Waiting in Brantford

MikeyGee

I went to Brantford on Wednesday night after work. I got there at about 12:30am (thursday morning) and put my name on the list for both the 2-5 and 5-10. I was 27th on the list for 5-10 and 22nd on the list for 2-5. What I don't understand is they have five new tables in the other room that were going unused. There was mob of people on the rail waiting to get in. Why not open the other tables? Also does anyone know the proper channels to make an official complaint with Brantford. This has to stop. There is enough interest to have all tables open. Anyways, finally got on the 2-5 at about 3am and finished at 5:30am up a whopping $3.

MikeyGee

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Reason #16 why online is better than B&M... I've had the same problem at Rama and GBH as well. It makes no sense, and the floor personnel generally have no solid answers as to why the wait is so long when there are so many tables sitting there, unused. I've heard them say something about not having enough dealers, but hey, call them in, have a couple on standby, etc... The more tables that are open, the more the casino makes, and the happier the players are. Just makes good sense, all around.

Regards,
all_aces

Chugs

well the longer the line ... the more likely people are to go sit down and play some BJ, caribbean stud, slots etc... and the casino makes even more money.

a big reason for railbirding is that most casinos don't have a great system for announcing when your seat comes up, at least rama and gbh don't

vinsanity

They should implement the pager systems like at restaurants where they give you a pager and if flashes when your seat's ready. If restaurants can afford to do that, surely casinos can.

Unknown

well the longer the line ... the more likely people are to go sit down and play some BJ, caribbean stud, slots etc... and the casino makes even more money.

That's a good point, Chugs, and one I hadn't considered. I'm sure the casinos have, though... However, what the casinos may not fully understand is that, on the whole, poker players generally don't tend to play many of the other casino games.

I'm sure some do--and I don't have any problem with that obviously--but I don't. If I have to wait 2 hours, I'll either read a book for 2 hours, or leave. So, if the *main* reason that they're keeping long lists is to get the players to play other games, they may be missing the fact that some (maybe most? not sure...) players won't play other games, at all. The casino might make more money just simply opening the other hold'em tables.

As for announcing when the seat becomes available, I think that Brantford and GBH are great. Both of these places use the general PA system, heard throughout the entire casino. Rama is, as you mentioned, terrible. You have to stay close to the poker room, or you won't hear your name.

And I think that using 'Keg-style' pagers is a great idea, and I think I read in CPP that River Rock uses them.

Cheers,
all_aces

Hork42

all_aces wrote:

And I think that using 'Keg-style' pagers is a great idea, and I think I read in CPP that River Rock uses them.

They use those pagers at Seneca too... plus they allow you to call ahead to be put on their lists.

hork.

Hork42

One thing that I find helpful that we do for Rama is we usually plan our trip for saturday afternoon aiming to arrive around 12:30. The new dealer shift begins at 1 and they always open new tables then. If we aren't able to get on right when we get there, we get on when the new tables start.

The wait is always very short as they go from 8 tables to 12. By 3 o clock there is a very long wait.

Doesn't help if you can only go on weeknights, but if you've got a flexible schedule, this is a good option that we've used several times and has worked very well each time.

hork.

Chugs

Now i don't tend to play other games at casino's anymore, but i definitely use to. I still do sitdown and play sometimes while waiting for a table.

You look at the list and see that 20 people are in line but only maybe 6-7 are sitting around, the simple fact is that the rest are all over the casino.

Plus always having a shortage of tables, increases the the appeal. People don't want to leave there seats out of risking that they won't get back on a table soon.

stoneskn

Aces: what are all the reasons online is better than B&M?

all_aces wrote:

Reason #16 why online is better than B&M... I've had the same problem at Rama and GBH as well. It makes no sense, and the floor personnel generally have no solid answers as to why the wait is so long when there are so many tables sitting there, unused. I've heard them say something about not having enough dealers, but hey, call them in, have a couple on standby, etc... The more tables that are open, the more the casino makes, and the happier the players are. Just makes good sense, all around.

MikeyGee

When I finally was seated in Brantford i asked one of the pit bosses why the tables in the other room were not open and his reply to me was "The tables in the other room aren't open?". I'm sure he was asked that question a few times that night so he was either being a jackass or he was truly oblivious to the people waiting to play. I understand that the casino wants people to play the other games but for the most part the poker players were all standing around waiting. To make matters worse there are only four chairs to sit and wait in. Well thats enough venting. lol

MikeyGee