ALL local poker rooms permanently closed from Covid, anyone else? (1 Viewer)

3-4 times a week. Big O and Big O/Stud mixed fixed limit games, mostly.

Why?
This was Sunday morning 8/16 Big O/Stud 8. Great room. I hope they keep it open.

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3-4 times a week. Big O and Big O/Stud mixed fixed limit games, mostly.

Why?
Looks like we do have something in common. We can both forget our parachutes, I guess.
 
Yeah but that’s only because casinos can make so much more money in other ways - it says nothing about the profitability of poker.
Christ, the NH charity poker rooms were thriving for years, and they had to give like 30% of their profits to charity or something. Yeah, the rakes were generally a touch higher, but mostly the only difference between poker there and in a casino was no free drinks.
Back to the point. If states would just issue poker-only licenses either in addition to or as an alternative to full gaming licenses, those establishments would profit biggly.
You’re not entirely wrong, but I think you underestimate the value of everything being free in the casino, and not in the charity’s games or card houses.
A slightly higher rake, say a couple quarters per hand, let alone a dollar per hand, is plenty of money per hour. A $7-9 drink at a charity or card house, when the house pays $1.75 to make it, vs a free drink at a casino.
Free little mini tacos, chicken tenders, the little food buffets, then paying cocktail waitresses built into the budget. Poker tables in a casino is generally a very losing proposition. Replace 5 tables, which is room for 50 machines, where one single person can put $100 in a single one of them, and make the casino 5x in the hour of a poker table, the swing isn’t that close.

I love poker, everybody loves poker. It doesn’t make casinos money.
 
Barona Poker Room was where I developed my poker game. This was a staple in Southern California for Poker. During COVID, Barona, Pechanga, and Pala all closed down their poker rooms in Southern California. Now Chumash in Central California has decided to close down their poker room. All of the places I learned to play poker have disappeared on me.

It is interesting to see that in states that have had legalized poker, rooms are going down dramatically in number. In states that are battling to have legal poker, the rooms are going up dramatically in number even with their current gray area status.

It is from my understanding that gaming is alive and well. Casino stocks soared in COVID since people had nowhere else to go. Las Vegas casinos were busy, including the poker room. With more people into playing slot machines and table games, the space used for poker rooms probably pails in comparison to the profits pulled from additional games against the house. It is currently March Madness. Poker rooms are quite busy at this time. You know what is even busier? The rest of the gaming floor.

I always wonder what the next poker room to close will be in Las Vegas. I hear a lot of whispers from other casino professionals about Caesars Palace being the next on the chopping block. It was not too long ago that they closed down the Planet Hollywood poker room. MGM/Caesars have been consolidating into just a few nice rooms.
 
We’re gonna be left with Orleans, Bellagio, Aria, Resorts World, and South Point (and maybe the Wynn). Hopefully it doesn’t kill the mixed games and Omaha. If Vegas just turns into a NLHE fest it’s not even worth going IMO.
 

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