I also played first night at Cheers. Didn't really feel like playing cards last night, but I wanted to check the room out so I stopped by.
Here's my review.
Room: The space is huge and reminds me of a California card room. A little too bright. The setup of the room is strange to me. If I was going to open a room in that space I would have an elevated area similar to Mohegan to break it up a little. I agree with the other review, this is a tournament room. If Cheers can get big turnouts for tournaments they have the best space for it.
Tables: Felt too tight, not enough padding. If you have no finger nails it's tough to pick up cards. I think the mark was missed on the table design. No cub holders I like.
Chairs: Garbage. Too low and not enough padding. I don't care about having an adjustable seat, but I do care about having a seat that's a proper height. If you are 6'+ you're not going to last long hours in those chairs.
Cards: Big face cards suck, but I understand why rooms use them. The card quality is nice.
Chips: Standard plastic. I could tell from seeing them in the picture they were almost identical to the chips at the Falls and they are. There are no $100 chips.
ATM: No ATM. I don't get how you can open a room without an ATM. They say it's "on the way" so this issue will be corrected shortly.
Staff: Everyone was nice and friendly. Waitstaff far exceeds that of Chasers, very attentive. (Side note: Has anyone noticed how absolutely dreadful Chasers waitstaff is? Absolutely terrible.) Some of the dealers were subpar, but they will get better with time.
Action: Same faces in a different place. Maniac squad at my 2/4NL game and I helped contribute to the lunacy.
TVs: Tons of tvs, but yet there wasn't a single basketball game on any of them and a lot of them were turned off. Why have so many tvs if you're not going to use them.
Rake: If you're going to take a +1 for the rake it seems quite illegal to not offer a high hand or bad beat payout. I was told by the dealers they were taking the $1 to fund the payout for bad beat or high hand or whatever the room is running, but that there was no high hand or bad beat available the first night. WTF is that all about.
Random Thought: How come out of all these Poker Rooms & Casinos in NH, not a single one looks like a room you would find in a Casino? Most of the rooms have an industrial feel or a bar feel.
I'm probably forgetting some stuff, but overall I was expecting more.
Recommendations
- Remove a row of tables and space them out so people can walk in between them. I noticed that people couldn't walk in the space between the first and second row where both tables were used.
- Change the straddle to $10 at 2/4
- Dim the lights slightly
- If you're going to have excessive TVs, turn them on and use them
- burn every chair you bought and buy new ones
- tint the front windows