Any idea on how strict the 50lbs rule will be?

I doubt you'll be able to get a rep for the property to tell you on the record that you can bring a dog over a weight limit.

However, I'd assume that they aren't going to have a scale in the lobby so if it's not too far over 50lbs, it should be fine.

You know it's not going well when they start marketing towards pets.

dogs like to play poker. i've seen pictures.

Yeah, but nowadays there's no smoking in the poker rooms. And weren't those dogs smoking cigars?

Lee

No poker in the showboat poker room either.

True, almost. And I for one find it sad. Probably best to turn the space over to entertainment or something.

Poker just doesn't seem to be working out there anymore.

Lee

I told them for months before I left that if they dont take care of their customers they are going to lose them all. I also said the same for their employees....That was the best job I ever had, its really sad that when I come back and visit, I cant even play there.

Lee,

Take a trip back sometime in march I think you will be pleasantly surprised. The wheels have been put in motion already. I think If you ask the dealers still there they will agree that We have also taken steps to make their job much better and profitable over the past few weeks. Things are finally getting on the right track.

ACDan,

I will be coming to Atlantic City in March and hope to check out the room. Is there a poker rate for rooms at Showboat? What are the requirements for play? If it's better to PM me this info, please feel free. BTW, we will be there the nights of Mar 10, 11 and 12.

Thanks,
pokerrookie

Played there last night nice little place and way fishier than the Taj. I procedded to lose $160 but there was not 1 good player on the table after the one good guy who left shortly after i arrived.

Im going to play the tournament there later i think. The place seems well run and way more relaxed than the Taj. Guess that has a lot to do with volume but i like the place and its not like you can multi table anyway.

My girlfriend did overhear the dealers complaining about working in the place so maybe that shows some unrest in the place. I couldnt complain all dealers had a good attitude to the players.

Dan,

I will. And I hope that you are right.

Lee

I think that says a lot.

I hate to say "I told you so," but read my earlier posts in this thread from like a year or 2 ago. Floors were all douches. Looks like the room got what it deserved.

I agree. Folks gave the room a chance, but Showboat's people just wouldn't have it.

I was with you guys on this one I HAD to leave because I saw this coming, especially with the PA casinos on the way. Happy to hear most of the old dealers and floors are happy in their new rooms. I do think you guys appreciated most of us as we did you.

I hope this works, Dan. And I hope you fully appreciate how much ill will was cultivated by your predecessors. Pulling off a turnaround at Showboat and getting former customers to come back on a regular basis is going to require that you do something exceptional. Being painfully honest - very few of the Showboat's former customers care whether the room closes or not. Poker players are more excited about the prosects of rooms at Revel and the Golden Nugget.

I made my first visit to the SB poker room a few weeks back, and when I got there, the floorperson sent me to the cashier for chips. When I got to the cashier, she gave me a funny look and said, "We are closed. I don't know why he sent you here. You have to buy at the tables." So I turned around and went back there. I asked the "floor" what the max buy-in for 1/2 was, and he answered, "I *think* it's $300." After some puzzlement as to how he was unsure of what are pretty basic questions I asked around what the deal was, and a dealer informed me that the "floor" actually worked other table games and was just "filling in" at the poker room.

This does not give me hope for the prospects of sb poker room's success. Maybe it was just a weird night, but this thread suggests to me that's probably not the case!

Well i am here for one reason and that is the customers. I will give it everything i have. I can not do anything about the past but the new executives seem to be willing to let me do what I think it will take to get this room to where it should be. So any constructive criticism is openly accepted.
I would rather not here those who are just bitter and will just ignore them there are quite a few. Showboat has a beautiful room with a lot of good people. Once i get the players back i am sure they will make them feel at home and want to stay. Like I said it is all about YOU the player.

Can anyone tell me how many runners the Sat 11:00 and 2:00 tournaments are getting ? Last time I was there they were getting 40-50... Still dead ? or have they picked up

any info is appreciated

If you are truly serious in trying to recapture poker players, you will need to offer benefits that are better than your competition. This includes cheap or free room offers, higher poker comp rates, and other poker promos like a freeroll tourney for regs, high hand giveaways. Nothing wins over gamblers than monetary benefits.

You have to do promotions, there is nothing more that I want to see than for that room to do well. Just the location with the windows and stuff is stellar. If you really want to try something, take a $2 jackpot drop...$1 can go to that incredibly lame Bad beat jackpot that is basically lost money (You write 2 players big checks....and that money never finds its way back to the room).

Smaller jackpots daily, hourly especially (tiered towards 2/5+ is key too, as the more bigger games you get the more respect your room will earn amongst the AC poker community) will bring players to your room and keep the monetary #'s where they can get paid in cash...thus spent back on your tables, as well as in the rest of the casino. Your dealers will lose out in tips, but in the end its about dropping rake to keep your job right?

Best part is...no company funding, because I know how things were before I left I don't expect your situation to be any different.

Also, give some freerolls with points out to your tourney players...you can work it out in the bravo system easily.

GL

And btw I am bitter...

offering double comps and tier credits some nights like bally's would help drive in some traffic imo

then throw in a spinning comp wheel and/or $omething for losing with aces

Thank you for your response. I do not consider your recomendations to be bittter in any way. In fact many of the items that you are talking about are being discussed. Some will be put into motion in March. I will be having a tournament free roll. Our tournaments here are now number two in the city. Now we need to increas the live action and the promotions I put start next month should do just that.
Again thank you for your input

Tournaments on weekends are between 50 and 70