What I'm suggesting is to have menus from those places available in the poker room and either we can call in ourselves on our cell phone to place order and have the food delivered table side. The other option is that the wait staff could place the order and deliver. The point being is that all the restuarants at the casino should be available to deliver food to the room. They are all under the same roof and should be able to work out a system to where the wait staff can take orders or help in the delivery or allow bobby and CCF to send people over to deliver the food table side.

They have something like this setup at the Taj in AC. They have menus of local places that will deliver to the poker room. Will bring it right to your table. Now those are outside places that are not connected to the casino in any way and if people feel that would be too much of infringement on the casino, that's fine, just allow it with the places that are on the property.

Or you can not be lazy and just phone in a to go order then go pick it up yourself and bring it back to the table.

God forbid.

Mike, first off, thanks for running a great room. Overall, I've had great dealers and haven't personally needed to call the floor for anything. I'm up there as much as I can be and hope to be there even more over the winter.

I have an idea for how to solve the empty seat issue at the really busy games (1/2 and 2/5 NLHE). It seems the problem is that when someone is called for their seat, there can be a significant delay before they get to the podium, if they come at all.

What if you called people for those games before the seats were actually open? With so many tables running, a seat opens up every couple of minutes. Once someone's name is called, they've got a certain amount of time (say 10 minutes) come up and check in, and then they're "on deck," to use a baseball analogy. That way, as soon as a seat opens up, they're standing right there for the brush to direct them to the correct table.

The goal could be to keep something like 5 people on deck at any given time. This way the brush could also call a few people at a time, and anyone who has left or is sitting at another game and doesn't intend to move is simply bypassed and doesn't slow down the seating process.

There may be something I'm missing that would cause this not to work, but it seems that it could significantly speed up seating. Obviously this would only be necessary and work well when things are busy. If there are only 4 2/5 tables running and a list of 5 people, it wouldn't be helpful.

Thanks for listening.
Will

It's not about being lazy. If that's the attitude then why not just get rid of the current table service since we are all lazy poker players that don't want to go get our own food?

The point is convience to the player as the current service is. Just from an outside observation it seems like it a system could be worked out to have table side delivery for the other places since they are on same property. There has been many discussion points around the food service and this is just an idea to try to enhance the current options and make it seamless for the players

Yeah I mean this whole thing isn't exactly rocket science. Most places (foxwoods, Borgata), they call your name 3-4 times in about a minute. If you don't answer/waive, next name. If the player cant bother to watch the list for his name and hang out at the podium when its his turn, oh well.

Noodles has to be the worst Asian food I've ever eaten. I also don't understand some of the menu items, who is gonna play poker and eat chilli cheese nachos? Gross.

That bring said I was able to leave table, eat at Cheesecake Factory and get back to table within 45 minutes. Nandos is also amazing and quick. They even have a card you get punched and the 10th meal is free. Arundel Mills food court also has a create your own salad that doesn't take long. Bobby's is really good and inexpensive. There's plenty of good options, you just have to take a break from the table.

Allowing people to pack there outside lunch and allowing outside restaurants to deliver food inside is the same thing to the cssino (no profit).

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Whether he is lazy or not the Nazi patrolman at entrance will not allow outside drinks or food into casino.

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Seen plenty of people eating Bobby's Burgers and Cheesecake Factory in the poker room.

This^^^^. I am waiting for the first complaint that catheters aren't built into each table. I swear each player wants heir own personal servant assigned to them when they get seated.

Edit: I personally hate players that eat at the table. Most are slobs either in how they eat or leaving trash everywhere.

I don't like people eating at the poker table either. I like to go to the food court in Arundel Mills for something light to eat. It's a short walk away and a good half hour break from the table.

I haven't been for a month until yesterday when I played the PLO tournament (which is pretty great, btw. Tons of value) and waitresses seemed to be much more of a presence upstairs than they have in the past. So progress is nice, keep it up.

If you're gonna try and get food in you have to be sneaky, try putting it by your side. Don't be obvious. I've gotten salads in a few times. Once you make it to the poker room you're golden.

Not sure what the rule is because i havent asked the floor. Since they deliver food does this poker room allow for a dinner break? If so for how long can we break from tables? Thank you

One hour.

Played early evening last night on first floor. Waitresses were doing a really great job. Not sure if the situation has improved on back of 2nd floor yet.

Found out you can order a big apple off the poker room menu. Kind of excited about that... something healthy

Big fuss over this last night.

2/5 NLHE

Board- AAAxx

Player 1- QQ
Player 2- TT

Mike: Does this qualify for the mini bad beat? Was told it does not, even though both players are using 2 hole cards.

Edit: TV rules state that an Ace must be in the hole to qualify so nevermind.

I fail to see how this is not the MBB..... meets all the criteria...

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Unless a 10 or a Q came on the turn/river..... Then that makes sense....


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I was told last time I was there that a player must have an Ace in the hole to qualify.

So someone that hits AQ for AAQ but loses to AK with AAQK board hits the MBB, but not wited pairs like above.

That being said, Mike, are BBJ rules posted online? I can't seem to find them on my phone.

The rules on the TV are different that the rules in the OP. Also, the floor person i talked to today was not aware of the rule.

If the rules om the TV are the most accurate, which I assume they are, then the correct decision was made.

My question is why wouldn't you consult the TV first? If I have an issue with my hotel room, I'm going to the front desk first, not the CEO of the company.

Here they are, for reference. In parenthesis, it even addresses the AAAxx board: http://i.imgur.com/2gAkB4u.jpg

Looking forward to SNG's. I'm hoping that at some buy-in level they will be beatable, which is, imo, 85% of the total buy-in going towards the prize pool.

If 2 people get all in holding AK, and the board runs out AAK. Is that a mini bad beat eligible hand?
I asked the floor and he says no because no one lost the hand.

Actually both players lost half the pot but anyway if it were you in that spot would you accept this floors determination?