I don't really disagree with you on the current state of affairs but I've got a couple comments.
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Originally Posted by mrducks
I am concerned about the $6 max rake, the low $200 max buy in, the slow pace of the newbie dealers, the numerous dealer mistakes, and the ridiculous flashing name list. I am surprised that a new poker room can't afford to hire a veteran to run the room from Vegas or AC.
I've lived in central PA for about 12 years and my family and I love it here. That said I think it would be difficult to attract someone experienced to move here to run a poker room. This would be the only type job in the area so if for some reason the job stunk you would then have to move again. IN LV or AC there's always another casino just down the street.
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Originally Posted by mrducks
I was in AC this weekend and had a lengthy discussion with the Showboat dealers and floor and they are excited that they finally got a poker room manager to push through promotions and make sure the poker room is NEVER supervised by non-poker pit bosses who don't know ALL of the rules.
Even at AC, I had 3 instances where dealers/floor made mistakes (1. letting players keep big chips and even their cards hidden repeatedly, 2. not calculating min raises correctly 3. and allowing players to go from short tables to full tables simply because they were regulars).
So even a mature poker market like AC can have management issues...
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Originally Posted by mrducks
I am scared (yes scared) that I will be on the losing end of a bad decision that will cost me a large pot. In addition, I am worried that weak dealers will create an atmosphere of players angle shooting because they know that they can intimidate the newbie dealers.
So far mostly the complaints I've seen have been dealer errors, slow dearers and table/customer management (seating players, slow fills and setup changes, etc.) and I haven't seen anyone complaining about a bad floor decision that screwed them out of a pot or cost them money.
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Originally Posted by mrducks
I am now on the fence about going to this room at all and the only thing that is interesting to me is to see just how bad it is there (plus the weak games). I would love to speak with the floor during some slow times to relay the feelings expressed on 2+2 and find out how their management works specifically pertaining to poker.
We've been waiting a long time for this and I think you should check it out as you seem to be a regular visitor to the area because of family. Periodic snapshots of your views might be more enlightening to point out progress the room is making that those from players going there 2-3 times a week or more.
I mean, from Hershey your only 10-15 minutes away at worst.
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Originally Posted by mrducks
A few small tweaks will go a very long way.
Agreed!