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Originally Posted by kirbymontor
Can someone please explain to me why the 200-400 mix game is good for the card room? I'm not saying it's bad, I just have been lectured on the "value" it adds to the room and I just don't see it.
I am not speaking of the rationality of these things, just that they happen.
People like to:
A: Feel a connection no matter how tenuous to games being played that high. They feel their play is more legitimate as part of the same community as true high stakes players.
B: After leaving they have a story to tell, "oh man I was at Parx the other night playing and these guys were . . . . "
C: Rubber necking, people love to see that kind of money moving around even if it at a distance.
D: It lets people feel like there is no where left but up, if you play the biggest game in a room it loses some of it's psychological rush for people.
E: It allows games that are closer to the highest stake to go off while these folks are waiting. Starting things like 75/150 maybe to play while waiting, giving 30/60 guys a "big game" to take shots in.
Again, this isn't about these things being rational or important to us, but they surely go through the minds of a sizable portion of recreational players.