Checked out this room today at 2/5 nl and will not be returning. Others may like it so just my pov here.

- at every dealer change they count their racks all over again slowing down the game a LOT. Dealer change seems to happen every 20-25 mins.
- Players had to remind the floor whenever a seat was empty and so forth.
- At least once, two cards did not make it to the shuffler causing it to throw an error <52 cards etc.
- lighting is pretty low for a poker room.


Don't like having to coach most dealers - hopefully they will get better with time but some of them seem to get flustered easily.

I have to agree with most of what DryAngel has stated above. The rack counting seems excessive and clearly slows the game down. It seems like the busier it gets the less the dealers call out open seats. Obviously, this is counterintuitive. Also, I have 20/20 vision and had a hard time seeing the board in the 3 and 4 seats.

Hopefully, they will improve these things with time, but they don't have much time to do it. Maryland Live will be open soon enough.

I only heard that they were going to expand to a few more tables rather than to 20. 20 tables seems a bit much for this room. I think they could use 2 more tables for 1/2nl, 1 more table for 2/5, 1 more table for another 3/6 limit during peak hours, 1 more table for limit O/8 or 1/2PLO, and possibly 1 more for flexibility during peak hours. That would make 14 total.

Played here for awhile last weekend. Most of the dealers were recognizable from DP or CT and knew what they were doing. It was the newer ones that REALLY slowed down the game. A couple of them were getting run over by the more aggressive players at the table when they didn't know what they were doing.

The room has promise as a place to play for a few hours on a weekend but I don't think it will do well once the other Baltimore casinos open up.

Spreading 2 tables of 5-10NL right now, with a healthy waiting list. Is anybody else a little surprised by this?

I had just heard that they were going to try and get regular 5-10 NL games going at 7pm on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Two tables with a long waiting list is certainly impressive!

What was the buy-in min/max & rake structure for 5/10 NL? Did they make one table a must-move & one the main?

Looked like buyin was 500-2k. They got 3 tables plus a list and there was a main game and 2 must moves.

I think part of why the game is going is because the 2/5 cap is $500 so the Delaware Park people who would would normally play 2/5 for 1k are playing 5/10 here.

Bodes well for Maryland poker!

Never have I seen so many "I know I'm beat but I CALL!".... LOL

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The success so far of the 5-10NL game is an interesting twist, but it seems to have killed the 3-6FL game. I do not see how one would have any effect on the other, but obviously it does for some reason. Maybe the size of the room is the reason itself.

Checked out yesterday.
Agree with others that it's a fine spot to hit for a few hours, but not conducive to 12-24 hour sessions.
Great that it's right off I-95. Easy thing to hit on the way for quick session if you travel past.
Dealers slow of course and I saw errors, but that's expected.
Agree on lighting.
Cage was slow. You should NOT be able to get chips and a players card at the same window.
Player pool was clueless which is typical of new rooms. Strike now beore the terribad locals lose too much and quit. Although I guess at 1/2 there are always enough.

Totally agree. I sat 1/2 yesterday and the dealers need work but a couple had been solid. I can't stand that you have to walk so far to the cage. Also they need a dedicated chip runner. My game was extremely weak with almost all players calling all the way. Had a couple of people 4 bet with air to end up getting smoked.
Fishing in a barrel.

Tonight i was going to check this place out butbefore leaving checked bravo and saw 51 people on the waiting list for 1-2... Any word on more tables?

I heard they are going to be adding a few more. However what happens is people call ahead to get on the list. May want to try calling an hour or so before you plan to arrive to get on the list as well.

Make sure that if you call ahead you are there within an hour. Once you hit the hour mark, it removes you from the list. Had to find out the hard way.

Crazy waitlists from bravo app. 15-20 on the list for 1/2, 2/5, and 5/10. Tuesday is busy. Maybe this place will hold its own even after ML.

Can you straddle at Perryville? Any chance of a 5/5 or bigger PLO game with straddles to get going? For some reason I thought I saw on the Bravo app they were going to try and get it doing on Wednesdays. Maybe that failed. Id love to play 10/20+ (PLO or NL) but maybe im greedy.

You can straddle to any amount. I'd start a 5/5 PLO game with you one night if you want to try to get it going. I don't see 10/20 PLO or NL happening either way yet.. In the 5/10 games most people were buying in for 800-1k. One of the games last night was basically playing 5/10/25 despite those stack sizes.

I am starting to think the same thing..I am on the other side of the Key Bridge so Perryville is a little far to travel with the tolls on a regular basis..I assume I am far from alone..Heres to hoping it can last

Hey guys. I'm not new to the local poker community, but I am new to this forum, so thanks to those of you who have mentioned to check it out. I am a semi-reg at DP, and have checked out HW a couple of times now (a semi-reg in the near future), so I just want to put my two cents in on a few things.

First of all, it is VERY nice to see a lot of familiar faces in the room, both players and dealers. It does make me feel more comfortable just having that, but that doesn't mean that I don't question some things on both sides of the table.

On the employee side, some of the dealers they brought in from DP are some of the best there, but I also noticed that some dealers from DP were brought in as suits. I don't mean to question anyone's qualifications, but these suits were not the best, or even friendliest dealers, when I experienced them previously; and I know that the above-mentioned HW dealers were all suits at DP at one point or another. This seems backwards to me, and I guess I'm just expressing my disappointment because there is probably 100 reasons why someone has the position they have that I am not privy to. As for the new dealers that came on (and we all know who they are, lol), I agree they just need time, some more than others.

About the room itself, it does feel crowded. Not as much as Chester, but still crowded. Why weren't the tables layed out in a uniform style? Just to fit them in the awkward space? That seems like bad planning. And why no comps? Not even the $.40/hr (which is a joke also) that DP gives. And why no half-rake? I was told that "The state desn't recognize a half-rake game". I call shenanigans. When I asked the Lottery offical that I called about this, he had know idea what I was talking about, which probably has something to do with table games/poker being a new venture for the state as a whole, but it sounds to me like HW is using it as an excuse. And can we get some kind of promos? BBJ? High hand? Not that I want to give an extra $1/pot, but I still view these as incentives. And please, please, please, update the wait lists! Half of the people on the lists are already in games!

Overall, I do think it will be a successful room. Should they expand? I say yes. But they need to know their role in the big picture of MD poker. Dont be the biggest, just be the best at something, and capitalize on it. Maybe its the 5/10 game? Maybe something different in 6 months? Who knows. But it is a good room, with potential to be better. Hopefully my advice is at least heard. And again, I don't mean to ruffle anyone's feathers. I look forward to seeing some you at a local table! GL!

(1) The room just opened. The promos will come. It's best for a new room to open, get a handle on business needs, then start the promos.

(2) Re: Comps. The only thing I can really say is the point man in the poker room, I know, helped open Charles Town, and they also had someone from Charles Town there to assist with the opening of Perryville. I don't want to blow up people's spots but I'd like to think people can put 2 and 2 together.

(3) No, I don't work there.

straddle only under the gun

the rake thing they got going on is ridiculous.. ive been trying to figure out why theyre always leaving chips in that little cirlcle thing..i never seen anything like that before.. i dont even think the new dealers understand how to rake a pot..some of these new dealers are horrible..

call ahead and put your name on the list about an before you go

Yeah it's to limit the amount of chips that get dropped. Once they have enough for $5 they will put the 5 whites in the rack and drop a $5 chip.

just seems like theyre taking more then they should

sometimes they do, I was playing and the pot was 47 dollars total including rake and they took 5 dollars. I asked if they round up here the dealer looked at me confused. I said the pot was 47 you dropped 5 dollars. He said oh no we dont im sorry.

I told him he needs to keep track of the pot as this can be a big issue.