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[Poker Zombie]

No, Luxor had a poker room, I played in it their last day. They were dishing out jackpot money. The electronic tables were set up in part of the "poker room" (an area roped off on the floor. But I don't believe they ever reopened with the electronic tables. This was maybe 2005ish?

The Luxor poker room was definitely open in 2014 (I keep records of every place I've played). Even if they had an open again, closed again history, I really doubt that they would have closed the room in 2005 - that was the height of the poker boom!

 

[BEANO52]

The Luxor poker room was definitely open in 2014 (I keep records of every place I've played). Even if they had an open again, closed again history, I really doubt that they would have closed the room in 2005 - that was the height of the poker boom!

True, I was there the last night before the switch over to electronic tables (which I believe they never re-opened with the electronic tables). It was right when electronic tables were hitting Vegas, what ever year that was. That was the last time I played poker there so I am sure you are correct in re-opening at some point.

edit: according to Card Player they closed up June 2017. The switch over I am talking about was WAY before that.

 

[Nanook]

It’s a good thing the gaming companies fought to kill legal online poker in the US, it sure has helped live poker…

This made no sense back then and it still makes no sense.

Online poker creates an inviting non threatening environment for new/young players to learn and like the game. Those new players find their way into brick and mortar card rooms and are the future of those very rooms.

I think the only company against online poker was The Sands (Venetian). Sheldon Adelson was very opposed to players going somewhere that was not his casino. As a very wealthy contributor to the Republican party, they had no choice but to shut it down when he insisted they attach it to the Safe Ports act following 9-11.

Maybe so, but foolish thinking in any case...

All the other companies have been pro-online gaming........However, there has been only tepid support for bringing back online poker since the Full-Tilt fiasco.

This is unfortunate and what you are now seeing around the country with many card rooms struggling to find new players over the past many years is an inevitable result of this foolishness.

No new players = bad games & closing card rooms

 

[OfficerLovejoy]

A sad day in the lovejoy residence for sure.

 

[upNdown]

Online poker creates an inviting non threatening environment

Apparently you have the chat/comment functions disabled?

 

[Nanook]

Apparently you have the chat/comment functions disabled?

Lol,
Well there is that & yes there are many that will say anything no matter how inappropriate while hiding behind their computer screen.

Easy fix though is to either ignore it all or just turn off chat. I choose the latter

 

[Poker Zombie]

This made no sense back then and it still makes no sense.

Online poker creates an inviting non threatening environment for new/young players to learn and like the game. Those new players find their way into brick and mortar card rooms and are the future of those very rooms.



Maybe so, but foolish thinking in any case...


This is unfortunate and what you are now seeing around the country with many card rooms struggling to find new players over the past many years is an inevitable result of this foolishness.

No new players = bad games & closing card rooms

Online poker is how I found my way into poker (and thus chipping). It also made a great way to recruit friends that play poker, but you were unaware that they played until you saw them playing on their device.

Because of online poker, I have played in many casinos, and plot nearly every vacation with a visit to a card room. My trips to Vegas were about once every 5 years before online poker. During the tail-end of the boom, I was up to twice a year. Now, with rooms closing I have dropped back to every-other year.

Killing online poker was short-sighted. However, poker does not pull in a lot of money for casinos and is viewed by them as an amenity, like a pool or a affordable/free buffet. There just isn't an economic driving force to bring it back nationwide.