Really !?!?!?
This is a game changer ! Thank you

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Glass down or just masks?

Didn't the wolf man say masks we still part of life here in s.e.pa?

I think they are bowing to the new CDC guidance for vaccinated people. Philadelphia itself may be slower on the uptake.

PA Health Secretary said as much, see below.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbc...2813740/%3famp

For those curious... I'd say something like 70% of players are still wearing masks today. That will probably drop rapidly over the next week, though. Staff is also permitted to go maskless now, perhaps there are exceptions depending on the position.

No more temperature check on entry.

Sweet, might have to make a trip over this week. The plexiglass is gone too I assume?

Plexiglass still up... probably until Memorial Day when rest of PA restrictions drop.

was there today. probably 50%-70% were not wearing masks.

Does anyone know if they're allowing table changes yet

Not yet

It’s treason then

Playing there today. It takes a lot of getting used to when not wearing a mask, kept trying to remove my mask while taking my first few sips of coffee. Now when I play in another room that requires masks I'll be trying to sip it through my mask oh well.

There's only about one or two player on each table not wearing a mask, and I only saw one dealer not wearing one. What's even more crazy is there was a player at my table covering only his mouth but not his nose (at least he won't get yelled at for it anymore). It's also alil whack that they're still cleaning seats when players leave so at this rate it's gonna be a while for table changes and barrier removals.




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i've heard from multiple dealers and floors about the plexiglass being removed soon. some say June 1st, some say July 1st, but they all say they can't just remove it because they needed to order new felt because the plexiglass mounts put holes in the existing felt.

they seem to all agree that they will go to 8-handed when the plexi is removed.

Went last night for the first time in a while. Way better without mandatory masks. Much better vibes all around. Probably 50/50 overall mask/no mask. But you could see even those who started wearing masks loosened up a little compared to just a few months ago. Like Johnny above said the word all around was the glass is coming down soon, heard June 1st as well but might take longer due to re-felting of the tables. I actually thought I heard it was going back to business as normal with 9 handed tables.

hopefully june 1 2035

long live 7 handed live poker

I see that even at its most busy they are still operating with 30 or so tables, at max. Is that still because of Covid rules, or are they are really struggling with dealers? I.e., does anyone have an insight if they expect to go to 48 tables again at that point too?

Pretty sure they are short dealers and heard that it will take quite a long time (think 6-12 months) to train new ones

Oof sounds like Big Stax won't be back any time soon then

It still runs every Tuesday starting at about noon. They usually get two games going by 6.

Any interest at parx to run 2-2 PLO5 game ?

Philly live and maryland live have been spreading it

Once they started running it, four card became a thing of the past unfortunately so depends what you want. I miss four card but once you bring in 5 that tends to be what action players want and it sticks.

Ya its taking over in maryland/dc area... just a matter of time before it spreads north

I heard from a shift mgr that the plexi was coming down and returning to 9 handed "at the beginning of the month". I didn't think to ask whether that meant June 1 or July 1, but I'm assuming the former.

i'm just not sure their timeline is realistic. they have to refelt every table and they haven't started yet (as of yesterday at 5pm). are they planning on spreading some 7 handed games while spreading some 9 handed games?

it's unfortunate though, because 7 handed is ridiculously awesome

i hope the shipment with the new felts gets lost

I'm not a rocket scientist but I'm pretty sure they first have to remove the barriers then they can replace the felts.

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