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Originally Posted by Raise It
This is the one thing I don't think we can do much about. I don't think they will let us tear the front podium down so we do the best we can with it. When players are called or new games are called down the front staff is in contact with the floor supervisors to watch for players if they respond from a game.
There are some things that players feel should be changed but from the expierenced that we have encountered and what we feel would work best is what we go by. If someone suggests something,this doesn't mean we are going to change it every time. All suggestions are considered but not all are implemented.
An opinion and a statement.
Let me preface the following that it is appreciated that management does read these complaints.
Anyone who has been to several poker rooms will agree that the podium is placed inconveniently in the room. I have never been in a poker room where the people running the games could not oversee all the tables in the room at a glance. Personally, I see it as much more work for the people running the room. Whoever designed it does not play poker or understand a poker room. But it has been addressed that they are not going to change the podium. So from my point of view the only way to make it work is to pay attention to the computer screen that shows there is an open seat somewhere and to pay attention to a list that is gathering names for a game not yet in progress and to diversify the games by doing this. There has been a little more competence in that area but still needs attention and improvement.
There are too many people running that computer. If you want to see well-run computer-generated seating go to
Canterbury Park.(They have a room with as many tables as
The Horseshoe, Hammond.) There is only one person monitoring that screen and constantly calling games and names with such precision it will knock your socks off. That is this person’s only function. PERIOD. She/he is assisted by the floor. The floor shows the player to their seat or the computer person tells them where the table is located. They let the dealer know a player is coming in. How hard is it to say "Table 26, player in." That way there is no one just grabbing a seat. The dealer always is notified by the board. For what its worth, I suggest that management take a trip up there and watch that board being run. (And also, other aspects of that room are worth observing)
I, for one, can attest to the fact that it is very annoying when seats remain open while a name keeps flashing on the board or that the call-ins do not show on that board. At least if you see that there is a list and they are only call ins you feel satisfied that someone will be coming shortly and that names are not just sitting there and not being called. Or, if there are 15 names on the list and only 5 people are present, you know they are not calling a new game soon. Or if there are 15 names on the list you might be number 3 because the a lot of people ahead of you on the list are not there yet. You could be next up but you cannot see that. By the way, of all the complaints I have seen, this has not been addressed and believe me when I say that this issue is discussed among the players.
Also, I have to say I’ve noticed that as soon as Jeremy arrives in the room, there is more attention paid to everything. He, of course, knows how to fill seats, get a game going, and yes, is picking up litter here and there. By now there should be others following his example and as friendly as most of the floor people are there seems to be a laxidasical attitude by some. It seems to depend on the time of day you’re there. Mike and Jeff(chip runners) are very attentive but they are not there all the time. Find some more like them!
I also have to agree bottles shouldn’t be thrown on the floor and my biggest pet-peeve is the chip racks under chairs and tables. The chip runners are pretty good about collecting them but I have occasionally tripped on some that got kicked into a walking area. It only takes a few seconds to put these items in safer places. I, myself, have picked up these items. This does not only happen at the Horseshoe. It happens in all poker rooms but again I have to mention the vigilance of the personnel at
Canterbury Park and tending to this problem. Someday, somewhere in a poker room, someone will hurt themselves badly on a bottle or chip rack in the aisle. It will involve a lawsuit and of course this will be a major concern in a poker room from then on.
But back to the Podium - You said that you can't do much about it, but I believe you can.....Since it can't be changed - MAKE IT WORK and that can be done by using some of the suggestions above.