The Bellagio poker room raised the standards last week when it reopened with the installation of plexiglass dividers at every table, which allowed six-handed games to be played, and it also made the wearing of masks optional for players.
New Norm at the BellagioThe use of plexiglass dividers enables the Bellagio to allow one more player to participate on each table over the standard five-hand[...] Read more » Six-Handed Poker the New Norm at the Bellagio Casino
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for now this will be maybe enough,but as I see nobody have gloves in hands,not even dealers,so dont understand how is this all by medical rules,but ok!you can see how many chips will be in their hands on one tables,so they afraid just that people dont talk in face and thats why they have just this plexiglass!
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Well, six handed game is much more popular than fine handed games. I like six handed, it is usually less crazy than the regular nine handed and your access usually holds much better. A six handed norm is something most players, both professional and Ansari can relate to.
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Well, here it is! We finally can see the new poker adjust to the phandemia situation...and its ´funny a bit! But this is a simple probe, and a way to put the machine in movement. Working in the phisiquical level to show that is posible to go and play some bucks. I can´t image a tournament
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I like that wearing a mask is optional and not mandatory. I went into a bank and ''they forced me'' to wear a mask, but i didn't arrange it well and in the end i did my job. I don't like to put it on my nose and mouth and i won't put it in future. Casino will have customers with this decision.
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with this way of playing they dont get much,as I see this situation!they only have this plexiglass,but not a single players have mask or gloves,so whats a point from this?they all have chips in hands and they go from player to player!its not like you play some slot and then that somebody clean after you and you are only person on that slot,not 5 more with you!
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Yes, I thought in that question too. I think that this picture and all the situation that it show is only publicity to attract some players to the casino. It´s no sane and give a confused signal to everybody. They are not taking care of the people. Without masks and gloves, this is a lie!
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It's nice that poker rooms and casinos find some ways to increase players per table , so as for more action to have at the tables , players to show more interests to play on these games , more hands and more profits These plexiglass dividers seem to do the job . If there is good will , anything is possible . Also , that way the use of mask is not necessary , but only optional
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yes antonis,everything is optional and nobody break any rule,but its not normal that dealers have masks and gloves and players dont have anything,just this plexiglass?wtf!so if you do something,then make rules for all persons in casino!but we can see in other thread that we have two workers in las vegas who have corona!
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Yes dule-vu I agree with you. The real question may be: Do you like to go there? Would you risk playing with those few security measures? I prefer to burn my money than go there to be infected. I don´t understand, all of them are so anxious to play in every condition, with possible death included?
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If i stayed in Las Vegas i would go to play there because i'm not afraid of coronavirus. It is a gross manipulation and me asked a lot of friends or acquaintances if they know about any case of COVID 19. The situation is this: no one has lost a family member or friend and they had no cases to know about this. Maragatero, go and play in casinos you are safe.
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Posted by maragatero: Yes dule-vu I agree with you. The real question may be: Do you like to go there? Would you risk playing with those few security measures? I prefer to burn my money than go there to be infected. I don�t understand, all of them are so anxious to play in every condition, with possible death included?
yeah,its not normal that they have rules for this people that work there and for people that gamble,for them there are not a single rule,even lot of them are on one place!so they will walk trough whole casino,they will talk,they will play and how can you stop something like this!so or make rules for everybody or close it!
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Well , actually dule vu , I also believe it would be better if they wore masks in addition to the protection they will have from the plexiglass dividers , I trust more masks and gloves than plexiglass dividers , which by the way make game less fun . One director of a casino also said that the use of masks and other protection measures make the use of plexiglass need less or not important
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Plexiglass is not safe for the spray effect when the players make a coff. My translator doesn´t work so I have problems explaining it. But the more safe wear is the headscarf, not the mask of plastic. And the distance is not the 1,5 or 2 metter that the doctors are recommended
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Maragatero my friend the masks don't filter anything and the cards are touched by players hands but even so this danger is insignificant because coronavirus is not strong at all & it is a manipulation. I don't know why you are so insistent on this subject but u can play in casino with confidence about health.
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yes antonis,plexiglass is just there because they will seat for long time and they will talk with other players,but still they will touch every card and chip and they will walk in casino,so whats a point of this if they dont have mask and gloves?!its not bank that you will come on few minutes,you will talk trough plexiglass and then you will go home!
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dule vu , you are right , players will still touch the chips , and these chops will go from player to player , I don't think they wash after every hand the chips with disinfection liquid , lol . So I guess it might be a way for virus to go from player to player if they don't use gloves , and with masks better protection
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CALICUL I´m glad that you still be live despite your mind and his ideas. If you think in the flat earth, or in the venom of the vaccine (and you are an adult with your complete and healthy immune system, it´s maybe funny. But if you still think that the pandemic is a lie, you are alive for a miracle or for an involuntary isolation!
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I live in the capital of my country where i am unofficially about 2,500,000 people or more. No one died of Covid 19 because the authorities lied. Why do you think about me that i have some reason to lie? Apart from this, there are a lot of Romanians who work in Europe where there are even assistants in many hospitals. They told the truth...
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yeah antonis,you can seat for hours on this table,you can imagine how many times will chips go from hand to hand,so why players dont have masks and gloves?I will repeat,I dont say that somebody will die,but if players and lot of people have this corona,then there is something! rules should be then same for all,when this dealers need to have this!
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Masks and gloves for better protection . now these dividrs I do not like them , not good for the fun of the game , it's like you are in a cage , really not good looking , but if they are necessary , then ok . Now six max is possible , I hope things go better and 9max return someday soon , why not ?? When this virus spread crisis will end , it's gone too far .... Hope they find a solution , a vaccine ????
These plexiglass dividers seem to do the job . If there is good will , anything is possible . Also , that way the use of mask is not necessary , but only optional 
