So, I had a nice chat with Jeff, who is a floor at the Midnight Rose in Cripple Creek (and, for the record, one of the ones I called "a real pro," not an "oxygen waster" in my last post on this topic, if you're reading Jeff
) while I was waiting for a seat last night. From context I expect he is also the asst mgr. He mentioned to me that he'd read my post in the old Colorado Poker thread in which I had been less than complimentary about changes when the new manager came in.
It's good to see that they are paying attention to this forum, even though Cripple Creek doesn't get much love ITT. Since I had been critical then, it seems only fair to update post discussion.
As far as the "4 hours for food comps" issue, it turns out that this was a bit of miscommunication. The idea was that players should be playing 4 hour (ish) sessions if they were being comped food, not that they should have already clocked 4 hours before they were allowed to order. This was in response to "players" who came in on their lunch breaks, sat on limit tables and gave no action, but just sat long enough to eat. Fair enough.
So at first the concept was misunderstood, but now that it's been clarified, regs can get food early in the session because the staff knows they'll be there a while, and others are told that they should be there a while after eating. Much better, imo.
As far as the tournaments, the vig did go up, but I was incorrect about the structures. They actually went with bigger starting stacks and longer (lol) levels. I'm still not playing any tournament with 20 minute levels, even if it's not as bad as 15, but it's not worse.
I am not a fan of the $2 bad beat drop, but the huge BBJs do definitely bring in the gamboolers, so I guess I shouldn't complain. I do wish the Eagle were not so dead, but the Rose is a reliable place to find a good game.