New Casino Game Gaining In Popularity: Find The Poker Room

In the last 3 weeks, I’ve made my way into about twelve different casinos. From Michigan, to Missouri, I’ve played everything from Roulette to Blackjack; Poker to Slots.

Some of the casinos that I hadn’t been to in a while had gone through some dramatic changes. Specifically, the one thing I noticed the most was the addition or moving of the poker rooms. If the casino hadn’t had one, they now did – and if they did have one, it was now hidden. Yes, hidden.

At one particular casino, I had to finally ask where it was moved to: Upstairs, around the corner, behind the door in the opposite corner.

I didn’t quite understand the reasoning behind this until I asked a few more questions, and did a little research. Apparently, casinos really don’t even make money on their poker rooms. It’s more the fact that by offering them, they’re more apt to bring people in. Knowing this new information, it explains more why Soaring Eagle wouldn’t open up a new table for Greg and I to play the last time we were there!

Still, there has to be a balance in it. While Soaring Eagle used to be one of my favorite casinos, I’m not sure I feel that way anymore after that treatment I received from the poker room. I have played at some casinos that take a share of the blinds, and maybe that helps them make some money. But truth be told, I don’t even like to play at those casinos. Once the blind gets up to $25 or more, and they take that as theirs, it’s frustrating, and not as fun. Especially if you’re behind, and trying to make it back in the game.

Unless it’s in a tournament, I think I’m going to stick with playing poker with friends, playing at the Amateur Poker League, etc. Seeing as how the casinos make no money off the rooms, they really have no incentive to keep the participants totally happy. I would think that by giving players a positive experience in their rooms, regardless of how much money they make from them, the casinos would find an increase of revenue. But by hiding rooms, and not opening tables, they’re really not giving anybody the incentive to stay, let alone return.