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Originally Posted by Boss716
A $1000 $200K would absolutely smash the guarantee right now. Without a doubt. As far as me dreaming if I think they would run one, I said in the previous post I doubt we ever see one again. They made it clear pre covid they are done with mtts over $250.
Not sure if you are new to the area or new to poker, but 5 years ago TS was running multiple $500s and a $1K/$400k every single year, before they started phasing them out.
They are the only room open in NY, they would get players from all over the state. If they ran a tournament big enough, they could get players from all around the northeast.
There is definitely demand, especially right now.
Guys, I'm not sure how many times I can say this but we would love to hold larger events right now due to being the only card room open. With staffing levels the way they are that is huge challenge. What good would it do to have an event, get 500 guests and we could only put 350 through...thats just having guests travel here in bad faith when we know they are all not getting into play.
Why do you think we have not raised the $5K guarantee to $10K when we know its over $12K every time we have the event? The reason is a bigger guarantee will bring in more guests and we know we can only put 160 players max through so anyone over that traveled here for nothing...Again why would I do that and intentionally piss people off? To be honest, any poker room that would do that has no integrity and no right operating.
Its the same thing with larger events now with staffing levels. There are not enough dealers available to handle larger events, not sure if anyone's been watching what's going on put people don't want to work right now, they'd rather stay home and collect unemployment.
For the record, we did not phase out any tournaments, we reacted to the drop off in attendance for larger events due to the increased number of events in the area when other properties opened in this state and surrounding states . We also reacted to our guests telling us they felt priced out of the larger events at that time and once we hit a friendlier price point our tournaments were again very successful.
I shake my head when you all compare our events to 5 / 10 years ago, that was a different poker world then, there weren't even promotions then, this was the only room for hundreds of miles with 90 dealers on staff... With all the states that have poker now the number of events that were scheduled pre-covid ate into everyone's MTT schedule, not just ours. Say what you will but deep down most people don't want to travel when they don't have to and they don't have to when there is a closer casino holding events. In addition, most folks are limited into the number of events they can play in any given amount of time through out the year.
I agree 100% now that being the only room we could hold events and we are working on some things for down the line.
We and other casinos have been trying to hire staff... in all departments but especially dealers for months now... with little success. Until that happens, staffing will dictate tournament schedules and available cash games.
Again, I am limited to what I can get into here due to time constraints...if anyone wants to seriously discuss this or any other issues 1 on 1 where I can spend some time get into more detail and data please stop by or call the office at 315 361 7629. Many of the opinions that have been expressed here on 2+2 are simply not the case as stated.
Boss, Jk, anyone...I really would like the opportunity to discuss this to point out both sides of events not just the "if you have it we will come and there is definitely a need side". I keep offering but no one ever takes me up on the offer...they just keep saying the same things over and over with no clear facts, data or information. Why that is, I do not know... but I'm offering to discuss in person or on the phone. I understand the frustration, but there are 2 sides to everything and post covid...there are many more challenges than you may think of that go into holding the type of events you are talking about.
Hope to hear from you guys!!!