tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post5062440076450790138..comments2024-01-31T14:12:23.950-08:00Comments on Rob's Vegas and Poker Blog: A Tale of "--S" & "M"Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-20832354711435633292013-04-29T00:08:33.496-07:002013-04-29T00:08:33.496-07:00Thanks, Neo. The went thru a slow period a year or...Thanks, Neo. The went thru a slow period a year or two ago, but what's important is, it is doing very well again now. And yes it is a beautiful room. It was built a few years back when the old room--which was also nice, turned out to be too small because it was so popular. That old room was the first place where I ever played poker in a card room.<br /><br />One really nice thing about the room is that is ROOMY. No tables jammed together, you can walk thru it easily.<br /><br />They also have a great staff there. I hope you check it out this summer and let us all know what you think. <br /><br />Hopefully, you'll be able to check out the M, too.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-74834229868724981972013-04-28T13:03:10.280-07:002013-04-28T13:03:10.280-07:00I'm afraid I must disagree with Frank. I went...I'm afraid I must disagree with Frank. I went to GVR twice a couple of years ago and found the room to be pretty dead for a room as big and nice as it is. Now maybe it was a slow week there and since my visits were around 6-7pm time frame they may not have been indicative of the optimum times for the poker room. But I was at least a little surprised it was not very busy there, maybe 2 tables of 1-2 NL and a couple of other tables going as well. I look forward to going back this summer and seeing this reinvigorated poker room. The Neophytehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11606959676407800658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-6147993131636965772013-04-27T08:58:29.885-07:002013-04-27T08:58:29.885-07:00Tony, I dunno if what you say is true, but I'm...Tony, I dunno if what you say is true, but I'm fairly certain that no poker room could make money if they did all those things.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-24758334645846374892013-04-27T03:15:43.252-07:002013-04-27T03:15:43.252-07:00if any room wants to take over all the business in...if any room wants to take over all the business in vegas and have 20 full $1-2 NL games going all 24 hours a day, offer free hotel rooms to the poker players, (include fridays and saturdays) free massages while they play and $2 max rake, no jackpot drop. this will immediately fill up the room, and there will never be less than 200 players in the room.Tony Bigcharleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505857211799064393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-80631129416058096912013-04-26T11:27:58.661-07:002013-04-26T11:27:58.661-07:00Frank, thanks for your comment and for expressing ...Frank, thanks for your comment and for expressing your concerns. As I told you just now, it was not my intention at all to criticize your room--which I've always been a big fan off--but to illustrate how a struggling room can turn itself around, as you did with GVR.<br /><br />I think it might be semantics regarding the room being quiet in the middle of the day. The times I recall it was late afternoon, around 5-6 PM, perhaps I should have been more clear. It's pretty irrelevant now, as every time I've been in your room lately its been busy as heck! Congrats to you and your excellent team for turning things around. <br /><br />I edited out one comment that we discussed as it is really irrelevant to the point I was making in this post.<br /><br />But to you and everyone who reads this, I repeat what I said in the post....I want EVERY poker room to do well and thrive, yours most definitely included. I would love nothing more than to see every poker room in town doing so much business that they have to open new ones to accommodate all the players!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-3344734105546361422013-04-26T08:19:26.968-07:002013-04-26T08:19:26.968-07:00So as not to mislead anyone, I am the poker MGR at...So as not to mislead anyone, I am the poker MGR at GVR. The chief reason the M took quite a bit of our business was when they opened they had unsustainable promotions and had to stop after a time. Unlike the gentleman writing this blog I never wished any poker room ill. My guests are back because we treat them with respect and I am available to anyone that has a question or complaint. I also changed my promotions to ones our guests enjoy. For anyone to say they could walk into this poker room in the last 7 years and say it was empty mid day is more than stretching the truth. Some of those dealers and floor people worked for me as did the manager and I have always wished them well. Unfortunately although I remain friends with Todd the ex manager I was very hurt by some of the underhanded things his team said and did to try to hurt our room. All's fair in this business but none of my staff will ever bad mouth another room to our guests on the floor, because I still care about some of those people that work there, and I have hired some back. Maybe you should try being honest with yourself and your readers instead of attacking my room and my team. Thank you, and your welcome to come into my room and speak to me anytime, I can prove what I say.<br /><br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-12383133080522562272013-04-26T01:37:05.118-07:002013-04-26T01:37:05.118-07:00Thanks, Anony, or should I say, "Local Rock&q...Thanks, Anony, or should I say, "Local Rock"? I appreciate your thoughts.<br /><br />I swear I was neither joking nor lying when I said what I said about not seeing any of the things you reference here or on AVP, Honest. if I saw things like that, I wouldn't wonder what happened to the room. When I played there, usually late afternoon/early evening in the 2/4 game, I didn't see anything like it. Seriously.<br /><br />And as I mentioned in the post, I did indeed see dealers telling players NOT to talk about jackpots because it would void the bonus.<br /><br />Now, despite the fact that I felt I played in the room "a lot", the truth is,I am not a Vegas local and when I was playing there, I wasn't visiting Vegas as often--or for as long--as I am now. So perhaps by some fluke I just wasn't there when things like that happened.<br /><br />So maybe the type of things you are talking about happened when I was on a relatively long hiatus from Vegas, and by the time I returned, things had changed so much that I didn't play there because there wasn't a game going on????<br /><br />I don't know. But I've always respected your thoughtful posts on AVP so I have no reason to question your veracity.<br /><br />Thanks again for commenting.<br />Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-9059352342338988472013-04-25T17:28:23.023-07:002013-04-25T17:28:23.023-07:00My plan is to get back to basics and focus on poke...My plan is to get back to basics and focus on poker. Senior management has no desire to run big promos, and it seems the promos eventually started hurting the room instead of helping it.<br /><br />Of course, we're currently in a state of transition and there's no guarantee that I can sell senior management on my plan, or even that senior management intends for me to permanently take on responsibility for the room.<br /><br />Either way, it's a long and challenging road we face.<br />--Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14040554189573573008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-72988217127371993562013-04-25T14:07:34.846-07:002013-04-25T14:07:34.846-07:00Supervisory level employees stopped running the ro...Supervisory level employees stopped running the room, dealers stopped running the games. I don't know why they quit giving a shit, but they sure did. Bad behavior took over, cheating being one part of it. The cheating was widespread, it was open and impossible NOT to see, and there were multiple direct complaints about it, some of them from me, and some of them can be seen right where you just posted the link to get traffic to your blog. If you are not aware of it you are working pretty hard not to be. It has been stated publicly and in some detail by me and others, in addition to the chorus directly to the room's management staff and others.<br /><br />I wish them good luck building it back as an actual poker room. I hope it will once again be I nice place to play, and that the plan includes more attention to running the games than the hyping of the ever more creative promo crap that it choked on before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-30380621146031125752013-04-25T08:50:03.636-07:002013-04-25T08:50:03.636-07:00Good to hear! And, you're welcome.Good to hear! And, you're welcome.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-83891263590422411102013-04-25T08:49:10.628-07:002013-04-25T08:49:10.628-07:00I hope you follow his Twitter feed as well, it'...I hope you follow his Twitter feed as well, it's very entertaining. <br /><br />The guy seems to enjoy an occasional beer, I dare say.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-35420286549066527042013-04-25T08:46:36.026-07:002013-04-25T08:46:36.026-07:00Very long comment, indeed ;)
Thanks for the kind ...Very long comment, indeed ;)<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words and well wishes. We actually have some things up our sleeves, so to speak, that should show some immediate results. I will know for sure by the end of the week!<br />--Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14040554189573573008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-35165783447457960852013-04-25T08:42:49.655-07:002013-04-25T08:42:49.655-07:00I don't know ~S, but I love his blog and wish ...I don't know ~S, but I love his blog and wish him well.Memphis MOJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653631347560307425noreply@blogger.com