[Randy_Refeld]

I am probably in the minority here, but I feel the "nice" rooms are intimidating. I like for the poker room to feel very accessible, it shoudl not look like the sort of places you have to be quiet in.

When I worked in Vegas we had a long rail and when someoen would be standing there watchign we would go over and invite them to come in. Sometimes as we woudl approach they would start moving away because they assumed you we goign to tell them you couldn't stand there. We had a flooorman that was a dead ringer for Walter Mathau (no idea how to spell his name) and we woud make fun of him becasue he woudl start chasing people through the casino from the rail when they tried to get away without talking to him.

I have not seen the new room at the Horseshoe (Tunica), but I always like that the band was loud in there. A lot of players (as far back as late 90s before I moved west) complained about the noise, but I have always believed anything that makes the poker room feel like a fun place is good for attracting new players.

Looking at the pics of the poker "rooms" above, the one at Paris looks like the games would be better. I was once playing in a small room in Vegas and a woman sat down and asked if anyone would mind if she played since she had never palyed before and the players had jsut yelled at her for playing bad at blackjack. The room at Wynn (and other nice rooms) may make this sort of palyer afraid to sit down and play.