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Originally Posted by Guyra
I usually play at parx twice a week. I went to AC yesterday to take advantage of the free room offer by Revel. Got there at 3pm and zero games were running and not 1 person was on a list waiting. The floor guy told me it was bc harrahs BBJ was huge and everyone is chasing it.
I walked over to Showboat and played there til 1 am. Room had about 11-15 tables running. People were there for 2 reasons. 1. The BBJ was 600k. 2. Showboat offers a free buffet for only an hour of poker play.
This was the first time I ever walked into the showboat(and the last) and I recognized at least 20 people that I see at parx regularly. Unless these people were driving an hour for a free buffet, I'd say the BBJ is a huge draw to poker players. I could car less about it, but it's the only thing everyone at my table was talking about all night. At least 4 dealers commented on the fact that the actually table we were playing on hasn't been used in over a year, basically meaning the room was extra crowded due to the BBJ and more tables were in play.
Parx will have a BBJ when the poker room gets moved to the new building. It doesn't make much sense to add it before the move as the casual pit gambler won't walk outside to parx east to try to hit it. When poker is in the same building, it will attract pit players who otherwise wouldn't step foot ino a card room.
Of course, it's like that at many places with a BBJ. Those suggesting a BBJ would hurt Parx are just silly. How many places have switched to a BBJ, then switched back or gotten rid of the BBJ? It just doesn't happen, it's not because they lost business and are enjoying the quieter, slower room.