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Originally Posted by DougL
Not sure about now, but a decent number of people do keep white chips for tips and do put a 5 stack in during the blinds. Agree with everything Quantph said. The reason for the $2 BBJP drop is that the players asked for it, if I recall.
Those games are proof that keeping the right players happy makes a game, and that the sharp players should be laughed at. A* drops $200/hr with rake worse than the Rio at WSOP time, no problem. Long lists. There was a room down the street that tried like $3 rake, generous food comps at the table, and room comps almost for the asking. They could hardly keep a game going. They certainly couldn't get a big game, though for a while they had O/8 and then some 1/2/100 "PLO". Think they offered 10/20 for a while. Why go there to play in a bad 10/20 when there's a good 30/60 two blocks away?
I think the 50/100 goes with green chips, though I'm guessing that if you're the right player changing in from the 30 game, you're not forced to color up. I remember playing (20/40?) at the Mirage with $10 chips, and some Stud player sat with a bunch of $5 chips. The brush came by and tried to get him to color up. He refused and threatened to leave if they made him. As a very fun player, the table demanded that he be allowed to play wrong chips.
I always put whites out when I'm in the blind to speed things up. At the 50 game I put out 1 green, 4 reds, and 5 whites. Occasionally I see someone pushing barrels of red into the pot at 50 but they usually don't last too long.
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Originally Posted by chillrob
What does this room do to make the right players happy?
It provides them with an opportunity to gamble (and free booze).
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Originally Posted by Sean Snyder
In my career I'm aware of 2 dealers being fired for stealing chips from the pot and 1 employee being fired for writing themselves massive markers they defaulted on. All 3 were immediately employed by another casino.
That's kinda shocking actually. Did the casino press charges? I assume this was SoCal, the Colorado poker market is quite small, and I would think that you'd lose your gaming license immediately upon being arrested for a felony.