The Isle now has electronic seat reservation setup
Apparently you can now reserve a poker tournament seat at The Isle online.
A site called http://www.PTseats.com takes your credit card and saves you the wait in line, the company says.
Isle director of poker operations Mike Smith said he thinks it will come in especially handy when The Isle Florida State Poker Championship comes June 16-23.
I ran through the site, and when it came time to close the deal, it was $6 to enter a $100 tournament. Felt like Active.com or Paypal. (And nowhere in the release did PTseats mention that there's a fee. Nice.) But I'll grant that it keeps you from getting shut out. Kind of like buying insurance.
So, if you play poker a lot more than me, is this something you would use?
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
