Crown Melbourne Part 4

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I remember playing 50c/$1 on PokerPro, I also remember once getting down to about $1.90 and building it up to $90!

The changes are very disappointing for new players that their lowest option is NL1000, a month ago it was NL300. I can only imagine the surprise from many players over the weekend. Sure poker may lose money for Crown, but it brings people into the casino. These people buy food and drinks and some will play parlour games. These people bring their friends and their partners who will also spend money in the casino.

Dealers have been instructed to gently remind players to straddle, I've noticed younger dealers do it, more experienced dealers don't. I would not be surprised if encouraging straddles is actually against the law. Is it any different to a dealer suggesting a player bet or raise?
 

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SunGirl89 said:
I remember playing 50c/$1 on PokerPro, I also remember once getting down to about $1.90 and building it up to $90!

The changes are very disappointing for new players that their lowest option is NL1000, a month ago it was NL300. I can only imagine the surprise from many players over the weekend. Sure poker may lose money for Crown, but it brings people into the casino. These people buy food and drinks and some will play parlour games. These people bring their friends and their partners who will also spend money in the casino.

Dealers have been instructed to gently remind players to straddle, I've noticed younger dealers do it, more experienced dealers don't. I would not be surprised if encouraging straddles is actually against the law. Is it any different to a dealer suggesting a player bet or raise?
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Is it mandatory straddle? I know in Adelaide the lowest limit is 2/2 with an optional straddle, which ~75% of players straddle.

I was also in Perth recently and their lowest is 2/5. Disappointing as I only had $500 on me so gave it a miss with only 1/2 a full buyin to play with. It's on the path to killing the room completely with no level to accommodate nee players.
 
Crown straddles at the lower limits are optional however a young dealer was gently yet repeatedly asking players to straddle. When I questioned him, he said it was a directive from management to encourage bigger pots and thus more rake.
 
SunGirl89 said:
Crown straddles at the lower limits are optional however a young dealer was gently yet repeatedly asking players to straddle. When I questioned him, he said it was a directive from management to encourage bigger pots and thus more rake.
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most times if the whole table is doing it, it just speeds up the game if the straddle is out before cards are pitched.

there’s a difference between a reminder of the option to straddle and the dealer asking a player to straddle - which would surprise me.
 
Hey guys what companies run pub poker now i looked at apl but that was only in feb at club italia?? Just after some sit n go multi table tournies in melbourne,seeing crown got rid of them..wed, thur or sat nights
 
demon_fanatic said:
Hey guys what companies run pub poker now i looked at apl but that was only in feb at club italia?? Just after some sit n go multi table tournies in melbourne,seeing crown got rid of them..wed, thur or sat nights
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Dunno what filters you have on, but they're all over the place.

Your profile says you're in Bayswater - Ferntree Gully Hotel have 2 games, an early game and a late game, on Friday and Saturday according to the website.

 
checkraiseulite said:
most times if the whole table is doing it, it just speeds up the game if the straddle is out before cards are pitched.

there’s a difference between a reminder of the option to straddle and the dealer asking a player to straddle - which would surprise me.
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When straddles were first bought in Crown Perth (previously illegal but maybe 2% of hands were "blind raised" the dealers were explicitly told and waited to have a straddle verbally confirmed as on or off.

I personally hate them. Games getting bigger than expected make them far less fun. The last few years when I have played the Perth pub cash games the best ones have always been the smaller ones that naturally get bigger over the night as people fight to get square. There is a 2/3 game that is 500 Max or half the biggest stack with optional straddles (maybe on 10-15%) and it's regularly the best game in Perth within an hour or two as people chase losses more, which makes others increase their open sizes etc....

Those games are superior to some 2/5 200-1k because there is no "value" for the bad players which creates an absence of them and by definition a shit game.
 

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ash_1050 said:
Crown’s poker room officially now moving to level 1 (finally) to the left of Lumia bar. Likely by the end of the year.
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Where they used to have poker tables in front of the Merrywell Bar? Can’t remember how long ago that was, pre-covid I think.
 
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Mandatory 15 min breaks starting Wednesday. Each table will stop every 3 hours, all players will have to step away regardless of how long they have been playing. This is more manageable than checking how long each player has been playing.
 
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I plan to play quite a bit. Gotta maintain my Gold card status, but I’m already at 14 points needing only 6 more by March 31. Platinum way out of reach though.
 

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