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Interesting reading LVA this morning, stated pretty clearly that the MGM NH poker room was moving upstairs.

Didn't JG adamantly state - a while ago - that this wasn't happening?

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05-21-2017 , 07:36 PM

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Coasterbrad

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I've heard dealers saying that again recently but it always sounds like rumor, not fact. I trust Johnny to make decisions that he thinks are best for the room. Moving upstairs doesn't seem like one of those decisions if you ask me.

The temperaturein the room was much more comfortable yesterday. It's actually been pretty cold along the back wall.

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05-21-2017 , 07:44 PM

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sai1b0ats

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I've had multiple dealers say it is happening. But have heard nothing official obv

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05-21-2017 , 07:57 PM

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The Apex

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Originally Posted by dcmidnight

Interesting reading LVA this morning, stated pretty clearly that the MGM NH poker room was moving upstairs.

Didn't JG adamantly state - a while ago - that this wasn't happening?

You have a link to the article?

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05-21-2017 , 08:03 PM

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dcmidnight

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Not Pulitzer prize winning writing here...
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https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/stif...n-hails-macao/

"MGM National Harbor is still on a shakedown cruise, as it were. The company avers that it could use more than the 300 hotel rooms it has. Food and beverage, and retail are the weak spots on the balance. So too, apparently, is poker. In any event, the poker room is literally being kicked upstairs to make room for more slots and table games. There’s nothing calamitous about these revelations: MGM is new to the market and, besides, any other operator would probably being experiencing the same phenomena."

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