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    Harrah's New Orleans - Tourist room that discourages tourists?

    Just got back from a weekend of debauchery in New Orleans, whichis the stone cold nuts of American cities to visit. Part of the attraction is the Harrah’s casino poker room, which is pretty good, with 1/3 NL, 2/5 NL, and 4/8 limit games that are at least 50% populated by tourists.

    Of course, I wanted to shoot off in the Harrah’s Saturday a.m. $130 tourney. It’s a crapshoot with 5k starting chips and 20 minute levels, but what the hell. Until I
    find out …

    1. Players can earn up to 1500 more free starting chips with live play the week prior. I understand they want to encourage regs to grind, but if you are a tourist arriving in town Friday night and want to play Saturday a.m., you have to be willing to start out short stacked. And …

    2. First prize includes a $365 seat to a future WSOP circuit event at Harrahs in a few weeks, which can be sold (presumably at a steep discount), but is not redeemable for cash.

    When I point out this discourages anyone but a local from playing, I’m told
    Floor: “Well, it is only for the first place player, and you can sell it to another player…”
    Me: “But does the cost of the seat come out of the overall prize pool?”
    Floor: “Yes.”
    Me: “So doesn’t that impact all the payouts, albeit first more than the others?”
    Floor: “Uh … well, the tournament has plenty of players”

    Granted, most people probably aren’t nitty enough to care about this, and in fairness, it was all disclosed in advance. But it seems stupid to have a room in a tourist destination, then run a tournament that is hostile to them.

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    The chips is bullshit.

    The $365 ticket is par for the course.

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    Yeah, dumb promotion. Totally favors locals.

    I make the same argument about wsop.com and their rewards program. It discourages casual play, and rewards local grinders, which kills the incentive for tourists visiting Vegas to log on.

    I've tried to explain this to them, and they laugh me off.

    This doesn't even personally affect me, as my Seven Stars level entitles me to 35% rakeback there regardless of how much or how little I play.

    Oh, and speaking of the Harrah's New Orleans poker room...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    Yeah, dumb promotion. Totally favors locals.

    I make the same argument about wsop.com and their rewards program. It discourages casual play, and rewards local grinders, which kills the incentive for tourists visiting Vegas to log on.

    I've tried to explain this to them, and they laugh me off.

    This doesn't even personally affect me, as my Seven Stars level entitles me to 35% rakeback there regardless of how much or how little I play.

    Oh, and speaking of the Harrah's New Orleans poker room...

    The big dude got his ass beat lol , go lift some more weights champ. . .

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    I’m here now.....give a full review of the place later but so far so good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daly View Post
    I’m here now.....give a full review of the place later but so far so good.
    Last time I played there they had 30 60 Omaha high. Do they have any limit poker above 4/8?

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    It's actually 15-30 limit Omaha high only and it goes every Tuesday and Friday. Better get there by 7:00 AM if you want a seat.

    It's an absolutely insane game. Plays more like 30-60....

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    Quote Originally Posted by go_buccos View Post
    It's actually 15-30 limit Omaha high only and it goes every Tuesday and Friday. Better get there by 7:00 AM if you want a seat.

    It's an absolutely insane game. Plays more like 30-60....
    They had it but I didn’t sit.

    Absolutely loved this place. The hard rock in Hollywood Fl gets 400-600 a night on the weekends. Me and Mrs Daly can fly roundtrip to NO for $300 all in and spend $150 a night here. It’s a stretch to say “half price”, but it ain’t far off.

    Everyone was super friendly. The hotel rooms were great. I ended up not being able to reserve a room for Sunday so I splurged and went to the Waldorf for twice the price...... place was a fucking dump with shitty customer service. The 1-3 NL game was good to great and the drink service was fantastic. No food service and only one massage girl for the room were two noticeable strikes. The steak house on site was good. We did late night fudruckers one night and it was as you might expect. Everyone was in a good mood and I can’t everyone that worked there gave the impression that they were happy you were there.

    Property is right down the street from Jackson square and the French quarter, we had a blast there. Place was down the street from the “green line” which takes you down St Charles street which was an Awsome ride esp for $3!

    Next Time we can get grandma and grandpa Daly to watch Miss Daly for the weekend I could easily see us going back.

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