Dealer racks/drop work differently in Atlantic City then just about any other place I have ever played.

In Atlantic City they are like the racks at the table games. Dealers have a large amount of chips in the rack and every hand the rake gets put in the rack. Dealers don't put cash in the rack they drop cash into a box

In Vegas it will work differently. The dealers will have less money in the rack (typically 300-500). The rake doesn't get put in the rack it gets put in the drop box. Cash doesn't get dropped it goes into the rack (the amount of money in rack never changes). the rack is primarily for making change and selling some chips.

So if you go to the Venetian and you want to buy chips at the cage .... that's no problem. or if you just go to the table to buy chips the dealer will either sell you some or call a chip runner depending on how you want and how much of what denomination he has in his rack.

at the Venetian $100 bills play so if you want you can keep some paper on the table, and frequently players sell chips to other players rather than wait for a chip runner.

And there really is no reason to be afraid of the chip runners.....they don't bite. Some people even talk to them.


In the smaller rooms there won't be 'chip runner' but when a player needs chips they will call for a floor person or another dealer (not dealing at the time) to get chips. In most smaller rooms there is no "cage" chips are bought and cashed by a floor person.

There is a lot more cash ($100 bills) on the table in the Venetian than AC. The chip runners are the dealers who are between tables and can take forever if there's a line (there's no express chip runner line at the cage). I like to buy chips from the cage before I sit down.

Actually there are several fulltime chip runners (at least on day and swing shift) and then dealers help out.

What happened to this thread? Over a month with no posts.

I'm longing for any V poker room updates since I won't be back 'til January!

TIA!

Carp left, thread dead :-(

I finally got back into town since finding out I didn't really get my $25 8/16 comp from last fall because I assumed their electronic comp system would keep track of it. I asked if I could get it, per dcarp's suggestion. No go. I had hopes I might get it since I know Dan a little, but since he's gone I'm outta luck.

Is the Venetian going to have someone else represent the room on this forum?

There have been posts from V_TD in other threads .....

Is the V still running any of the $25 promo's or reduced rake limit tables?

No $25 comps. But the $8-$16 games are at $3 max rake.

Yes. I have been answering questions whenever I have seen them.

Tommy LaRosa

This is correct.

Tommy

Next time your in the room, come by the Tournament desk and say hello. I may not be able to get you the 25 dollar comp, but maybe I can help with your lunch or something.

Tommy

Tommy, we're booked for poker rate next month and after completing hours how can I make check out as exedient as possible? I ask b/c I need to go to airport in morning of departure quickly after checkout.

I don't want to have a bunch of red tape holding me up and all to where I'm trying to get poker room people to communicate with check-out staff that I cleared hours.

Is there a voucher you give me the night before that I can simply present to check out folks? I've never used poker rate before and have no clue.

Thanks -PJ

Talk to the person at the desk in the back left of the poker room the night before -- they will talk to the front desk to fix your bill that night. I think that there is some time when they can't do it immediately (like 1 am to 6 am? I'm not exactly sure), so you might want to come earlier rather than later.

Answered your PM

Tommy

Thanks, I may take you up on that. I'll be back in town in Nov.

But I have to say, I'm pretty annoyed that a comp was offered to drum up business and when I supplied that business, nobody said I had to specifically ask a human about getting credited the comp. I don't remember seeing any mention of that on the website or on signs in the room.

Agree, I fell foul of this loophole too.

Honestly, being that it was some time ago now, I do not remember word for word what our literature said. I do know that we tried to educate the player's at the table as to the promotion and over the microphone in the room.

I do apologize as it appears we somehow missed educating you on the promo. Once again, come say hi.

Tommy

I played at the V for the first time in mid-August. Put in 3 x 12 hour sessions including a couple of the noon tourneys. Tourneys had around 100 ppl.

I played 2/5 and the room was packed from the minute I got there until I left. Started to quiet down around 3AM. Action was great and had a blast even though by the end of the trip I ended up donating.

Hi,

I'm going to be in Vegas from Friday evening through to Sunday evening on the weekend of 22 Oct. I'm booked to stay at the Venetian on Friday night and Saturday night. My plan was to play poker Saturday day and Sunday day... but I assume I'll have to check out Sunday morning.

How would the poker room rate work in that situation, if I intend on playing after I've checked out on the Sunday?

You might want to request a late checkout. That would buy you some more time (a few hours) before you had to checkout. If you play in the pit ask one of the pit critters to arrange the late checkout for you ... I have never been denied a late checkout when I ask in the casino. maybe the poker room can arrange that also.

Yesterday was the first time I remember 3 full 4/8 omaha tables running simultaneously. However, for some reason, there was no 8/16 omaha game.
In one of the 4/8 omaha games there was a floor decision i'd like to ask you about:
4 players on the last betting round, board showed 22447, first three players checked, last player bet, the first called, the third called out of turn (by putting "calling chips" in), then noticed the action was not on him, took the chips back, the second player then called and all of a sudden, the third announced: "raise".
As far as I know, after calling out of turn, when there's a call in the middle, he can either call or fold. Am I correct?

I am the Tournament Coordinator and tournament and cash rules can vary, but in this instance the rule is very similar in both. The rule states that, " action out of turn may be binding unless action changes in front of that player."

Player A bets.
Player B hasn't acted yet
Player C calls.

So, now Player C will be bound to the call unless Player B decides to raise once we determine what his action will be. So,

If Player B calls, Player C must only call cause action did not change.
If Player B folds, Player C must still call cause action did not change.
If Player B raises, now this will allow Player C all of his options because Player B changed the action.

So in this instance, the floor ruled correctly that Player C could not raise and would be held to the call. Player C would only be held to the call and could NOT fold actually because action did not change in front of him.

Hope this helps.

Tommy LaRosa

You would need to get your hours before you check out. We cannot reduce your rate until you have met the qualifications.

Tommy