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01-10-2013 , 08:46 PM
Buy ins have changed recently, right?

1/2 is i think 60-300?

Whati s 2/5?
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01-10-2013 , 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by paigowtommy
Back to poker. I'm assuming January tournament schedule hasn't changed, since December's is only one listed on website. Also, lists for qualifying for the HPO are as of Dec 19th. Time to update!
Jan is essentially the same as Dec. Sorry for the delay.
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01-10-2013 , 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Krayzie777
Buy ins have changed recently, right?

1/2 is i think 60-300?

Whati s 2/5?
1/2 is $60-300
2/5 is $200-1000
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01-12-2013 , 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Vickers
Jan is essentially the same as Dec. Sorry for the delay.
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On your website the schedule won't open up on my computer. Can you post the Sat-Sun schedule?
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01-12-2013 , 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Spicecat
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On your website the schedule won't open up on my computer. Can you post the Sat-Sun schedule?
Don't you know that updating a website with the January schedule takes 2 weeks?? Look for the January schedule by March!

Thanks for your great management Brian!!
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01-13-2013 , 12:46 AM
This casino and this poker room is, to me, the worst I have ever been to out of what must be close to 50 by now. The dealers and floor in the casino and the poker room all seem like they were handed Wikipedia articles on game rules and then set loose.
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01-13-2013 , 05:08 AM
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Originally Posted by j20s
This casino and this poker room is, to me, the worst I have ever been to out of what must be close to 50 by now. The dealers and floor in the casino and the poker room all seem like they were handed Wikipedia articles on game rules and then set loose.
+1
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01-13-2013 , 09:19 AM
Anyone gonna be around tommorow for the tournament?
I was hoping to come out today, but the flu got the best of me yesterday so just relaxing today.
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01-13-2013 , 08:13 PM
And where can I get a beer at first thing in the morning gonna need one after these nfl gamrs
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01-14-2013 , 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by FiveTenMan
Don't you know that updating a website with the January schedule takes 2 weeks?? Look for the January schedule by March!

Thanks for your great management Brian!!
Unfortunately, we have one guy in the building who works on our website and he has been quite sick for the past few weeks. I know a lot of people are looking for it, and I'm sorry that I am unable to get it on there for you this month so far.

The silver lining though, is that there haven't been any changes to any of the tournaments on any day of the week for this month. It is the same schedule as the last two months, so if you just match the day of the week you'll be fine. Schedules are also available in the room.

Once again, I'm sorry for the delay.
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01-14-2013 , 02:29 PM
January's calendar is up now.
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01-16-2013 , 02:16 PM
Anyone here playin in the 11 tourney on Monday? I was the younger guy in the hoodie and Red Sox hat that bought in twice haha.
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01-20-2013 , 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by FiveTenMan
You can choose to accept everything and simply "respect it", but I choose something different.

This poker room rakes the highest and charges for drinks. The least it can do is provide the best service and have a little thicker skin than to essentially say, "I make the rules and I don't want to talk about it".

This poker room should be shining our shoes while we play. It's lucky though, because it has players like you that say, "it's great no matter what".

Accept mediocre, get mediocre.
I've been down a few times as it's a tad closer than going to Mohegan. Last time i was down was probably a year ago. They room seemed to be well run and the dealers were not bad. This is comparing my experiences to the dealers at Turning Stone and a hand full of rooms in AC.

Stopped this Friday with a buddy since we were passing through. Played for about 4 hours. With the exception of one or two dealers the rest were terrible. The button skipped over people because players were moving it and then the dealer was moving it also. Quite a few mis-deals happened also.

Add to that a first timer at the table, who was acting out of turn every hand. The dealer warned a few times but seemed for forget. Chips were being flung around and cards too, it was a mess.The dealer was leaving it up to the players to police the table so to speak.

My past experiences were great but i feel as if the dealers would rather be at home than working. They pool tips from what i gather and this may be part of the problem. They are being paid to do a job and can't do it very well it seems.

Granted i was playing the 1-2 no limit but i feel that i deserve the same level of service as any other player in the room.
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01-21-2013 , 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by theschaff
I've been down a few times as it's a tad closer than going to Mohegan. Last time i was down was probably a year ago. They room seemed to be well run and the dealers were not bad. This is comparing my experiences to the dealers at Turning Stone and a hand full of rooms in AC.

Stopped this Friday with a buddy since we were passing through. Played for about 4 hours. With the exception of one or two dealers the rest were terrible. The button skipped over people because players were moving it and then the dealer was moving it also. Quite a few mis-deals happened also.

Add to that a first timer at the table, who was acting out of turn every hand. The dealer warned a few times but seemed for forget. Chips were being flung around and cards too, it was a mess.The dealer was leaving it up to the players to police the table so to speak.

My past experiences were great but i feel as if the dealers would rather be at home than working. They pool tips from what i gather and this may be part of the problem. They are being paid to do a job and can't do it very well it seems.

Granted i was playing the 1-2 no limit but i feel that i deserve the same level of service as any other player in the room.
this is what Im talking about with the button moving around the table...mistakes are often made when the dealer and the players are moving the button...PLAYERS KEEP YOUR MITTS OFF THE BUTTON...not hard to do..everyone thinks they get to run things...why?
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01-22-2013 , 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by bales
this is what Im talking about with the button moving around the table...mistakes are often made when the dealer and the players are moving the button...PLAYERS KEEP YOUR MITTS OFF THE BUTTON...not hard to do..everyone thinks they get to run things...why?
Because it's a very poorly run poker room/casino.
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01-22-2013 , 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by bales
this is what Im talking about with the button moving around the table...mistakes are often made when the dealer and the players are moving the button...PLAYERS KEEP YOUR MITTS OFF THE BUTTON...not hard to do..everyone thinks they get to run things...why?
I've had dealers who asked every time if the button was good because they knew players were moving it. You wouldn't go reaching into the dealer tray for the all in or missed blind buttons so why touch the dealer button.


I've had some great dealers who were very on top of things at Hollywood but this past trip showed a few ****ty ones. Even a dealer who told a player to shut up that was in the hand.
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01-22-2013 , 08:37 PM
Actually "shut up" was probably(definitly) appropriate from the dealer if more than two live hands
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01-23-2013 , 04:39 AM
I would agree if it was more than two but it wasn't.
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01-23-2013 , 02:52 PM
Stopped by for the first time in a while. This place is a ghost town. What happened to everyone and where are they playing?
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01-23-2013 , 04:44 PM
Did you stop last night?
Probably the most INSANE 1/2 game I've ever seen. $50 and $100 in the dark bets I dot think any pot was less than $3-400.
(I was in 7 seat in white vest)
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01-23-2013 , 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by theschaff
I've had dealers who asked every time if the button was good because they knew players were moving it. You wouldn't go reaching into the dealer tray for the all in or missed blind buttons so why touch the dealer button.

As a former dealer myself, I know that this isn't a problem likely to remedy itself in any room. Players just seem to like to move it on their own sometimes and as a dealer you just have to kinda accept that and say "thank you." The problem pops up when a player moves the button but fails to say anything to the dealer about it. A simple "button moved" goes a long way. If a player on one side of the table moves the button and doesn't say anytyhing while you're pushing the pot to the other side of the table, it can be an easy thing to not catch. Yes, the more skill dealers will catch it, and the more extroverted ones will say something to the players about not doing it without telling them, but it's going to be missed occasionally by anyone.

Would I prefer that the players dont' move the button? Yes. Do I think it's reasonable of me to expect that they won't? Nope.
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01-23-2013 , 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Vickers
As a former dealer myself, I know that this isn't a problem likely to remedy itself in any room. Players just seem to like to move it on their own sometimes and as a dealer you just have to kinda accept that and say "thank you." The problem pops up when a player moves the button but fails to say anything to the dealer about it. A simple "button moved" goes a long way. If a player on one side of the table moves the button and doesn't say anytyhing while you're pushing the pot to the other side of the table, it can be an easy thing to not catch. Yes, the more skill dealers will catch it, and the more extroverted ones will say something to the players about not doing it without telling them, but it's going to be missed occasionally by anyone.

Would I prefer that the players dont' move the button? Yes. Do I think it's reasonable of me to expect that they won't? Nope.
The problem pops up when the dealers are literally waiting for the players to move it. And no offense here, but there are a few women dealers that can barely reach the button. (The Indian one comes to mind).

I've never really seen a major problem with button movement, but Brian, if you're implying it's a player problem/issue/fault, you're completely wrong, it's a management issue , in which management simply needs to communicate to the dealers - to communicate to the players - that it's the dealers responsibility to move it.

I've played in plenty of poker rooms, but never had to touch the button like at HC. It all comes from management.
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01-23-2013 , 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by FiveTenMan
The problem pops up when the dealers are literally waiting for the players to move it. And no offense here, but there are a few women dealers that can barely reach the button. (The Indian one comes to mind).

I've never really seen a major problem with button movement, but Brian, if you're implying it's a player problem/issue/fault, you're completely wrong, it's a management issue , in which management simply needs to communicate to the dealers - to communicate to the players - that it's the dealers responsibility to move it.

I've played in plenty of poker rooms, but never had to touch the button like at HC. It all comes from management.
I had a nice older lady as a dealer toward the end of my session. If she couldn't reach the button , chips or cards for that matter she politely asked the player closest to move it. She was asking every time though and not expecting it.


Anyone going this weekend? I find it dead usually during the week but the weekend seems to draw more players in. Hopefully the first time guy comes again and drops 2 buy ins of 200 again within a half hour.
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01-23-2013 , 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by FiveTenMan
The problem pops up when the dealers are literally waiting for the players to move it. And no offense here, but there are a few women dealers that can barely reach the button. (The Indian one comes to mind).

I've never really seen a major problem with button movement, but Brian, if you're implying it's a player problem/issue/fault, you're completely wrong, it's a management issue , in which management simply needs to communicate to the dealers - to communicate to the players - that it's the dealers responsibility to move it.

I've played in plenty of poker rooms, but never had to touch the button like at HC. It all comes from management.
I highlighted above, as I feel the same way. I don't think it's an out of control issue either.

If a dealer can't reach the button on the corner of the table and asks a player to help by moving the button, I don't think that's unreasonable.

The only fault that I do believe lies on the player side of the table is when a player moves the button without saying anything. This is very easy to overlook and when the dealer goes to move the button, as they've been trained to do, it can result in the button accidentally getting moved twice. But yes, the dealer should take that opportunity to ask the players not to touch the button without letting the dealer know, or just leave the button alone and let the dealer take care of it.
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01-25-2013 , 06:03 AM
Probably be down tomoorow. Anyone going to be there?
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