Why is it so hot? I'm melting....

I showed up today a little after 1:00 pm. I put my name on the 1/3 list; I was about #60, so I went to lunch at Shake Shack.

When my name finally got called, I was sent to table 19. I went there and saw no empty seat. I told the dealer that I was just sent there and he said that the guy in seat 9 just took the one open seat. He asked the guy "Were you sent to 19?" and the guy said he was sent to 23. Since he already had the seat I said that I'd just take the seat at 23.

I went to table 23 and there were no empty seats so I went back to 19 and reported this fact. The guy who took my seat at 19 now just got up without a word of complaint to give me the seat, which I took.

It was a few minutes later that I realized that the guy had tried to poach that seat, circumventing the waiting list. Should I have reported this guy to someone? (By the time I thought of it, he was gone and I couldn't pick him out of a lineup.) If I had my way, he'd get banned for the day.

No, the dealer should have.

The table cards were a pain in the ass but if the room in going to regularly face long lists there should be some system in place to prevent this. Hopefully the long rumored room move/expansion will happen and the long lists will be a rare occurrence.

On a semi-related note - it's really important that a room push their deals to enforce rules consistently. I was at a table where two friends sitting next to each other started conversing in another language. The dealer told them "English only" and they got all offended saying "No other dealer has told us that". This dealer is a guy who can handle his own (one of my faves that was brought over from MDL) so it wasn't a big deal but a more mild mannered dealer could be dissuaded from speaking up the next time.

Borgata satellite cancelled due to lack of interest, even though 2 seats were guaranteed.

Seems shady (even though it's in the fine print that they can alter/cancel) and it seems like bad business.

At least five people (people who would have registered) inquired about it after it was cancelled.

Pretty annoying on a few levels, one of which is that I quit a profitable game a bit early last night so that I would be rested door this satellite. Cost myself a decent amount of positive EV.

Johnny,

I have a ruling question.

Tournament: on the river, player A bets and player B calls. A mucks his hand. Dealer and floor made B show his hand.

This is contrary to TDA rule which states:

"A non all-in showdown is uncontested if all but one player mucks face down without tabling. The last player with live cards wins and he is not required to show his cards. "

Question: was the floor ruling a mistake or is the house rule different from TDA in this situation?

With 0 sign ups for the event at 10:45 and an 80 name list for 1/3, we had to make a choice. We have never cancelled and event, and the guarantee had nothing to do with it. If we were that concerned about not meeting guarantees, Christmas Eve would have been a perfect opportunity to cancel. We didn’t, and had to add 24K.....

Was this a non all in bet? Was there anyone else in the hand?

I don't think it is an issue of being concerned about meeting guarantees. And the money used to cover the guarantee is not MGM's money anyway right? If it truly comes from the bad beat fund like I have heard, then of course that is not the issue.

Why is 10:45 the cutoff time? It seemed like close to 20 people inquired about the satellite, many of whom showed up after 11:00 and expected to be able to do a late reg.

It’s easiest to gauge interest before the event starts as opposed to after. Literally zero people had signed up 15 minutes prior to starting.

Sorry I should have been more precise. It was heads up and not all in.

I have zero sympathy for people that plan on doing late registrations.

So today table twelve hit the lucky table three out of the first four times. Last time I was there it was table ten hitting multiple times. Someone at my table said that when the computer spits out a table's number three times, MGM restarts the program (indicating that this has happened before). It's clear to everyone that the program for picking lucky tables is not working as it should. Are you going to fix whatever is going on? If a slot machine kept hitting the jackpot again and again, you would pull it from the floor, right?

That doesn't matter, and people are used to tournaments starting 10-15 minutes late at MGM, which is a factor.

So why don't you just ask for table 12 next time?

Not exactly the best source of information.

2 people get hurt when a guy button straddles on a full table. (shorthanded tables could be different). the guy dumb enough to waste his money by repeatedly straddling til hes broke due to his lack of discipline to wait for playable hands. but even worse is the unfair disadvantage to the blinds, who should be acting last. and u know who benefits most? its the hijack and the cutoff.

I like this room, it has friendly staff, nice place.

However I must say, the chip and cash procedures at MGM are really cumbersome and slow the game down tremendously

Dealers just aren't trained to deal through someone getting 160 bucks in all 20s, the best of the bunch just ask and call that amount behind and get the hand out

But it is so brutal with most of the dealers who stop the entire game to change out cash. That shouldn't be the dealers job, it's tough enough trying to get a fast game. Never mind that the filling of the well transactions often shaves 2-3 minutes off a down anyway.

In general this room tilts me because there are so many built in procedural distractions and there isn't a philosophy of 'get the hand out first'

Also, I've given up playing mix games there. The dealers just aren't properly trained. It's already slow enough, but I'd say 95% of the dealers are just patently clueless on mix. It's not really their fault, it's one game that runs 3 nights a week as one table playing something different than the rest of the room, but I'd rather do something else if I'm going to have to coach dealers the entire time. Sigh

Borgata satellite went off today without a hitch. Kudos to the staff.

It’s so fahrvergnüten hot.

Glad I checked this thread. I was getting ready to head to mgm, but wanted to see if I was going to have to deal with 90 degree room temps again. It looks like they still can't keep the room at a reasonable temperature.

Such a shame, I love the room otherwise.

FWIW, I was in the room from 9:30a - 4:30p on Saturday and didn't notice the temperature.

Is there an entrance fee to come in and play tonight?

johnny, please check your PMs

Pretty hot in the room again tonight, but not as bad as this past Thursday night. I hope they can figure out how to get the room comfortable. My guess is the whole room is just one heating/cooling zone, but it really needs to be 2. If you get lucky enough to be seated at tables 23, 24 or 25, then you will be comfortable. However, you will be miserable if you are set at any of the tables towards the front of the room.