The rules have been changed to protect the fishy.

[steamboatin]

That is great, I want the fish to bust out and leave so a shark can take his seat. After a few hours, the only players left will be good players and we can sit around all night trading chips and let the rake eat our lunch.

My table busted up at 6 PM on Friday night. No list and the fish didn't want to wait in line at the cage. Good thing I got there early before the fish all busted out.

[bobbyi]

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Just as importantly, many recreational poker players play non-poker games in the casino. While they are at the poker table they may stay focused on playing poker. If they stand up and walk somewhere, they visually see other casino activity and may decide that they can have more excitement doing something else in the casino.

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Maybe this is the idea. The casino figures they'll get a bigger chunk of their money from advantage games then they'll get from the rake.

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It seems unlikely to me that the poker room has adopted a policy with the intention of discouraging people from playing poker.

[Swampy]

Where I play, when a fish busts out, another fish sits down. Keeps them all thinking they were just unlucky. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

I hope you don't think I was arguing in favor of the rule, BTW. Still, it'd be interesting to know if the "waiting at the cage" effect really cuts into profits in the long run.

[tylerdurden]

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Just as importantly, many recreational poker players play non-poker games in the casino. While they are at the poker table they may stay focused on playing poker. If they stand up and walk somewhere, they visually see other casino activity and may decide that they can have more excitement doing something else in the casino.

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Maybe this is the idea. The casino figures they'll get a bigger chunk of their money from advantage games then they'll get from the rake.

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It seems unlikely to me that the poker room has adopted a policy with the intention of discouraging people from playing poker.

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Obviously, if this were the case, it wouldn't be the poker room manager's idea.

This joint doesn't have a dedicated cage just for the poker room???

[SenecaJim]

No, it doesn't. unblievable, heh? But like the old gambler said " I know they're cheating me , but it's the only game in town" Good thing is a lot of real players probably refuse to put up with it which has made the games incredibly soooffffttttt.