... by a Hooters Girl!!!

I, too, thought that the release was scheduled for another date so I wasn't there today. After learning about the release tonight, I went over there to see what I could find out.

Of course the cage didn’t have any chips. So I went to seven tables and bought in for $100 at each table, asking for all red. I didn't play, but got up and either put the chips in my pocket or cashed them in at the cage. The reaction by each dealer is always funny. Some care – some don’t. On one of buy-ins, the "Hooter Girl" dealer waited for me to make a bet before dealing. I told her to go ahead without me and I began shuffling through my chips to see if I got lucky. She threatened, "If you don't play, then you'll be kicked out"! I had to contain my laughter, but I repeated what she said as I stood up. I looked at the two players on the table and loudly stated, "Now that's great customer service!" as I rolled my eyes and walked away. She immediately yelled at the floorman to come over. I'm not sure what happened after that because I just went to the cage without looking back. I stayed and bought in at three more tables after that without incident.

I did manage to pick up a couple of chips tonight on the tables. But it’s really not worth it when out of 140 red chips in my hands, I found two Tiffany’s! I don’t play, but immediately walk away. It would really not be worth it if I played. After all, Hooters has the worst blackjack rules in the country, yet management continues to insult chip collectors by suggesting that we play.

I suggest to anyone that is ever in Hooters to buy in as many times as possible at as many games as possible and just walk away. Always ask for all red! This does two things: It creates a false drop, which skews the table pc (%), which is tracked by casino management. It also creates a need for table fills, which costs the casino money. Just think if fifty of us went in at the same time and bought red chips at every table and walked out!! They would be so backlogged on fills they couldn’t handle it!!!! Sounds like a field trip during the November Palms chip show!!

Did anyone see the press release on June 30th that Hooters Casino COO Michael Hessling was promoted to president and they are searching for a new COO? Perhaps the new guy will notice that Rick Newman is costing the company nearly $150,000 a year by refusing to offer a decent chip program. But what’s 150k annually when your employees are getting the perk of selling on ebay and pocketing the cash? By the way, I don’t know Michael Hessling, but his phone number is (702) 597-6076.

Hooters casino is a joke, no doubt. With a little luck for collectors, Newman will be gone soon and the casino will become more chipper friendly. Or maybe, just maybe, he’ll lose the ego and Hooters will become a friendly place to play and collect.

-Tyrus