Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastBalla
I'm starting to get the feeling that most all the poker rooms in Vegas will be closed indefinitely until 4 max is changed to probably 6 max at minimum. It just isn't worth it to reopen poker with 4 max games that most don't want. That's why I wrote here a few weeks ago there needed to be some damn lobbying to the Nevada state officials, gaming commission, etc... to get that changed. No other state I don't think is doing 4 max. How ironic that the gambling mecca in the US now has rules in place for who knows how long that is effectively killing poker in that state. Weird.
I agree that most poker rooms in Las Vegas will not reopen.
You understand there is a Gaming Control Board meeting on reopening on Tuesday ? You can send in public comments, attend the virtual meeting or you can sit in the self-imposed darkness you are bemoaning.
GCB meetings are pretty transparent in my experience. You may not like the positions or answers, your preferences may get stomped on, but it won't be a secret and by follow-up you can learn the why or who.
(To quote Yogi Berra, "you can observe a lot by watching". Unfortunately, in this age of CoVid, what you lose is the ability to make private inquiries of the various parties involved in the meeting, no halway or back of the room interaction. That will be different.)
Personally, I have no dog in this fight, except maybe to require player masks while playing .... what I consider a wise policy, and possible policy trade-off for 6 max tables ?
Additionally, the Governor tweeted that:
"@GovSisolak
Additionally, the Gaming Control Board will meet Tuesday & will consider any action necessary with regard to reopening.
Pending the evaluation of trends in our data and results of this meeting, I have set a target date of June 4, 2020, for reopening Nevada’s gaming industry.
269
3:40 PM - May 22, 2020"
If you want current info and a way to give input, it exists. Tell the Governor your data about poker 6 handed openings, how requiring masks means 6 max is possible, etc. and why it matters... or you can sit on your hands.
If you failed to do any lobbying yourself in the weeks since you posted your call to action, you still have an opening to do so by submitting comments to that meeting.
Last edited by Gzesh; 05-23-2020 at 11:48 AM.