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Originally Posted by Sunglasses13
Jeremy
All this tournament discussion got me to wondering what every happened to the hour freeroll tournmanets that you talked about back in August?
If you do implement it, I just want to add that when Majestic had a requirement of 100 hours in a month, I found this requirement to be extremely high.
A freeroll tournament is FREE, that is, the house runs them as a show of gratitude for it's players, and the prize fund comes out of
their rake. Do you see this happening at the Shoe, Specs?
Still though, I had a very similar thought this morning: I would rather see the "promotional" dollar taken in the lower-limit games go toward a weekly "freeroll" for those players who have contributed. I understand that this would bring up a whole new set of problems, such as the shamelessly-selfish high limit players, finding one way or another to get into these tourneys, despite contributing nothing to them, as they did the free seat giveaway just a month or so ago.
Others would complain that they're contributing their dollars and are unavailable to play the "freeroll," etc., and they would have a legitimate complaint. There is no easy answer here, and Jeremy is correct to say you can't please everyone.
I've suggested this before, and I will again: If Harrah's really wants to at least feign appreciation for it's players, forget all promotions (they're bad at them, anyway), and raise the hourly poker rate on our total rewards card to $2, instead of the current $1. Food prices at the Shoe are too high for the card to be of much compensation. When I think of having to play 8-10 hours just to get a truly-pitiful excuse of a sandwich from JB's, my stomach starts to hurt, even
before I eat the sandwich. I expect that after I eat it, must we suffer twice?
The buffet's food is perfectly acceptable, but at a cost of $22 during the week, and $33 on the weekend...I mean, is it reasonable that we have to put in three full days' play to reap the reward of one buffet? Compared to many major poker rooms around the country, this is ludicrous.
Harrah's is cheap, cheap, cheap, and I only wish Jeremy - if he is going to use this forum to communicate with us - would simply say "hey guys, this is Harrah's...what more do I need to say," instead of trying to soft-soap us with some oft-lame rationale, in his attempts to portray the Shoe as a casino that really cares.
I have no personal gripe with Jeremy. I think he doe an admirable job on the floor at the Shoe, but if he's going to try to convince us that the Shoe makes it's decisions with our good in mind, he's taking on one tough task.