Yes, but how much did you lose? Just kidding, Networth is solid.

I've managed to play in Toledo five times since they opened and have to really give props to whoever is hiring the talent down there.

In addition, the dealers initially were horrible, and now are just okay. Could be better, but at least they're not making the same mistakes all the time and not checking their chip rack every two minutes.

The player pool is soft and juicy, and I'm pretty sure Networth will be able to retire if it lasts. I will definitely play there everytime I am in the area.

#justvisiting

Soft and juicy is apt desciption. I was 13 for 13 before my first losing session and I'm not that good at NL. Most of the decent regs play 2/5 and are on par with Detroit 1/2 regs. 1/2 is weak/loose. I've never floated so much. Scare card is license to steal.

I was at MCC Sat trying to win the bbj - $210,000 no luck. Scouted out the Toledo tourny Sunday but didn't recognize anyone. Will have to keep my Caveman avatar close. All this is probably colored by rungood, so now I have to start another streak.

Just to let everyone know we will be having a $300 mtt on Columbus Day, October 8th at 12:15pm. There will be a $40 mega satty on Oct 6th at 10:15am and single table SNG's the morning of the 8th at 10:00am for $40 and $70.

20k starting chips with a $20 dealer bonus for 5k. 20min levels to start, 30mins after level 10 and you can register starting Oct 6th at noon. It will be capped at 120 and is likely to fill up, so don't show up last minute or you will probably not get a seat.

There has been a significant slowing of action the past few weeks. It seems to be not only in the poker room buy also in the pits.

Is the 3 month boom over?

I've been playing here the past couple weekends, and probably this one as well. Tables I've been at have been very tight, but I've managed to scrape together a decent profit at 1/2.

Here is the story now...

Decent 2/5 game last night. Some chips on the table. One player wins a large pot (over $1,500). Sits for two orbits not playing any hands. Racks up $2,200 and leaves with a speech. Second largest stack gets up 5 minutes later. Game over.

This was the only 2/5 game of course with no wait list. Several 1/2 games were running. Mostly short stacked and shorthanded. Zzzz zzzz.

Bummer.
Sounds just like Motor City.

The short stacking in Toledo is terrible and action has definitely been slowing up.

Usually on Friday or Saturday night they can get two or three $2/5 games going but otherwise it's one table or none on slower weekdays.

Might be there late tonight. I'll be the quiet dude probably wearing a Testament shirt.

Yeah, I drove down and gave the room a second chance tonight and it was another big let down. There were 9 names on the PLO list and the floor wouldn't call the game or even do a board check. It seems they just deleted the list after awhile. There were lots of short stackers and an absurd amount of nittery. I won't be going back personally.

I was up there this weekend and I was pretty disappointed with the room. First, the number of players has dropped off significantly. Only 4 tables were open early Saturday afternoon. Second, the podium setup is a mess. It doesn't work well with players trying to get on the list, buy and sell chips along with chip runners all in that cramped little space. When the start of a tournament is approaching, they tell the cash game players to buy their chips at the table, but they can't keep enough chips at the tables to accommodate all of the buy-ins. It's the only poker room I've ever seen that doesn't either have it's own cage or one right next door. But what really rubbed me the wrong way is apparently because of some sort of screw-up with their DirecTV contract, they can't show NFL games in the poker room on Sundays. They are on every other TV in the casino, but not in the poker room. How does a poker room not have every NFL game going on a Sunday afternoon? Last time I'll be there on a Sunday until February.

Whenever I stop by there's never a 3/6 game going, which happens to be my game of choice zzz zzzz

Sounds like the room manager ruining another room with potential....If I owned a casino I wouldn't let this guy come within 12 miles of it

Unfortunately, the problem starts above him. You should see the way this place is run. Hiring that guy is just one example of how terribly they operate a casino.

On my down again, hoping they turned the heat up. It's been really cold in there, like they don't want anyone to sit for more than an hour.

Your rite I mean how does the Hollywood company hire a guy with a track record of filth....this isn't opinion its fact...also the sad thing is this guy will prob get first crack at running one of the Maryland casinos when it's open....

Toledo such a good action town I mean look at the Ohio casinos Toledo under performs more then the other ones

He ran the meadows poker room to a stone failure only casino in pa that don't get 10+ tables a day

I refuse to go back to Toledo I'll make the track elsewhere

I played here several times lately, to qualify for the big $25k freeroll with seats to the Vegas HPO Championship. Won a tournament there a few days ago, which felt nice! But I must say, most poker rooms are TOO COLD, especially Columbus, but I haven't noticed any annoying temperature here in Toledo.

Also have been impressed with dealer quality and customer service. However, the registration rules for the big $25 K are nuts, making everybody go in on Sunday at a specific time to wait in line, knowing that many will not be allowed to register for the Tuesday Tournament due to capacity constraints.

I sat next to a guy who ran his $100 rebuy after initial bust up to $1200 while I sat there getting terrible cards. It was quite a sight to see over the course of several hours. At this same $1/$2 table, 3 other players had over $600 at times...the max initial buyin is $200, so not everyone is hamstrung by nits!

Anybody have opinions on Friday night Madness Tourney? I tried it and realized the value of the Deepstack was overwhelmed by the Blind escalation amounts (not so much the minutes length of each level). It became a shovefest in less than 2 hours. Not so great.

The $100 giveaway every two hours is often great odds. One time I had 2 out of the 10 total tickets they were gonna draw from. I lost, but several players told me they have won the $100 multiple times.

Overall, I like this place more than Cleveland and Hammond and Lawrenceburg...for $1/$2. But I wish they would make Omaha available regularly.

When cashing out Sunday night at Hollywood Columbus, I was asked for my players card. They were apparently recording how much I was cashing out with. The cashier said they were required to do that now. Not a large amount, only a few hundred. Has this happened to anyone in Toledo? I'm wondering if they are just keeping track for their own purposes, or if it's being done state wide for the tax man.

I cashed out Sunday at about 3:15pm, nobody asked for my players card.

I've also been playing here several times lately for the freeroll entry, which I did actually end up getting a seat to on Sunday.

Overall, I think the dealers are nice, but I'd say about half are a tad incompetent. A lot of times I find myself correcting them when making side-pots or having to count out stacks when a player is all in. A lot of them don't seem to know some of the more complex rules, or at least don't demonstrate knowing them. This hand for example:

Player A goes all in on a 98x flop. Players B and C call, both having Player A covered. The turn is a 9. Player B shoves. Player C hems and haws wondering what to do, and asks Player B what he has. Player B says he has "trips with the best kicker." Player C complains that she has a good hand and he shouldn't have bet, and then folds. Player B turns over A9 and Player A has TT and bricks the river. The pot is pushed to B and nobody says anything regarding the table talk, including the dealer.

I said toward both B and C that they really shouldn't be talking like that in a hand. Player B says they're heads up and it doesn't make a difference, I explain that it does make a difference since there is still a 3rd player with a hand and a pot he is eligible to win. Still the dealer says nothing.


Not a huge deal, but things like this bother me in case I'm ever in a spot where that action could have affected my pot.

Besides the dealers being clueless at times, this is my most preferred place to play a tournament. They're the closest place to me that has regular tournaments with decent structures and antes. Most of my trips have been so I could get a seat in the freeroll tomorrow, but I will continue to drive the extra 20 miles for a decent tournament.

Plus the waitresses there are gorgeous.

I have two questions about the $120 Sunday tournament.

1. How long is each level?
2. Average number of players?

Thanks in advance.

Sunday usually gets at least 80 players. Some days are bigger than others though. Last week had 123 because of the freeroll registration. I'd anticipate 80-95 on any given week.

Structure is okay. I believe it starts at 20 minute levels for the first few hours then jumps up to 30.

I have to say the $100+20+10 tournament on Sundays are pretty good. I just played tonight. I like the overall structure. 113 entrants. 12k chips plus 3k $10 bonus dealer bonus. Started w/ 20 minutes levels then went to 30 minute levels about 4 hours into the torunament. Antes started after the first break and went up every level until antes were 300. Initially I didn't like this but it wasn't horrible. Final table lasted at least 3.5 hours. By far, my biggest complaint were the breaks allotted in the second half of the tournament. First 3 hours, there was a break every hour. Then, for some reason, they went to every 2 hours. I really don't understand this. I ran to take a piss. Luckily didn't miss a hand. Wish I brought snacks. Needed a smoke bad too.

Overall, I'm definitely playing again. You do need a players card. Most dealers were good. One or two were obviously tournament rookies. Two or three players were knocked out and the dealer didn't notify the floor meaning our table was playing short handed while others were full. I had to ask her to tell the floor. This really only happened once and for the most part, the floor was on top of keeping the tables balanced.

I like deep stack tourney's. Any others around the toledo area? I noticed greektown and Windsor had $150 tourneys but starting stack only 2k or 3k in chips.

I have a few questions about Hollywood Casino:

For cash games:
On a daily basis how many tables do they run? And what stakes do they have? Which days/times have the action?

For tournament:
I heard that they have a good deep stack tournament that runs. What usually is the prizepool? What is the average field size?

Cash games - 1/2 NL typically runs between 1-5 tables... 2/5 NL gets off the ground on weekends in the afternoons/evenings. They run a limit game most of the time, I believe it's 2/4. I've seen other interest games on their Bravo but have never actually seen anything bigger or any PLO get off the ground. Maybe it happens, but I'm not a regular.

Tournament - The deep stack is Sunday at 12:15pm for $130 total, including the $10 dealer bonus add-on, which gets you to $15k chips. The levels start at 20 mins, and in the later levels they go up to 30 mins. I play this a few times per month, and usually see fields of 60-100. Lately it's been on the lower end of that range, mid 70s. I forget the total prize pool but first usually takes home 3k-4k.