Topic: "Poker Tournaments" are reopening little by little. - page 5. (Read 1064 times)

What you mean by "taking health isn't difficult"?

The sanitation has always been part of their operations and disinfecting will be part of the new norm so, expect that most casinos that will be opening which will conduct poker tournaments or any kind of tournaments in their jurisdiction will apply it.

This is good news for fans of Poker games, we can watch the tournament again. Although this tournament can not be watched in person
live in casinos, at least will be broadcast live streaming. We who have long wanted to see a poker tournament can be happy with this news.
I don't think this poker tournament will bring huge development in the gambling industry, because poker is not the safest choice to play
gambling. There are still many safer game choices, why are there so poker games highlighted. Possibility are poker has high popularity.

Taking health is not difficult, but most people are not aware of that, and only in this Covid-19, people now become aware of health. In everywhere, public areas, hand sanitizers, and water to wash people's hands are available, and they suggested to clean their hand before entering to one place. I believe that should be done in the casino, so their customer and employees will always remind each other about clean.

If they can do that, yes, the casino will always allow reopening their business, and perhaps, if that succeeds to be applied in one casino, the other casino should follow if they don't want to get a problem in the future.


I think that image is taken before the Covid-19 pandemic because we see in that room, many people playing in many tables, and the player have a distance from each other, but they don't wear a mask. After all, that can be a good sample for the casino to apply like that, and they must suggest the player wear masks too.

Well, the impact of this pandemic is really big for the gambling industry. it is not only for the gamblers but also for the industry itself, the people working in it and also people getting or earning money around the casinos. As we can see in LA, many resorts, casinos, clubs, and other economic fields are closed and it really gives a depressed impact tot he society.
However, we can ignore the health protocol in order to avoid and limit the spreading of the coronavirus. This cannot be a dilemma because we must choose one the best from some undesired choices.

This option may be hard to decide because to reopen the gambling casino or only for poker, it needs certain permission and also ways that follow the health protocol. When casinos decide to reopen, they must be ready about what should be done including the criteria of playing poker (different rules probably for the health protocol), how they can enter the casinos, and how they interact. Although some people may ignore the rules, the casinos must be strongly making tight rules in order to make the casino open well and avoid spreading of the virus.

I cannot say this, but they really need development in the gambling industry. For online gambling, this is a good chance. however, for physical gambling, it may be dilemma. Moreover what expectation fo the development if the gambling industry is now experiencing depression?

apparently it complies with social distancing requirements. las vegas initially limited tables to 4-max and most casinos are still sticking with that. by installing the dividers, the bellagio was approved for 6-max games and masks aren't required in the poker room. that's a pretty big draw for customers. americans hate masks.

the dividers are probably pretty effective and i assume they are sanitized whenever a player leaves, but i dunno for sure.

From what I know about the virus, wearing masks is not necessary when plexiglass dividers are installed. Those casinos surely take it seriously, and they wouldn't remove the requirement to wear masks without consulting with health-care professionals.

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What's hard with this virus is that it can stay for hours into surface, so any thing you see might be infectious and it is harder to detect the virus for yourself, there are asymptomatic people who does not show any symptoms yet they can infect cause they already got the virus. It's really hard to go out these days.

For over a 100 days of quarantine ( it's been a hundred in here ) they already lost so much, from the rental of spaces if they do and their staffs aren't getting enough salary. There should be guidelines to follow if they want to reopen.

Ahh mate you can just use the online casino for now, or let yourself expose in danger.

why it seems that those other player are not wearing Mask?is this not obligatory for everyone inside casinos?

This must be taking action by the government because this literally against the rules of the government towards casino operators.

Well, good luck with that. Imo, there shouldn't be much difference in hosting an online tournament and a live one. If viewers and contestants alike would want to see others' faces, they could just use webcams and the like, provided that the tournament would provide it themselves ofc to provide the same quality overall. Only saving grace I suppose is them prioritizing safety. Also, there's no improvement whatsoever here. Restoring the glory of the past isn't "improvement" but rather "restoration".
A dry run shouldn't be needed tbh, that is unless said tournaments are actually accepting live viewers in the venue. There's absolutely no need to increase the risk and they should just probably invite the participants only instead. Plus, even if the location has a low number of infected, as long as the place doesn't guarantee that all infected are already quarantined, there would still be a risk involved in participating. And it's not a matter of contact most likely? Since each contestant of boxing matches and others probably went under intensive health checkup so the risk of the virus sporeading should be quite negligible.

I believe that they will follow the rules strictly because they are doing it not just for themselves but also for their customers. It's about taking care of their customers health so that they can get back again to them whenever they want.

But if they don't take care of the health of their gamblers seriously, it's a loss for them. Thus, they also have to follow it because of the local government rules and that's the reason in the first place why they're back at it again.

For some of us poekr tournaments never stopped. Jokes on a side, it's not the same to play live poker and online poker. People who enjoyed playing live poker had a hard times, and now they will have to adjust to some new rules, playing trough the glass, etc.. Well, we who play poker for crypto, we don't have problems, after of years of playing online poker I don't  know how would I behave on the live table, because online poker has some pros, one of them is that you can talk with yourself, you can show emotions, yell when you get wrong card on turn, or opposite to cheer when it's what you need. It would be crazy experience probably!
 

They should do a dry run with all the protocols in place before they officially open their Poker Tournaments, and it also depends on the location, if the location has low infected and the virus is not spreading, it's ok to open a tournament, boxing and some contact sports like MMA have started their games and matches, why not Poker tournaments which is not totally a contact sport.

I hope the casino can obey the rule and not just think about making money only because once they can make more money, the owner will look that it is fine if they open and invite more people. Gathering inside a place and in a crowded place, which is many people at that place, will be too risky, and that can be the potential to get infected. It will better if the owner can manage how many people can play together at the same hour, so they can control the number of people who stay inside the room.

They won't open the place and invite more people. As pandemic's concern, there should be a limited people that's gathering inside a place and they shouldn't create a crowd just because of that event or else they'll get a sanction by violating a certain policy.

We know the reason for these veterans why they get back to certain tournaments. And that is to join and make money out of the tournament. That's their livelihood so basically, they won't just come to test themselves and come for nothing.

Despite reopening people are still very careful. I don't think that poker tournaments are visited like they were before, people are still afraid of big gatherings. There is always possibility to happen something similar like happened in tennis tournament in Croatia last week.
More and more gamblers stay by online betting no matter that they have some "live" events and opportunities. As long as the threath of pandemic is present gambling industry will also need to face this new reality.

It's nice that poker tournaments are starting to resume again but I don't think it will bring any development in the gambling industry since it's still the same as before. Just like any other gambling activity, going outside or in a public place to gamble is still risky to our health so there's no specific exclusion.

After months of temporary closure, we will really see casinos starting to reopen because they also need income. However, we are not sure how are they going to attract gamblers to visit casinos because there is still a threat unless they are willing to risk and go to casinos. But regardless if it's poker or any other games, it's always a risk going to casinos amidst the pandemic so if we're talking about safety, for me, it's online gambling. Even with safety protocols, there is no assurance that everyone will be safe from the virus.

Great to know that. That is what I mean. Perhaps, it looks like funny, but that can prevent the gambler from touching each other, and they can still be safe behind that screener. And after the games are over, one by one of them can leave the tables, and they will not have to feel worried about anything.


But if you have over 96 degrees on your body, it doesn't mean you are sick because the weather at that time is very hot. Checking the temperature cannot be a sign if that person gets infected with Covid-19 or not because there will be more checking for that person to know more about what is going on.


That is why they need to make sure that everything is under control, so if they want to open the place and invite more people to come and watch, it will be no problem for them. That has a risk for them because they need to test and check one by one of the people who come, and I think that is one of the procedures before they allow them to enter the places.

We don't know what the veteran's reason to come back to play poker tournaments. Perhaps, some of them want to back to their old habit and make money, while the other veterans want to test their skills among them.

Reopening casinos even during this pandemic is actually risky. However, they may have considered all pros and cons that they may obtain. Postposing casinos until an unidentified period will also give a negative impact, especially for the economics of the people commonly working on the casinos and around it, players, and also the industry.

Well, I am sure that every opened casino will always implement the health protocol for safety in the casino. It may also has changing rules of the game. However, can it be effective to ensure the spread of the virus? of course it may not be 100% to be able to avoid the spreading of the virus. However, as well as the people are aware of the pandemic, it can minimize the spreading.

The watch thing shall be made through telecast. I'm not good with that allowing them to get into the live audiences. I guess most of the sporting events and poker tournaments too are aware of it and also will account themselves if something bad happens.

Veterans won't join just because they want to test their skills. They will be there because they want to join the tournament and that's their life and not just going to do it for testing.

^ This is a good initiative though, but it is additional safety requirements if they will remain wearing a face mask.
However, there are certain ideas or initiative that we can avoid the virus and resume business in the gambling industry and poker game is not a game that has physical contact. These precautionary measures are very useful and this is common now because of the new normal policy which includes the social distancing that may cause by the mass gathering. Nevertheless, I did not surprise by this, even other sports are now slowly resumed their activity even has physical contact involved like the upcoming boxing event.