1) Don't forget the 'Keepers Fifth Sunday $500 is coming up in two weeks. Make sure you get there by 845 if you want to avoid the wait list.
2) GL WILL have tournaments, just not sure when they will start. They want to make sure that they have their cash games running smoothly. They seem to have 'lots' of staff right now so hopefully they move forward 'soon'.
3) PLO is a hit at GL right now! There has been at least a 1/2 table running every day since opening and even a 5/10 table running on weekend nights. The 1/2 game will graduate into 2/5 some evenings depending on who shows up after 3-400 PM.
4) I've heard of an email and/or text 'plea' from one of the charity rooms for support of their game ... Whatever this is didn't include any of my digits. Not a surprise there since I'm so hard to get a hold of ...
5) Fairly decent information that
Jack's will move into Westgate Bowling soon. From a look at the Millionaire Party Locator, that will start on Monday October 1st. Certainly a better 'room' for poker and this will put some distance between them and GL. Not sure how the food/beverage service will work if this makes it past the school year but lets see how things go first.
I think Westgate would make a better weekend poker spot, but this is a good start to keep this location on the map. I think King's could operate during the week at Russo's since Players may not want to drive the extra distance on a work night for a $40 tournament and also may not be looking to play longer cash sessions either.
I know in reality it's not really that far, but 'Players want to play' and the extra drive will 'earn' some players a spot on the wait list and/or lose out on cash hands. I estimate it will 'cost' you at least 40 minutes or more when you take the total drive/park/walk into account ... and add weather on that stretch of road as well once we get into December!! If you only have 3-4 hours max, and in some cases much less, available on a work night, that's a big portion of your time lost. I certainly am not a bigger fan of the S-curve lately when even as early as 345 I run into stop/go traffic .. With I-96 at full strength soon this should change a bit. Alpine can be a pain until after 600 PM during the week as well.
This would definitely affect food service as well IMO ... not sure if Russo's would see this as a boost to M-W or just a 'break even' change. Notice how once a new place opens up how the competitors will follow? I think this can be the case during the week with King's (if they open at 300 PM) and GL both being able to 'survive' but GL just has too much 'extra' to offer on weekends and having a room like Westgate farther away could be the ticket to 'local' GR poker on weekends. King's could even consider Sunday-Wednesday and pick up players that have been at GL during the day and want to be closer to home on a Sunday night!
I'm no Rocket Scientist (football or other) ... really
. But IMO it's not wise as a poker community to 'allow' GL to run charity poker into the ground completely. It's up to us to let the charity rooms know what will work best and hopefully they can survive until things settle down a bit going into winter. GL