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MGM has tried spreading 6/12 and 10/20. The games just dont go anymore and thats the biggest casino in the state with over 5000 rooms. There is only one casino that can even get these games off the ground regularly and thats the Mirage. Does anyone think that if the casinos had the ability to run these games more often based on demand that they would? MGM is even now running more 3/6 than 4/8 games.

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A couple of notes. People on vacation will play whatever game is going. In the old days the MGM had a regular 10-20. Then someone with a high credit line in the pit got check raised by an off duty delaer so the MGM put an end to delaers playing so they had trouble gettign the game started.

There is no incentive for a room to spread higher limits unless it is part of an overall marketing plan with the casino. Larger games break plalyers faster and do not bring in more rake (sometimes they bring in less rake). There is no reason for the MGM to spread 10-20 unless they want to make an effort to have a regular 10-20. Even in the old days when the 10-20 would get started it would go really well and often get more 10-20 started. It is the local nits that want to paly against the hotel guests that get the small games started so that is what is going when the hotel guest comes in to play. The most important thing to someone on vacation is that they don't want to wait to play poker, but to say that they prefer 3-6 and 4-8 to 10-20 is ver misguided.