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Originally Posted by tycho_bray
I'm not sure how 'profitable' it is to publish a wish list of games/stakes including games not approved in PA.
As far as games not currently spreadable, I would say it is very profitable as it lets the people following this in the industry and cardrooms know what people are looking for and potentially spur them into moving towards making them possible.
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Originally Posted by tycho_bray
Please don't put words in my mouth. I, nor anyone else in this thread, have said "don't talk about Parx".
I clarify: "don't talk about poker being played at Parx, until they have filed and made a corporate statement, or you will be called a bunch of derogatory names"
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Originally Posted by tycho_bray
I would love to hear any credible reason why a casino would not file for poker if their intent were to have poker in the very near (October?) time frame. The casinos that are really opening their poker rooms next month filed way back last winter.
I will give my impressions which are obviously layman's. In order to file, you just can't say "I want to have a poker room" you have to have a formal plan with a room plan and lots of your ducks in a row. There has been flip flopping about which building Parx was going to put the poker room in, be it either the new casino or the old racetrack building. There was word it would be in the main building until the horsemen (who have to by law be kept happy to keep their casino license) threw a fit about the state of the racetrack building falling into disarray. This likely shaped the now current plan to put the poker tables into the racetrack building as part of an upgrade to the facility or "phase 2" as it was called. Obviously as casinos main concern is to get the pit running, if the poker room plans were not ready they would have to be filed later on as not to possibly delay the implementation of the pit. I am not personally (and no offense, but I have to doubt any of us involved in this discussion) aware of the exacting minutia of how long a filing takes, hell it could take a few days to months. Obviously it stands to reason that the sooner you file the better to prevent possible delays. But it is far from damning evidence to say that because earlier pit filings occurred (due to said reasons above) that poker can not be filed for on short (3 months) notice later on.
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Originally Posted by tycho_bray
Would you mind sharing where you snipped from this "professional format" and how you are tying this to the person with 4 posts on 2+2 with the username "Ari"?
I am not interested in divulging more of this persons identity as I do not know him personally and subjecting him to more scrutiny by a public forum is not my business. I pulled that from the individuals resume on a corporate contact site. It has been discussed several times by people close to the situation that Ari would be running the room. You can choose to believe it or not, as it has little bearing on the outcome of this discussion or the room itself. I am clearly not just a random kid making up hoaxes ala "Parx Poker Room Manager" saying "Hey dudez! Parx will totally have poker next week! Come check it out lol!".
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Originally Posted by tycho_bray
I will give you credit for actually using the words hopes and likelihood. Most of the dreamers ITT have tried stating their beliefs as hard facts without any shred of evidence of their existence.
If they do or don't understand that something not in place may or may not end up there is not of my concern. Seeing how many people express interest in a regular mid tier limit hold em in a casino 14 miles from my house is of great concern to me though. And it behooves me to encourage any and all discourse surrounding that topic.
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Originally Posted by tycho_bray
Meh, not trolling, I'm just the kind of guy who likes to call BS on people.
As far as having no stake in the matter, as a resident of PA I do have somewhat of an interest in the licensing of casinos in my state for which table games was/is supposed to help with budgetary shortfalls.
For that matter, PARX or any other casino in PA would probably make much more money using the floor space for table games such as BJ rather than poker. From a personal standpoint I NEVER play BJ or any other table games and the only reason I would have to even enter a casino is for poker so I am glad to see poker finally coming to PA. Case in point I have never stepped foot in Hollywood (Grantville) even though it is ~11 miles from my house since til now it has only been a slot parlor in my mind.
That first statement is a touch self contradicting to me : ) but I surely wouldn't press the matter.
As far as casinos making more money, I concur on a foot for foot basis, but as has been discussed ad nauseum here, poker rooms offer many tertiary benefits that offer an overall revenue increase. And with Parx, the space the poker room is supposedly occupying is currently dead empty space.
And I also am beyond ecstatic about poker in PA, and especially poker in Parx.