A couple of months ago, partypoker head Rob Yong tweeted about the difficulty of being invited to the private high-stakes game in Las Vegas. He says poker is booming in Sin City, but all cash games over $ 25 / $ 50 are privately run by “hosts” who avoid decent professionals.
Poker is booming in Las Vegas, it’s interesting how the $ 25 to $ 50 ++ cash games run privately at casinos for players / hosts + some great betting games outside. All the ecology at stake seems to be controlled by “hosts” now. It is very difficult for professionals to enter the games unless you are the host 🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/wu9HGmVJyg
– Rob Yong (@rob_yong_) February 20, 2022
Break the law?
Private poker games inside casinos are nothing new, but as one poster points out, this act of excluding certain players could be in violation of Las Vegas gaming laws.
Poker is booming in Las Vegas, it’s interesting how the $ 25 to $ 50 ++ cash games run privately at casinos for players / hosts + some great betting games outside. All the ecology at stake seems to be controlled by “hosts” now. It is very difficult for professionals to enter the games unless you are the host 🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/wu9HGmVJyg
– Rob Yong (@rob_yong_) February 20, 2022
What casinos are doing, probably at the request of game hosts, is maintaining a long waiting list for as long as possible. In this way, the game is always full and the professionals get tired of waiting.
“Most casinos need to reveal which private games are running and allow anyone to add their name to the list. The way hosts fight is by having a full table, so the list is never used to remove We need casinos to open additional tables more often as the list grows!
Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised, because the gap between the best players and the recreational players has widened drastically over the years to the point that good players have too much of an advantage for anyone else to try to compete.
The other complaint from regular gamers is that they consider professionals to be nothing more than boring robots that suck the life out of the game. This is, of course, unfair, but it is what it is and this widespread impression will not go away any time soon.
