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Every player in poker room must have on a mask. If a player removes mask for any reason - be immediately kicked out permanently. I must be allowed to wear not only a face mask and goggles but if I choose to, I should be allowed to wear a gas mask ANYWHERE in casino for length of my stay.

The 3 main purposes of wearing a mask currently in my opinion are:

1. Respect the situation
2. The common folk can't get tested regularly, so to avoid spreading it to others
3. Hopefully deter you from touching your face with yours hands

You can still get this with a mask. In a poker room people will be eating/drinking/adjusting there masks with there hands... gloves or not still will be dirty.

We need to build our immune systems or focus on online poker.

05-03-2020 , 11:00 AM

#128

Dick Tracy

old hand

Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 1,793

A dealer I know has always coated his hands in fizzy rubbing alcohol in between tables. It looks like he's holding massive gobs of shaving cream in each hand before he lathers up.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nozsr

Said second dealer is going to need really long arms.

The tables in the video appear to be blackjack style tables. Even so, I'm wondering if chips are completely out of the players' hands and entirely behind the barrier.

05-03-2020 , 12:34 PM

#129

mike1270

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Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,078

Does anyone know which phase of reopening Casinos fall under?

05-03-2020 , 02:14 PM

#130

BDHarrison

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Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 4,529

Quote:

Originally Posted by STREETPOKER

The 3 main purposes of wearing a mask currently in my opinion are:

1. Respect the situation

Can't wait for some idiot to describe mask wearing as a form of virtue signaling.

05-03-2020 , 02:41 PM

#131

ArtyMcFly

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Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 13,256

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike1270

Does anyone know which phase of reopening Casinos fall under?

I think it depends where you are located.
By the sound of it (from twitter and the other corona thread in NVG), Vegas casinos will only open if/when they can do all the social distancing stuff, like having thermometers at the entrance and sneeze-protectors on the tables. Some casinos are extending their closures and are letting staff go. It's looking pretty bad.

05-03-2020 , 05:08 PM

#132

gopackthomas

journeyman

Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 211

Quote:

Originally Posted by BDHarrison

Can't wait for some idiot to describe mask wearing as a form of virtue signaling.

Mask wearing is a form of virtue signaling.

05-03-2020 , 06:26 PM

#133

Gzesh

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gopackthomas

Mask wearing is a form of virtue signaling.

So is someone giving a touching eulogy at your funeral.

Your pick.

05-03-2020 , 09:01 PM

#134

mike1270

adept

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,078

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArtyMcFly

News story for LV says 4-max poker table! I would love to play more short-handed live poker but I am in the minority. I am not sure you could even get that many games to run?

05-04-2020 , 03:13 AM

#135

Dick Tracy

old hand

Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 1,793

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gzesh

So is someone giving a touching eulogy at your funeral.

Your pick.

Nice black and white Dirty Harry style post, but just because a mask is obviously helpful to protect yourself from the virus doesn't mean that some people can't use it as a prop for their virtue signalling.

05-04-2020 , 07:13 AM

#136

browser2920

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Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 6,521

Dog track poker room in Tampa announced they are opening on 11 May. They are the only one in the area so far. They are going to have 6 max, 15 out of 50 tables in play, and require both dealers and players to wear masks and gloves. Temperature will be taken before being allowed to enter.

No real feel for what the response will be. In the "old days" when a table hit 6, people were getting antsy and looking around for a table change or table break. Plus wearing masks and gloves for hours can be quite uncomfortable. Guess we'll find out in about a week how it goes.

05-04-2020 , 11:51 AM

#137

Trixie2

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Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 475

Played there for a couple weeks last summer. Older crowd who aren't gonna like 6 handed.

05-04-2020 , 01:03 PM

#138

lozen

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Anyone that thinks 6 max is going to be safer and the plexi glass is naive. Plus the games may be as tough as online as I just do not see as many recreational players.

If a reliable 5 minute test is created why not the following for poker clubs

Temperature Scan upon arrival and hand disinfect stations upon entry
5 minute Covid 19 test for all players and staff
Wash all chips when cashed in
change and sanitize decks hourly
9 max tables

Also I will not be playing till its 9 handed and their is less than 10 cases daily in my province and no intentions of going to Vegas till there is a vaccine

05-04-2020 , 01:06 PM

#139

amazinmets73

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Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 5,555

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trixie2

Played there for a couple weeks last summer. Older crowd who aren't gonna like 6 handed.

Played there several times when I lived in Tampa. Don't see the point of 6 handed. Standard tables with masks seems no less risky.

05-07-2020 , 06:20 PM

#140

Justcalll

centurion

Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 174

Quote:

Originally Posted by sevencard2003

what makes u think the isolated areas of NY state in the far north with very little population such as the niagara falls casino poker room will be reopened any time soon?

I dont think that at all. niagara falls is western ny anyway and not really that isolated. its like 20-30 min from buffalo...

05-09-2020 , 06:40 PM

#141

Smudger2408

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Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 1,922

Atlantic City is suggesting customers will be required to wear masks!

I won't set foot at a poker table if I have to wear a mask. Poker causes anxiety. The very act of wearing a mask creates anxiety.

Additionally, masks are uncomfortable for more than brief stints. How can I do a 14 hour session in a mask?

I don't think I'm alone in this. Casino regulators better get their heads out of their asses or the Casino industry will decline by 80% over the next two years.

05-10-2020 , 05:04 AM

#142

BDHarrison

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Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 4,529

The very act of being around people not wearing a mask creates anxiety for other people. Why should your anxiety be fixed before theirs? People who feel the way you do about masks appear to be in a distinct minority. I would not be shocked if the people who refuse to play with masks being mandatory outnumber those who refuse to play with a mask on.

05-10-2020 , 07:59 AM

#143

checkraisdraw

veteran

Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 2,873

Quote:

Originally Posted by RhodyGuy

We aren’t going to have a choice especially in the Northeast.

The days of “10 dirty degenerates” are now in the dinosaur museum next to the cigar trays at the table. Anyone who expects live poker to return anytime soon in a form greater than short-handed (5-6max) simply isn’t paying attention or in some sort of denial as to what is occurring in this country.

That would be awesome, ngl. I love playing short handed. The toughest players in the room become absolute fish in shorthanded situations.

05-10-2020 , 10:04 AM

#144

bigpeen

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 265

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smudger2408

Im an essential worker and I have to wear a mask for my entire 12hr/day shift. After the first day you forget youre even wearing it.Im also wearing safety glasses.. I can wait to play poker, its just a hobby of mine and playing online is what Im doing when I get the urge to gamble. But my god I cant wait to step on the casino floor again haha

05-10-2020 , 11:05 AM

#145

driller

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Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 640

Not going to Vegas as long as masks and social distancing rules are still in place. What would be the fun in that? Not playing live poker until there is an effective vaccine and it’s 9 handed.

05-10-2020 , 01:53 PM

#146

amazinmets73

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Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 5,555

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigpeen

Yea, I was required to wear one as well. It caused my glasses to fog, otherwise it wasn't too uncomfortable. I'd gladly wear one in order to play again.

05-10-2020 , 03:45 PM

#147

Smudger2408

banned

Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 1,922

Quote:

Originally Posted by BDHarrison

It won't be fun. You can't smoke or drink or eat in a mask. If everything is exactly the way it was, but you are required to wear mask, I predict revenues down by 65% which will then cause the casino industry to massively consolidate.

05-10-2020 , 03:52 PM

#148

parisron

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Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 19,740

Looks like you CAN drink with a mask.

05-10-2020 , 04:57 PM

#149

sevencard2003

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Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,642

Ron, u have given us a lot of news in the past by all the hard work u used to do about florida years ago. can u and everyone else please stop mentioning the reopening plans and dates for certain strip casinos which have been rehashed over and over in the news and give us some news on plans for reno or laughlin or wendover? im getting total silence everywhere else outside the strip as to what dates they might want to reopen. im not even getting news from downtown vegas such as the D and el c

05-10-2020 , 05:03 PM

#150

Tuma

Worships Amon-Ra

Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 16,387

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smudger2408

borgata's basement cafeteria was horrifyingly messy before the pandemic. can't recall there was anything good besides the usual chinese fast-casual anyway...

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