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This place is now more of a poker room than a pool hall that is for sure! With 15 tournament tables, a minimum of 3 cash game tables, and an actual FINAL table reserved for tournament finalists, this place has a definite Vegas poker room look and feel.
The “Slick Room” even provided a little snack (in this case, coconut shrimp and fries) at 11pm.
A bottle of Labatt’s Blue came with a $3 price tag. Faldo was in heaven.
Even the waitress’s looks and dress beat a lot of the Las Vegas sometimes ‘high seniority’ drink staffer (see picture). Although service was like Vegas is now – you can’t find a ‘drink girl’ when you need one. Surprisingly the waitresses did not seem to be in a hurry to sell you a drink either. Weird.
Joining Faldo (in order of tournament finish) tonight were T3chlady, LittleRedElf, Theedouble*d, Faldo (33rd), 95corolla (14th) and our TWO final table makers – Beerhog and ThePunk75! NPP was 6% of the field, but was 20% of the final table and took home over 30% of the prize pool!
Nice job guys! But they (wrongly) accepted (a second deal where) a 6-way split to end the tourney. Our guys would have taken down that final table ….with ease. Even Faldo could have…..well, ok it was not that weak, but Beerhog and ThePunk would have destroyed that table, barring bad luck.
Now for the one disturbing thing I witnessed this night - besides my own poker playing. When the 10 finalists got back from break, they decided on the same lump sum going to every player remaining, with a chunk left over for the 1st and 2nd place finishers. That’s fine – whatever the players want to do.
BUT THEN – the poker room charity hands ALL the prize money to one of the final table guys and tells him to divvy it up! So he does – at the final table, while the clock is running, while the dealer is trying to deal! Of course play comes to a halt as everyone is watching this guy count out money. The dealer has half a hand dealt out – some players with 2 cards, some with one – and stops to watch the cash being handed out. Anyone want to say “palmed ace” with me? Bizarre!
I guess the Poker Room legally cant’ touch the money and the Charity did not want to count out the money as desired by the players. EXCUSE ME! But you just made a ton of cash and your customers want a little service!
I have seen fights start over less money by people who know each other better than 10 random players in a public poker room! Not to mention the ‘dash with cash’ possibility. This was inexcusable to Faldo! The House gives all the prize money to one player and tells him to pass it out??? That is trouble waiting to happen just due to poor planning and grand laziness.
ThePunk75 said he has never seen that happen before, but was not sure on how it was handled in the past. We assumed deals have been made at their final tables before (like almost EVERY ONE!).
Anyway, after the initial handout of cash was made, the rest of the money was stacked next to the dealer’s left – the dealer who can’t touch it or defend it even if they wanted to (and why would they???).
When down to six and another deal was made, the same “bank teller” player was still around and he passed out the rest of the cash.
Very weird and not well managed. The Charity and Poker Room ought to be ashamed, but I have a feeling they don’t care.
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I've been on the other side of the chips for that situation. Typically, the charity will not count out the money to divide. They will give the lump sum to a player designated by the poker room manager (one of the winners), who then take it back to the table to divide. Prize pool has been disclosed to the players at that point and once it leaves the cash drawer, it is up to the players to disburse. Now, that is almost always at the end of the tourney, not while hands are still being dealt!
Oh, and good showing NPP!!
Well maybe with my poker travels reduced the last few years, things have changed. Deals at the Sharks Club in Howell and the former Premier Poker Room that I was a part of, the prize money was handed out in prize increment envelopes as posted. Players traded envelopes, shortages and overages until the deals were settled.
A big stack of cash was not handed to one player while a hand was in progress.
I just think it is a sloppy and classless way to handle the prizes.
I was not part of Premier Poker. I meant to write "Tournament deals I was part of in both PP and Sharks...."
what was the pay out ...that fact was ignored///and what levels did our players buy in at also...113 players....i think i found a place how is the afternoon game as well?wworth the travel...
Normally the charity does split up the prize pool if a deal has been struck. They did already split the money when we agreed to pay a double bubble. I mean the charity at that point isn't doing much besides watching the clock tick. I don't know if they are enforcing a rule change now or the floor guy was on his rag that night. But yeah that was definitely out of the norm.
And Faldo left out a key story line from wednesday night. His mastery of the short stack to a decent run.
punk
I don't like posting $ amounts on line and avoid it whenever possible.
I am pretty sure the NPP'ers all bought in for the max - $50 - and there was a $10 add on. Although some players did not buy in for the max.
If Beerhog or ThePunk want to discuss the $ aspect of the cash out, no problem.
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