Make the TD aware and he will make a note.

Or don't win


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Johnny,

The current promos are a nice mix and seem to be well received. I'm in the rather have no promo drop crowd but if you have to have them you're doing it well. If you are looking for ideas to change up the high hand structure​ in the future, your new sister property Borgata has a nice one. They do two jackpots every 30 minutes for $200 each. One is the best quads and one is the best straight flush. If one isn't hit the $200 rolls over and gets added to the next 30 minutes jackpot. Players seemed to like that setup as the straight flush jackpot would get up to $1k+ but you could still win with quads every 30 mins.

Now for an issue that I've had in the room here a few times that may be easy to fix. When a game gets short, let's say 5 handed, there's inevitably people who will freak out and refuse to play. There's no way they could ever imagine folding every hand 5 handed, they need at least 6 players to do that. In this situation there is always one player who is willing to play heads up, and one or two that would play 4 handed. The game comes to a halt because the 2 that won't play 5 handed cause the two that won't play with less than 4 to not play 3 handed. So they want to break the game. But of course it's 6PM on a Thursday so there are only three seats available. I feel like the players who are willing to continue playing should get priority if the table does break. Those willing (read: demanding) to wait until more players sit down should be fine waiting on the list instead. What's ends up happening now is we draw for seats and the people willing to play short to keep the rake flowing get shut out and now are the ones not playing. It seems backwards.

That explanation got long winded. Basically, when a game breaks, those willing to play should get priority over those demanding to wait. Is this a policy that could possibly be discussed with your staff? If my thinking is wrong here please tell me I'm an idiot. Im obviously biased so that may be clouding my judgement. Thanks.

FWIW I personally don't always want to play shorthanded, but I completely agree with this. I don't see how it could be any other way logically.

June 15th, 2017. I'll always remember this as the date rapini and I finally agreed on something. To be clear, I don't have an issue if people don't want to play short. I have an issue with them forcing others out. I'd love to see this policy change implemented.

Agree 100%. Seems like this would be the fairest possible policy, and might even incentivize the players who are pouting and causing the issue in the first place to man up and play poker.

I was going to list that as another possible benefit but I know of several players who are so deathly allergic to playing <6 handed that they'd opt to go on the list.

Or go to a room without such a policy.

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Explain to me any other way it's supposed to work.

You don't want to play short so you ask if people want to break the game, and draw for seats. Other players say "no" so you can either keep playing or quit. I don't understand the alternative.

Your only other choice is to ask for a table transfer.

If the others want to play short then they can play short and the one who doesn't gets a seat in another game. If the others don't want to play short then everyone can draw for the seats.

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Seems like that incentivizes the pouters - they get the seat at a healthier table, while those willing (but perhaps not preferring) to play short have to stay at a struggling table. To prevent that, you'd have to require the same as if they willingly quit a game - 30 or 60 minutes (or whatever the house rule is) before rejoining same stakes.

Never seen a casino in my life that has a policy that allows players to go from a short table to a full table unless they are being replaced by a new player.

Is there a way to make the sending of information to the Hendon Mob DB information explicitly an opt-in option rather than an opt-out and rely on someone making sure a note is given to the right person? I'd rather have a formal process than an unofficial one to opt out.

Will it be made generally known when entering tournaments what winning/buy-in limits trigger sending the data to a third party (Hendon Mob or others) for recording?

It's also an issue for me. I think you should be able to go to a supervisor once, say you never want your results to be reported and be over and done about it.

Its pretty standard in my experience when a game is short and only one player doesn't want to play short. It doesn't happen much because generally the rest of the table doesn't want to play short.

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Really? IME when that happens the one player who doesn't want to play short has to just sit there and not play, while the rest of the table that is willing to play short does play short. The sitter doesn't get to table change to a full table.

With a disclaimer that I don't play in this room coming first, I will say that I narrowly prefer a policy that gives no priority to people willing to play short. i.e. if you don't want to play short, then you sit out while others play. The only way you get to draw for seats is if the whole table decides to break. And if that happens, then everyone has an even shot.

Yes, I understand the desire to give a "bonus" to the people willing to play short, but they already have that because they can keep playing short for as long as they want while the other player sits and waits.

(I will further add that I believe in the same principle for must move lists. i.e. if a MM game breaks because a guy doesn't want to play short [or even if it doesn't and the MM games continues playing short], he still stays at the same position on the MM list. No one should be forced to play short to stay in position on the list.)

In my experience the players who don't like playing short sit out and wait for the game to break. This is beyond annoying and a major reason I like timed games.

I agree with this but, if the player(s) sitting out do so for more than the time it would take for them to be picked up in a room, here being 30 minutes for 1/3 and 2/5, then they should lose their spot in the card draw.

I agree with this if it's HU but if 3 handed or more he should have to sit out or play to keep his spot if the other players will keep playing.

Cool, See you in July..

omg, it's $35 coin-in per point for VP?!
http://www.vpfree2.com/casino/mgm-national-harbor

1 point = 4 tc (in vp)

450 tc needed for the weds free luggage promo.
450/4 = 112.5 points
112.5 x $35 = $3937.50 coin-in needed

Sorry I never followed up on this, I thought it was $25 but I would buy $35 from my experience.

The luggage was awful quality too, its absolutely not worth it. The rolling duffel was a $30-40 or so bag. When I went up they gave me the option to take $30 in freeplay which I jumped on. Wont make the mistake of going back for another one of the giveaways. For the coin in you have to put through for it, you're much better off just buying a decent suitcase.

Im making a trip out here this week but the hotel is about $350/night which is crazy. Is there a small town nearby with more reaaonable accommodations? Im not familiar with the area at all so I'd appreciate any advice

If you Google – hotel and the ZIP Code of the casino – you should be able to find more reasonable accommodations nearby.