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Originally Posted by blitzT4M4Y0theGOAT
And what South Florida casino do you prefer Queen of No??
She plays at Magic City.
FWIW, I think both sides of this debate are ridiculous. Unlike Queen of No, I would never either exalt or condemn a poker room based on only one visit years ago. I've had both bad and good experiences at virtually every poker room in SoFla. And unlike some here, I actually play at most of them. As an example, this past week I was at Magic City on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday; On Friday night, I went to Jai Alai; and yesterday afternoon I was at Hialeah. This afternoon I will probably be going to Gulfstream.
Ironically, I started to wear ear buds and listen to music while playing at Queen of No's favorite room, Magic City, because I was trying to drown out all of the Spanish being spoken at my table(s). And at Hialeah yesterday, while I went fully prepared to listen to music again all afternoon, my table was virtually Spanish-free and I soon discarded my phone. That said, I realize that yesterday was an anomaly at Hialeah and I have had times when I've had to ask that the English-only rule be enforced. (I'm usually only concerned with it when the dealer herself doesn't speak or understand Spanish.)
The bottom line is that Spanish is spoken by the majority of people in Miami; in fact, quite a few don't any speak English at all. While English-only is the rule in all poker rooms here, it is not realistic to expect no Spanish to be spoken at all while hands are being played, and I've run into this issue in every poker room in Dade County. (This isn't the case for the rooms in Broward County.)