Just found this morning that they have added some new machines to the bar. I have thought for a long time that progressives and bars go together well. Finally, they have some progressives. One catch, though, they SUCK!
The old machines and paytables are still at the main bar, but the counter away from the bar has these new, I think they are All Star games. In other words, they have video poker, a tab for some slots, a tab for some keno, and Super Times Pay VP. All video poker tables are bad. I did not even put a quarter in to see whether the auto-hold is still on them. I was just disgusted. The progressive is on dollars only, and the best schedule is 8-5 JoB, which is typical of Tachi, although the other bar machines have 9-5 JoB. Other games are 8-5 Bonus Poker Deluxe. YECH! I mean, give us an 8-6 at least. And progress the quarter games too. But nope, they had to put 8-5 BPDlx on it. The next game is 8-5 Double Double. Wow! Just wow. And then the deuces come in at 1-2-3-4-4-9. They had to throw that 9 on there.
Look! There's two prevailing philosophies. You can butcher your cows and grind them up into hamburger meat. Or you can play soft music for your cows and milk them, forever and ever. Tachi's slot management seems to be of the Hamburger Theory. They either don't get it, or don't give a fk. They are clearly the worst in the area as far as video poker goes, with the exception of Mono Wind, which is even worse if you can imagine.
Somewhere inside of me I still have hope for Tachi. Because the place really is a nice casino. Very nice hotel, very nice facility, nice employees, good food. I'm rooting for them that some day they'll get a clue. Of course, the place is always packed, so what do I know.