Agreed, IMO partial rollout > Waiting 2 months > halfass opening that deters most first timers from returning

While I am making dead-on prediction, if you don't have $2 chips, 8-16 will not last.

with all due respect to limit holdem, stud, omaha, and etc., players i hope they let supply and demand dictate the games offered. If 7 people want to play stud and there is constantly a long list for NL holdem...spread the NL game if there is an open table.

Same thing for stakes. To me it is rediculous that harrahs chester has so mnay 2/4 and 3/6 games when there are long lists for NL 2/5. IMO the room needs to cater to the higher limits when there are a limited number of tables (ie demand exceeds supply). This will build the rooms reputation. When the room expands spread lower limits if you can not fill the seats at higher limits.

I hope that they make 2/5 the lowest NL holdem stakes (or limit the number of 1/2 NL holdem)...if Harrahs did this, my guess is that they would still be full every night and cust satisfaction would be much better. True you would lose a percentage of players who want to play only 1/2 NL. Same with limit, make 5/10 the lowest.

By doing this you will cater to the "higher" stakes player, make more money for the casino and increase cust satisfaction. Bottom line assuming demad is greater than supply, every principle of business would say that you need to increase your capacity. If you cannot increase capacity you need to cater to your most profitable customers and in general higher stakes equal higher value customers and will build the reputation of the room. Of course they could just have a higher rake and piss everyone off!

Flawed thinking. They'd make less money because a lot of people wouldn't play 2/5. They'd also decrease customer satisfaction because of all the pissed off 1/2NL players who can't play. Also, 1/2NL players are a more profitable group as a whole than 2/5NL since there are so much more of them.

Pennsylvania laws are stupid preventing more poker tables vs table games. Considering how heavily Pa is taxing the casinos they should let them determine the amount of poker
tables that are allowed.

LOL at a poker room ever not having 1/2 NL and increasing customer satisfaction. There is a reason there are 15 tables of 1/2 and 3 tables of 2/5. So many more people want to play 1/2 its not even close. It would also chase all the fish away. Some players wanna buy in for 100, play for awhile then leave, and they would not be able to do this at 2/5

If I were a 1-2NL player I'd be a lot happier seeing a sign saying '1-2NL coming in December' than going all the way there multiple times and having a 3+ hour wait. The Bellagio didn't have 1-2NL until recently because they had sufficient demand for higher games to fill the room. That is probably not the best option, however, going NL only with limit hold'em, stud and Omaha coming in December would probably be better, both options are infinitely better than what is actually going to happen.

That's actually why the rules are the way they are. Table games are taxed significantly less than slots, so the state wanted ot make sure they still get their share -- therefore, the number of slots can't be reduced to make room for table games without approval, and table games can't exceed a certain percentage of the gaming.

Yes, it's stupid, but it's revenue-motivated.

my point is with a limited number of tables you cannot be everything to everyone. IMO common business sense is to maximize revenue by catering to higher stakes. Higher stakes game will also enhance the reputation of the poker room. Think about blackjack or craps. Do casinos offer $2 or $5 blackjack and crap tables if they can get higher games going...no they do not. Only second tier places cater to the lowest limits.

I would be willing to make a bet that if harrahs chester had 2/5 NL as the lowest stakes NLH game that they would be just as busy as a high percentage of 1/2 players would just play 2/5.

If memory serves me correct for quite some time the Bellagio was the center of the poker universe and they only offered 2/5 NL and above...and i believe they started limit at 15/30. It is only the last couple of years that they have offered 1/2 NL.

I wish there was a way to take that bet. No way in hell a "high percentage" of 1/2 players would play 2/5. They'd just go somewhere else that has 1/2.

100% agreed.

I definitely understand that 2/5 and the 10/20 games at minimum would drastically increase the rooms image and I would LOVE to play in a room like that, but then again .. is that what the house really wants?

Some seats are just straight up gross according who you are sitting next to, across from, etc. Not that I'm saying the high limit tables aren't, but it's less likely. And has higher odds of people actually showering.

I digress, but would it be rudimentary to argue that they are using the poker room to get players into the building? What if somebody comes in and wins $400 then blows it on Blackjack in an hour .. The house would have only made $10 off that player on 2/5, but instead they made $400. I'm sure since this is a poker forum many will argue that they just come in to play poker and then leave, but I'm sure many plan to do that. Then try and get even on craps, roulette, slots, horses, whatever your fancy is ..

Not to mention people bring friends. Friends might gamble. They might drink. Eat. Lotta of options. Lot of options ..

Thoughts?

With only 24 tables it may be impossible to spread anything other than 1/2 & 2/5 NL, and maybe a limit game or two. Probably like what going on @ Delaware Park right now (they have 25 tables).

I agree with not having 2/4 or 3/6 LHE...4/8 should be the lowest limit. It might be suicide for them not to spread 1/2 NL when they could 100% fill 12-16 tables of the 24 with 1/2 NL.

IMO, when Parx expands they could mimic the Venetian LV. Spacious, classy room, with a good # of tables/limits. They have 39 tables and regularly spread ;
1/2, 2/5 NL
4/8, 8/16 LHE
4/8, 8/16 O8
They also get 5/10 & higher NL, 15/30 LHE, a high limit stud game, PLO, and a low limit mixed game.

If Parx ended up like that I'd think it could seriously rival the Borgata room.

That is our plan! We are really excited about this opportunity.

So there are definitely no $2 chips planned/applied for? I can't think of a single 8-16 in the country that uses whites and reds, you'd be better off with a pink chip game.

No one has applied for the creation and use of $2 chips. They have discussed that in NJ many, many times and no one had ever brought that forward to the NJCCC,either.

Why?

Because of the cost. The pink chip would not even exist if not for the silly law (that reamains unchangeable) stating that table game wagers cannot be paid in cash. Hence they cannot give you .50 for the BJ payoff. It costs a lot of money to create, manufacture and account for, another denomination of chip. It's not just the manufacturing cost. In fact, that is the smallest part of the overall cost.

You can be pretty sure that you will not ever see $2 chips in PA or NJ casinos.

If our biggest problem is not having a $2 chip, we'll be in fine shape.

Parx doesn't have pink chips... at least not yet.

Except perhaps in Chester, PA where blue $2 chips are in play. Oh, and maybe anywhere else that decides to use them.

There are $2 chips at the Rivers. They look just like the $25s.

And Parx pays blackjack wagers with 50 cent pieces.

It's apparently a new rule to this past WSOP. There's a fairly long thread about it in BBV where the consensus seems to be that it's a great rule, which surprises me since I thought it was pretty clearly a bad rule.

When I was talking with Ari, he said that they were going to use $2 chips for the 8-16 game. Perhaps others as well (4-8?) I don't recall.

Lee

sorry in advance because im sure this question had been answered 600 times already, but is the poker room open? and if not any idea on a timeframe? Would love some alternative to Atlantic City.

read up on the thread before u start asking stupid questions, lazy people dont wanna read

meh its a long thread and in the time you took to berate me you easily could have answered my question if you know the answer. But whatever, obviously knew some people would freak out, thats why i apologized ahead of time. Thanks for your help.

here the executive summary of what I've read. hopefully I won't mangle anything here:

1. The grand opening is planned for October. Although, it seems that's not set in stone yet.
2. They are planning Vegas style stakes for limit games (YAY!) - 4/8, 8/16, 15/30, 30/60.
3. Initial opening will only be 24 tables due to some absurd PA legislation about the number of tables vs the number of slots. There are plans to increase it in the future
4. People believe that Parx will grab a huge market share from Harrah's Chester
5. No limit players seem to despise limit players

I think that pretty much sums up 27 pages/400 posts. If anyone sees something I got wrong, please correct it.