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Originally Posted by IFSATG
If I may...
We asked for no-flop/no-drop. Got it.
We asked for time v. rake at 8/16. Got it.
We asked for improved security and lighting in the parking lot. Got it.
We asked for free bottled water. Got it.
We asked for web/pda game reports. Got it.
We asked for call in seating. Got it.
We asked for 3rd man walking rule. Got it.
We asked for ash trays removed from bathrooms. Got it.
We asked for removal of $2chips from 2-5NL. Got it.
I'm sure that I missed something... but, do you see a pattern here?????
Some of the other issues (smoking, table size, seating, free cocktails, etc.) are a little more difficult to find the best solution. But, they are being addressed. In some of these cases, there may not be an answer that will satisfy 100% of the players.
Sometimes we all get caught up in our own little "pet peeve" world (I am guilty of this, too) and we lose track of just how far we've come in this room, since opening day.
So, basically, you asked for pretty much what every other poker room has always had and now you want me to be thankful for it? These things should have been there from the start if the management had done their homework. From what I read, Ari has been around poker rooms for quite a while and the other people at Parx aren't exactly casino neophytes. Meanwhile, the things that should have been addressed, like smoking and free drinks, still haven't arrived and it's been long enough that we can stop giving Parx a free ride about it.
Let's stop kissing the a$$ of Parx and call the poker room what it is, mediocre at best. You want me to get excited because they now give you a free bottle of water? Water? Are you kidding me?
You want me to be thankful because they were considerate enough to put lights in their parking lot? They added the lights in the parking lot, not because of twoplustwo comments, but because they didn't want to be sued for not having them. Smoking problem? It's not hard at all to get rid of the smoking problem, don't allow it, period. Seating's not hard to fix either, buy new chairs, they can certainly afford it. Tables are still small. Blue chips suck. Slow cashiers. Not buying chips from the dealers stinks. Dealers still making too many mistakes.
The new Park East building? Hah! The first floor looks like Chinatown. I didn't know whether to place a bet or drop off my laundry. The poker room has all the ambiance of a hallway at a Holiday Inn. Who decorated this place? The only thing they did right in the was keeping the gorgeous drink girls.
There's plenty of things wrong with Parx that must be corrected. It's not even close to being in the same league as the Borgata. It's only saving grace is a location that's not in the ghetto like SugarHouse. Hopefully, someone who has a vision can whip this place into shape, give it an identity, and make it someplace worthy of the praise twoplustwo members keep lavishing on it.