225 Tuesday, 100 sat

can any of the tourney players here comment on the ''end'' of the tournaments? ive seen some posts that suggest they strike deals often. is that true and what is it based on....position by chips? # of players? maybe time constraints? ty

To add more gasoline to the fire, good and bad players will short or min stack in any game with buyin limitations. Accept it.

BTW if it is a new game, the debate will always continue if a Max is used. Max buyin usually makes the player feel he is in an advantageous situation.

But, if you enter a game that has been ongoing for a while, you are always going to face a disadvantage, the max buyin at 2/5 is 500 or 1,000. Someone will always have a stack > than the max buyin. At that point don't you feel you're at a disadvantage? Wouldn't it be fair to allow the incoming player to buyin to the level of the highest stack on the table?

Of course this doesn't happen at the higher levels that have uncapped buyins. Risk what you want. To recant a Doyleism, "I want to buyin for MORE than the biggest stack on the table." No debate there except for personal preference.

This past Tuesday was reported it went to conclusion.

Total runners in the 280 range.

Increasing every week.

Oh you mean like the 17 way even chop last month?

i can see the tues. chop but i would hope the saturday would conclude with a winner. aside from the obvious nice bink with a win does parx offer any little comp or anything with a top finish? ive never heard it mentioned on this forum but i have read a couple posts for other B&M's doing so. not including bracelets, rings and the like for big tournaments. Maybe a donkament prize?

maybe a free 7oz. pony bottle of bud or somethin. that sounds like a legit donkament top prize. money aside

Dont know if it has been mentioned or not, wasnt gonna read the whole thread. But the rule for a busted player sucks. I understand waiting for a chip runner, but not allowing the player to play behind waiting for the chips.
Guy to my right utg busts, dealer calls chip runner guy has the 100 bill sitting out past the line,and mutters something to the effect of posting his bb. Dealer never mentions he has to wait. Deals the cards out im UTG as i thought i muck, utg+1 calls,utg+2 goes to muck then dealer notifies me that im the BB and i owe 2$. $2 no big deal i toss it in, but let the dealer know he should inform the blinds before cards are dealt out.( Usually always have blind up but was unaware of the no chips/no cards rule.) So thought i was UTG. And busted player who at this table had back to table chip runner gets there gets quite upset he wasnt allowed to be dealt in.
Just used to AC where you can buy chips at the table when you bust or want to add-on to your stack. Maybe Parx should allow 100$ rebuy loan til chip runners bring chips. put 100$bill in dealers rack then dealer buys the 100 from chip runner. Rant over. Other then that great room, dealers seem very good and keep games under control.

This complaint has already been discussed .... keep a few blacks or greens in your pocket and stop whining, god forbid you miss one hand.

I was there on saturday. Love the room and staff, Dealers came along way, no problems there. Watched 6 people come to the table spew and leave. Rather than shuffle the chips I spent my time trying to see how many I could get to stick together at once. I got up to five. BTW the bathrooms were clean, just stanky at the urinal. Urinal mints is all they need to fix that.

i did have 200 in green in my pocket, ended up selling them to other people who busted when i was up a few hundred, and wasnt gonna add on or rebuy. I always buy 500 at the window, buy in for 300 max, and 200 in pocket even in AC. Was just stating opion that it kills the game not allowing people to rebuy at the table.Makes it much worse when they are a blind and it screws up the blinds/button, and the dealer doesnt inform the players properly whats going on.That the player has to wait til he gets chips.Might buy a few extra hundred next time, and sell it when players bust. To many times see a fish bust and then after a few mins of waiting for chip runner they just get up and leave. -ev when fish gets discouraged waiting and leaves.

Pennsylvania rule. Not going to change soon.

What's a PA rule?

I don't believe it's a PA rule.

It's a Parx rule, and it's a good one. First, the Parx trays aren't that big and don't hold a lot of money - just enough to manage rake for a down or two. Second, dealers don't need to stop and sell chips from their trays every few hands. Third, because the trays can be kept stocked with small denom chips and none of those chips get changed for cash, both these things combine to make fills happen much less frequently than in a room that sells chips.

It would be nice if cash played, at least temporarily (allowing other players to sell a stack or two of working chips to a player while they wait for the chip runner), but as mentioned, if someone at the table just keeps a couple of black chips in a pocket, you can be "the banker" for the whole table and keep the game running quickly for everyone.

I do the same thing, just take their money, sell them chips so they don't leave or miss a hand, then when the chip runner comes over give them the money and get more chips to put back in your pocket. Problem solved.

I do end up tipping the chip runner more than I would otherwise, but its a tiny price to pay for the game running well and everyone having chips to gambooo!

How about letting players play behind? Delaware Park, as does most of Vegas, does not sell chips from the rack either. A player can temporarily lend the player money and receive the chips when they actually get there or they can just play behind and pay whatever amount they owe when the chips get there. Initially, I would give a player my rebuy and he would just place the bills on top of his stack and take the chips when they get there. Usually, it was a player with a lot of chips so the cash would never be at risk.

Question for all the regs:

This just happened to me. I was in seat 5 in the BB at a 2/5 table and a dealer deals seat two his first card which flashed to me as a seven of clubs. Dealer was quick and everyone got both cards and seat two asks the table if anyone saw his first card flash. Everyone said no and I said yes, "black seven or so." He says nope and tosses in 6d. I say "that wasn't your card" and he accused me of seeing it wrong. Do you argue this ever with the floor? I'm not gonna call cameras but if he raises and I have a playable hand I don't wanna call a raise to I might do something about it because I'm positive he switched it. He is an aggressive player who opens a lot and 3bets. He was freerolling for a better hand.

U said what u said. He did what he did. Now u know one of his cards (if ur right) I would try really hard to get in a pot with him heads up with any two cards.

Worrying about the integrity of the game In these trivial spots isn't worth the time wasted imo

Ari,

Here is one way you can make more money at every table:

-Expand the dealer's chip racks

Parx has the smalles dealer chip racks of nearly any casino I've seen. If you have bigger racks there will be less fills needed per day. These really slow the games down and cause players to take simultaneous bathroom breaks etc which leads to reduced rake in addition to the extra hand or so you could get per hour if you had bigger racks.

Just my two cents. Everyone wins if you guys do this.

The 6-12 OE game was definitely fun great to see two games going on Sunday.

Don't see this as a problem at Parx. The fills always seem super fast to me and I never really see anyone get up for that reason. Now Atlantic City is a different story, their fills take a minumum of 3x longer then parx and player use it to take breaks.

Yea fills are super fast in my experience as well.

The one rule I wish Parx would change is out of turn action should be binding. I've seen scum bags shoot this angle three times in the past couple weeks at casual players who have no idea they are being angled, and the dealers don't say anything either.

Some dealers multitask fills in the middle of hands which is nice if it can be pulled off (ie someone's tanking). I don't think it's worth the money to change the trays of every single table so the fills are done slightly less often.

I mean even if it makes them $1 more per hour it is worth it. I play a high volume of poker which is still frustratingly low compared to online and I just look for every opportunity to make the games faster. I love that Parx doesn't let you buy chips at the table. Such a good rule.

Out of turn action is binding in like every other casino in the world

I don't believe OOT action is at all binding at Parx (with or without any change of action). At least, I find this to be true at limit, in practice. I'm not 100% sure of the room rule, but I believe is it the same.

[edit] Hmm, I think I misread your statement. But for sure, not every casino in the world has OOT action always be binding.