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Quote Originally Posted by Jayjami View Post
Went to Commerce last night. It is official. No more free food, at least in the 20/40 and 40/80 sections. Had to use my players card, which has $20 of credit. They are even charging for bottled water!

I let the floor know I was not happy and that I would be playing more often at Hustler and Hawaiian Gardens. He told me that all the card rooms will be charging in the near future. I doubt that is true. The room was pretty quiet. Only 2 20/40 and 3 40/80 limit Hold'em games going.
BNP posted a "Live at the Bike" video featuring StickyRice.

Couple of things stuck with me after skimming it.

One of the announcers was talking about the Commerce being a ghost town now.

Another was paying a monthly $9.95 fee to watch a $3/5 NL game with a bunch of locals. Was that the best game spread - dear jesus? It did have StickyRice and he clowned it up a bit but WTF has poker become?

Just as online poker had a lot of wretched excess that has disappeared - you are witnessing the end of the fun comps in brick and mortar.

The big casino companies are pretty fucked up right now. As stupid as they were with over building etc - some will swing too far the other way (like charging for water).

If playing at Walmart is their model, just let us game online.
I don't mind paying for food, if the rake is lower. Artichoke Joe's in Burlingame is run this way. They have super cheap good Asian food and a low rake. They still have "no flop, no drop"! Many Nevada rooms don't comp food either. I can understand Commerce's position as well, because many players abuse their food privileges, but for the rake they charge in 20/40 and 40/80, they are still making a hefty profit. This appears to be a bean-counter move.