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Poker room hosts
In his publisher's note, Mason wrote:
[ QUOTE ] The other story concerns another host at a different place whom I liked a little better. ... His downfall was that his solution to handling an obnoxious player was to give this person a bloody nose. [/ QUOTE ] I had heard that Sam Grizzle once worked as a host, so this confirms it. It was the El Cortez, right?? But seriously, folks. Many casinos offer free poker "lessons" (really just an orientation class for B&M newbs who have never actually held real chips before). If the Wynn had Negreanu give that intro a few times a week, or some other room hired a name pro with some personality, the fish would be standing in line to be reeled in. I can already hear the objections that a place like the Wynn doesn't want $2/4 newbs. I think that tourists willing to play something like 5/10 or 10/20 or higher would love to be able to drop Negreanu's name into their game back home. The rooms could even offer a real one hour strategy lesson a couple times a week as a perk for table-game high rollers who now dabble in poker. |
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Re: Poker room hosts
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The rooms could even offer a real one hour strategy lesson a couple times a week as a perk for table-game high rollers who now dabble in poker. [/ QUOTE ] You were doing good until you said that [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]. The last thing a casino wants is for a big table-game sucker to take up or play more poker. |
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Re: Poker room hosts
Mason's observations about hosts are right on. I can only think of one host type that does his job well.
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Re: Poker room hosts
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Mason's observations about hosts are right on. [/ QUOTE ] In my opinion this article was simply a sideways slap at Daniel Negreanu. Nothing more. |
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Re: Poker room hosts
Hi Timer:
No. It's a criticism of the whole system that I have watched and endured for many years, and this includes almost twenty years where I was playing poker before I became aware of Daniel Negreanu. Best wishes, Mason |
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