Sad to learn of Nina`s decision to leave,will be much missed

I wasn`t giving an opinion,just trying to see how i think the number crunchers in head office view the card rooms in general

Ive heard all these concerns 1000 times before,not a lot changes after an initial month or so of extra effort,allways seems to slip back to where it was before,if not slightly worse

Jim wants his cash games sorting out,and can see from the frontline how easy that could be achieved with a bit of common sense and discussion with the players,never happens though does it?

I think youve got a business model making money and increasing revenue and turnover year on year,and whilst the bean counters are head nodding in approval, then farting around with hairy arsed moaning poker players isnt a priority

They can have as much free tea and coffee as they like,the hope is they might put a score in a slot on the way out

G casino`s have seen an increase in footfall,spend-per-head,food and drink revenue,Gaming machine takings, in what are clearly the most difficult of times currently

The only side of the business to have seen a decrease in revenue? You guessed it the "Card Room"

Card rooms generate by far the least ammount of revenue to Rank Leisure,Food and Drink takes nearly double the ammount the card room generates accross the board

If you look at the ammount of room a card room uses,theres a hell of a lot of dead space there doing nothing,with Luton`s G granted the licence to expand its Slot Machines and Gaming tables how long will it be before the card room is dramatically reduced in size to accommodate the new, larger Gaming areas?

Granted,it appears they dont take into consideration the "Chandra" effect of losing at poker and doing 4 k in 20 minutes on the tables,but people like him are few and far between nowadays

I dont think the number crunchers at Rank see poker as long term sustainable income for their business model,looking at tournament numbers in general, with or without guarantees they may have a point,they would probably sight the GUKPT`S decline as an example of why poker isnt currently top of their list for investment and growth

Bottom of that page Tone,just scroll right down

Thats about as good as it gets to be fair,think George updates it himself nowadays

Re-entries and min 10k starting stack tournies dont help either

The local faces who used to come and spew thousands on nlh cash once or twice a week, just went busto in the end

£50 min buy-in Tournies, replaced with mickey mouse low buy inns, attract a different type of punter anyway

Did anyone we know cash?

think there was a 3 way chop but i dont know who choped it

Insightful as ever Aid

Gary Jones plays at Luton. Went deep in the dtd 500 in January. Nice guy, semi retired and now plays poker full time I thibk. Good luck him.

Vinni,

Is this lad the youngster, bit of a (poker) nutcase, something is going on with his hair, mid-twenties?

I've got a horrible feeling I've got the wrong chap.....

Thats Gary "the hair" Banks your thinking of

What's the tourney tonight...?

Start time, buy-in, chips, clock etc...

Ta

http://www.grosvenorcasinos.com/local-casinos/luton

Is there any other town that has its name dragged through the mud more than Luton ?

Something similar happened at the old Grovesnor Casino in Luton i believe

No idea what happened to the punters as far as repercussions went

The thing is, even £100 is a bit much for the majority of our customers.

This at least allows them a shot, with a large number of seats up for grabs, at a price they're more comfortable paying.

Looks great George

Will be playing the lot

Very best of luck Glen

No worries

Ul fella

If you call someone on the river and they say "you're good" or words to that effect, I think it's the height of bad etiquette to ask to see that persons hand. Show your hand, take the pot and move on.

This is the definitive answer,discussion over.

Thats the spirit!

Gl gl