[DeathDonkey]

Hi,

A couple things to clarify since that was my home casino for quite awhile before I moved away recently. I think it is a very well run card room and your post didn't really do it justice, but if that is your opinion as a "non-regular" perhaps my perspective is very different.

Is Tucson really so small that people still think its "Tuscon"? This boggles my mind.

Unless it has been recently changed, all their holdem games are full kill, even the 20/40 etc. I'm surprised they had a 20/40 going - usually it is 15/30 and rarely 30/60, they barely ever spread 4 chip 8 chip games, but yum.

$54k jackpot is huge, one of the biggest I remember, so the room was probably extra busy. The other games besides holdem and omaha/8 that you mentioned never ever go. The football promotion is indeed nice easy +EV.

I never met a dealer there who liked to shuffle, the machine may have been broken for some reason or maybe they were just doing a quick wash / scramble before using the shuffle machine? My experience with chip runners there is quite different - they often have several who work very hard and are extremely friendly. The food is indeed cheap, and indeed pretty bad.

The floorpeople know almost everyone because they work hard to do so. It is not that it is all regulars so much as the floorpeople are awesome.

I won't comment on your strategy stuff because it seems like you are saying "they play bad and win" which happens from time to time. The 3/6 games there are indeed filled with ridiculously bad players - but its fun during kill pots everyone goes super weak tight.

You can order alcohol from a server in the poker room - it is pretty expensive. I believe next year they are redoing the entire Desert Diamond airport location to include a hotel etc. and the poker room will be revamped. I expect it to end up being quite nice.

-DeathDonkey