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The card room at my local casino has a tourney every Friday. This is a great tourney considering the buyin. $25 for T5000, blinds start at 25/50, 50/100, 75/150, 100/200, 150/300, 200/400 but no 300/600, then 400/800, 500/1000. 20 min levels. Not bad for $25 with no admin fee. That's right 100% of the money went back into the player prize pool. It's a great way to get people who wouldn't normally visit to maybe drop some more money on slots or Blackjack.
I hadn't played it in a while so I went down to buy in on Tuesday since it's always sold out by Friday and it was the only day I'd be around the casino before Friday. Since there's no admin fee you can't sign up over the phone to reserve your seat by credit card. The result is that you have to sign up in person.
When I arrived and asked to sign up, they said "$30 please". "$30?" I questioned. "Yes, it's now $25 plus a $5 admin fee. Players were complaining that they couldn't sign up over the phone so we added the admin fee."
"Holy flying fak!" I thought to myself. Who are these geniuses that thought they'd solve the problem of not being able to sign up by phone with a 20% admin fee. Now everyone suffers so some lazy mofo can sign up by telephone. To be fair, there could be some people with mobility issues that would seriously benefit from this, but I felt it ruined a good thing.
I suppose it's not ruined, it's just not the amazing value it was. I felt that they could charge people $5 if they wanted to sign up by phone and people who sign up in person wouldn't pay. I just assume the people that actually complained about this were lazy idiots who just think the casino should bow to their every whim. I feel it went like "WTF, I can't sign up over the phone?" "That's right, otherwise we'd have to charge an admin fee" "....(I'll sound stupid if I change my position, even if he has a good reason)...So, charge the damn fee! ...(please don't)".
end rant.
I hadn't played it in a while so I went down to buy in on Tuesday since it's always sold out by Friday and it was the only day I'd be around the casino before Friday. Since there's no admin fee you can't sign up over the phone to reserve your seat by credit card. The result is that you have to sign up in person.
When I arrived and asked to sign up, they said "$30 please". "$30?" I questioned. "Yes, it's now $25 plus a $5 admin fee. Players were complaining that they couldn't sign up over the phone so we added the admin fee."
"Holy flying fak!" I thought to myself. Who are these geniuses that thought they'd solve the problem of not being able to sign up by phone with a 20% admin fee. Now everyone suffers so some lazy mofo can sign up by telephone. To be fair, there could be some people with mobility issues that would seriously benefit from this, but I felt it ruined a good thing.
I suppose it's not ruined, it's just not the amazing value it was. I felt that they could charge people $5 if they wanted to sign up by phone and people who sign up in person wouldn't pay. I just assume the people that actually complained about this were lazy idiots who just think the casino should bow to their every whim. I feel it went like "WTF, I can't sign up over the phone?" "That's right, otherwise we'd have to charge an admin fee" "....(I'll sound stupid if I change my position, even if he has a good reason)...So, charge the damn fee! ...(please don't)".
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