Poker Players, or What is that stuff under that rock?
The casino pyramid:
At the top of the casino pyramid you have the degenerate slot players. They drop all their money in the slots, and it is like money in the bank to the casino. The casino will do everything they can to attract these players and keep them happy.
Next you have the high limit table players. The house edge isn't as high or the action as fast, but they are money in the bank. The casino will treat them right.
Along the base, you have the casual vistors, who come for entertainment and are always good for dropping a quick $50 or so. Don't have to do much to keep them happy, but you want them to come back. They come in, drop their money and leave.
Now down at the bottom, you got the poker players. The games are pretty labor intensive, they dress bad, smell funny, and hang around for hours and hours. But, hey, they make the house some money, so you tolerate them and try to look the other way as much as possible.
And the bottom of the bottom? Well, that would be the lowest of the the low limit poker players. They usually don't act professional at all like the higher limit players, and they only have a small bankroll that the house can get off them. I mean, even if the house had 100% rake, how much are you going to make off a guy with $82.95 in his pocket?
Don't agree?
Well, imagine you run a resturant. You got people in the back rooms popping bottles of $500 champagne. In the dinner room, people are ordering expensive steak dinners. Lots of people drop in for the sights, and buy expensive fancy drinks.
In the front you have a small lunch counter. Guys come in, order a single cup of .80 cent coffee, and sit and sip on it for hours at a time. You tolerate them, and hope there is a stool open in case a good patron wants to sit for a quick bite to eat.
One day one of the all day coffee sippers comes to you with a complaint, while you are trying to redecorate one of the banquet halls for a big private expensive holiday dinner bash. His complaint? Well, once in a blue moon, he orders a second cup of coffee, and it seems that sometimes the waitress is slow in bringing it to him.
In fact, he demands, if the waitress is not quicker with her coffee pouring, he will take his business to some other lunch counter!
You are the resturant owner, what is your reply?
|