The 7.30 kick off works well. In fact, it was requested by a lot of players, through the players/management group. It means comps finished an hour earlier. The late finishes were putting some people off attending.
What happened to the players/management group? I took part in one very productive session, with some good changes implemented. We were promised a copy of the report, which I never did see, despite giving up my own time to attend. There was then another session lined up, that I was not invited to. I'm not sure if there have been any held since then.
As to the current problems in the card room, there are numerous reasons for that. The weather doesn't help, but can't be held responsible for the drop in number, nor can it be used an excuse by the decision makers to just drop the guarantees. I doubt that's even the real reason the guarantees were dropped in the first place.
We are almost through the second month of no guarantees. What's the plans for March? I'm guessing as George hasn't mentioned in his post above, then it's only the monthly deep stack that is gonna have a guarantee? So that will be a third month of absolute shite at the G.
I obviously don't know the figures, or what the overlay in guarantees was for last year, but surely there has been a loss of income suffered in the card room since the turn of the year? The cash games are an absolute joke, and it seems nothing has been done to address this. Having a 25/25 game is laughable. It killed the 1/2 game, and on Friday, which is normally a decent night for 1/2, we couldn't get a game going. There was one 1/1 game, and although the rake for the casino was probably still the same, it is stopping punters attending, as they know there will be little chance, if any of getting a decent cash game.
Even when big events are held at the g, there doesn't seem to be enough staff on duty, to cater for the needs of the customers. Most noticeably at the recent APAT event, there were 20 people waiting for a cash game to start for two hours, and no dealers to start it.
I like to think I've been a decent supporter of the card room for a few years now, and I've always been quick to defend it, either on here, Facebook or elsewhere. Events of the last few months have left me unable to defend it much more. Too many regulars, who barely spend anything are happy to sit there and moan about the place, and advise others where the good value comps and cash games are, are still being treated well because management are scared to get rid of them. And then make ridic decisions in their favour, because its the easy option.
Last Friday, the comp was set up wrong, for whatever reason. When this was pointed out, I was laughed at by one member of staff, who said nothing could be done to change it. It turns out that this was not the case, more a reluctance to change it. I asked to speak to one of the managers, but was unable to, as they were both in meetings. Even when they were finished from their meeting, neither had the decency to come and ask what the problem was, but sent raj over to deal with it. The same person who laughed at me on Friday, then laughed again, and did nothing tonight when I reported clear collusion between two people. Then stood there and watched as I argued the point with one of the people involved.
I've heard nothing good about the g from anyone recently, only people moaning about how bad it's got. When are the management going to do something about it? Are they even bothered what happens to the card room? I get the impression they aren't.
I feel sorry for the staff, I really do. They are a great bunch of people, who are good at what they do. Apart from the spanner that sits and grins, and shrugs their shoulders when things are complained about.
What's the plan for the league in march? And who's decision was that in the first place? 100 points for beating 70 runners on a Friday, and 100 points for beating 10 runners on a Wednesday? Genius. Even the comedy blonde league was run better by chompy, in fact, it was run better by drainy. And we all remember what a complete arse he made of that!
Sorry to rant on, but I'm sick of seeing the place the way it is, and no one seemingly cares, or wants to do anything about it. Get rid of the dregs and start rewarding the people that go there and want to see the card room doing well.
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