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Blog summed up in 5 words:Use FREESSPEED for free stuff.
Check this. We just received some extra suited speed cloth from one of our dealers TX Poker Supply, so we’ve decided to celebrate the launch of our new company blog, and the introduction of our new custom poker table line, and the fact that it’s Tuesday, by giving away free suited speed cloth! Sort of.
From now until we run out of SS cloth, we will offer a free upgrade on any poker tables over $848, which coincidentally happens to be one dollar less than our NightHawk round poker table. Imagine that!
All you have to do is use the coupon code: FREESSPEED upon checkout to let us know that you want us to wrap a surface up w/ suited speed cloth, then choose from red or black in your checkout notes. Your custom poker table will then arrive with a sweet, personally wrapped (by John, warehouse extraordinaire) suited speed backup playing surface.
The BBO Poker Tables back story has many memorable moments, but one of the the best deals in company history has to be the day we negotiated for the company mascot, Big Red.
We first found Big Red in Vallejo, California in 2007 when his previous owner was looking to sell his one and a half year old Bull Terrier. At the time, BBO Poker Tables was still a very small, local poker table company, and we were looking for a mascot to secure our premises, or at the least, sleep all day and occasionally greet customers.
Big Red seemed to fit what we were looking for, so we hopped in the car to go meet the monster, little did we know what we were up against.
Upon arriving at the residence, we were greeted and lead to the back yard to meet Big Red. As we passed the gate, I noticed that this was less a back yard, as much as it was part auto wrecking yard, and half forest. There were at least 3 abandoned and rusted car frames, with 2 foot weeds growing about, but no dog to be found. Vince, the owner, told me to stay put while he went to go untie Big Red. Suddenly, there was a bit of uncertainty in the air…
Next thing I know, I see a brown Bull Terrier fly out of a bush, sprint across the yard past me jump vertically into the air, and nose dives into a stacked pile of used car tires - face first! He then proceeded to run into me, knock a few tools over, and rock a healthy number 1 next to the junker in the back yard.
“I like this guy, I’ll take him.” I immediately said. Any dog that will nosedive through a tire stack without hesitation is my type of dog.
As for compensation, the owner wanted a few hundred dollars for Big Red, but in our chats, he told me that he was a avid card player, which could not have worked out any better. Instead of cash, we were able to acquire our new mascot by setting Vince up with a complete BBO Poker Tables setup. A win win in this situation.
If any of you are wondering what the mascot looks like…
The last few weeks we have had a few custom graphic tables roll out of our warehouse, but there was one project that I made sure to keep an eye on personally. A few weeks ago, we got a request for a custom Rockwell from the SF based mobile game maker Zynga.
So after all the custom graphic design phase, printing and mounting, I decided to take a morning off, and run the custom poker table to their SF HQ personally.
Now, I like meeting new people, but it usually takes a lot to get me to play delivery boy and fight the morning rush, but I am a fan of visiting internet companies and seeing how I can incorporate their jeans and t-shirt corporate culture into BBO Poker Tables. Custom Rockwell in the Suburban, latte in hand, I was off to San Francisco to check out how this internet gaming company rolls.
Alex, my point of contact for the order turns out to be the HR Manager for the entire company, and meets me outside to unload. As we’re moving the table and accessories through the lobby, I notice a Segway with orange tires charging next to a espresso vendor in a mobile snack cart. It was too easy to make a crack about the stereotypical internet start up company, so I brushed that thought aside.
Turns out that Alex, head HR specialist did all the hiring for the 350 person company, and it showed because every employee greeted him, and in turn, he shot back with their name and shoe size. Not an easy task by any means.
We unload the goods, and I proceed to help them assemble their new custom poker table. Joke’s on me, the room they want me to set the tbale up, no ventilation, no windows, and no A/C. Quickly I was perspiring, sauna style. Half an hour and a bottle of the best iced water that I’ve ever had, courtesy of Lisa, Alex’s lovely assistant. The table was mounted, positioned and ready to admire (actually, Alex had a big surprise for the table, they were going to get a giant piece of semi see through glass, and lay it on top of the custom table and turn it into a conference table - sweet idea).
After we handled business, Alex proceeded to show me around the building, which was actually the second building for the company. He mentioned how they had Segways to travel from building to building. Once again, I pushed a joke out of my head.
After all that work, Alex invited me to go have “taco tuesdays” with the employees, and never turning down a meal on another company’s dime, I took him up on it.
Turns out the cafeteria was two blocks down the street, in their “other building”, and half way through our journey, I could not help but think, “Damn, one of those Segways would probably be pretty clutch right now.”
We end up wrapping up the delivery eating gourmet tacos on their company balcony overlooking San Francisco. Not bad for a poker table delivery.
Fast Facts RE Zynga:
They have an estimated 12M players spread across all their game titles!
Their first smash game was what else, Texas Hold’em
Their founder started Tribe.net, which was apparently the first social gaming network thing or another.
They bring their dogs to work!
Final Thoughts:
After visiting their company, I began stocking beers in the BBO Poker Tables employee food fridge because I saw free beers in their company fridge. And because there was probably no way in hell I would have my employees ride Segways from our office to our warehouse, I figured providing beer was the next best thing.
