has a stud game ever gone? i mean at stakes no more than $1-5 or $5-10 cant afford any higher.

There was a 5/10 stud hi there two nights ago

Yes I do see people taking pictures inside of casinos, and I havnt seen any signs posted at harrahs and like i already said i know harrahs security rude.

stud was running yesterday also, but i believe lower than 5-10

I spent Monday afternoon in Harrah's Chester's new room, and if you've never been there here's what you can expect:

- Understand that this casino and racetrack is literally next door to Chester's medium-security prison. I compensated for bad Google directions and ended up going in the back entrance near the Harrah's parking garage, driving by a line of family waiting for visits and a fully-jumpsuited person (staff or inmate, I couldn't tell) outside the walls doing landscaping maintenance. I have to admit, it's really rather unnerving. I also happened to play with the facility's late-shift guard supervisor. Go figure.

- The room has 25 tables with autoshufflers and rewards-card sliders. The tables do not have installed cupholders; plastic ones can be provided, but the tables are so new that they can't be inserted between the felt and the table edge! (The dealers had similar issues hanging their tip boxes on the tables!)

- The room is off to the side of the large simulcast area on the 4th floor. A big window wall looks out over the main entrance/valet area, and you can see part of the exterior of the building get lit up at night with the same kind of light display as on the outside of Harrah's in AC. The tables are packed pretty tight -- lots of "excuse me" and dealers bumping into seats and players with their tip boxes. The cashier's cage is off in a corner and has all of TWO windows, but there never seemed to be a long line or a long wait. Also, none of the TVs mounted around the perimeter could show any of the horse racing video feeds, although others were easily shown (and seen) in the OTB area just on the other side of poker's enclosing half-wall. The best way to describe the Harrah's Chester poker room overall? Seat 8 says, "Someone who was not a poker player designed this room." The dealer replies, "Someone who was a greedy bastard designed this room."

- I only saw the 4th and 5th floors of Harrah's Chester but I can't say that there's anything really exciting about it. The rather basic interiors make it feel like a middlebrow shopping center, or even a high school, with casino trappings slapped on it.

- Early weekday afternoon I'd say the room was half-full, by the time I left early evening it was about 80% full. There were obviously mostly low limit and no-limit Texas hold 'em games, but I definitely heard a few announcements for Omaha and stud tables and interest lists. Oh yeah: No tournaments yet, and that probably has to do with getting the room up to speed. Speaking of which...

- This is a new room with some verrrry green dealers, some of whom even went out of their way to say to us "I'm new, be patient." There were some players who got a little frustrated at times, but the dealers I had never did anything that resulted in abuse or floor issues. There were a few instances of initially missing which hand was the winning one (e.g., the better two-pair hand), but every casino has that. There was also one time a player who came back to the table after an absence offered to buy missed blinds, but the dealer didn't honor the request because he obviously didn't understand it. In all fairness, that's a nuance even I still don't fully understand, and at a $1/$2 table you're talking, what, maybe $3 in question?

- The worst aspect of the room's newness, quite frankly, was the floor leader taking to the PA system to announce, "Dealers, please clear [or fix] your Bravos!" Obviously, this was so players could get accurate comps and the floor gets an accurate tally of open seats to fill. I'm not making this up: The floor would announce that every 1-2 minutes. I understand that in such a money-intensive job you need a little behavior modification to get new people accustomed to an important procedure, but holy carp did that drive us players absolutely batty. I can only imagine a dealer hearing that for the entirety of an 8-hour shift.

- I believe alcohol is not free there (thank you, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board), but servers will still bring that as well as other free non-alcoholic bevvies. Not enough servers, though, and they were kind of slow, but it's their first weekend. I'm sure they're still working out the right staffing mix.

- What is free, though? Parking!

The whole room is a mess. The dealers are unprofessional, they just stand around and talk with the players. Also they are slow, very slow!

AC is worth the drive.

Has 10/20 run since Sunday?

Does any one remember how the "new" AC rooms at Showboat, Caesars, Hilton, Harrah's and even the "old" downstairs Borgata started up? Not so smooth.........

Deja vu all over again. But......... in time things settle and calmness prevails.

Expectation is way too high. If you do not have the patience to grow with the room, wait until September. But ..... you may be letting a lot of donations on the tables.

On another note, since I haven't been there to ask the Room Manager, can a 2plus2er introduce said manager to this Forum and get approval to post like the "Pittsburgh Kid" at Rivers, the poker manager at the Turning Stone, and, of course "Ruler of the East". Makes the thread a worthwhile read with valid information.



HGWT

Yes they are taking up to $6. No bad beat jackpot.

This is some serious shallowness...
I do not visit poker rooms based on good looking servers...
maybe the floor was tell a waitress that a customer needed something...? novel concept, it wasn't like the were chatting and exchanging hair tips.
dealers are new, if you like you can still driver to AC and have a non english speaking or angry dealers who want to be lazy...
Maybe for the consideration of other people you shouldn't take pictures in a casino, maybe someone doesn't want their picture taken, I know that if I was playing, I wouldn't want some smackass taking my picture.

I would saying the biggest thing about Harrah's Chester is the size of the fish tank, and apparently you fall under the old rule, if you can't spot the donkey @ the table, pull out a mirror.

Ya, your right... giving customer service is a bad idea for a new casino to do..

My experience so far with the Chester Poker Room

I have found that they are offering a Ton of different games, I have seen everything from a 10-20 limit Hi/LO 8 or better to a 5/10nl to 2/4 limit to 1/2nl
and 10/20 limit stud. To have all these in my backyard, makes me very excited, plus the drive to AC is horrible on the return after player for 12hrs. the chairs and tables are very comfortable, and getting instant rating is nice, no longer waiting for the floor to take my card, is very nice and $1 isn't a bad comp rate, go to delaware park if you want a bad rating rate.
Dealers are new, you gotta give them time to weed out the bad one, people look awesome in a mock enviroment but freeze in live games.
they only thing I do is think of the fishes that are there and that makes everything a lil easier.

good one. too bad you couldn't be more wrong.

more people should complain about the food also. it's terrible. my burger came with nothing on it. no joke.

The place is filled with young guys that really think they can play. It is a dream come true to any loose aggressive player with a real bankroll. Yes they have somethings to iron out but from what I've seen in the last three days is very exciting. I knew this room would be the one that will get the real action and it is.There are so many tight ,no bankroll , donkeys under that roof it's like a peting zoo.

tournaments available?

I agree with your post but if I am not getting top quality from them why are they charging me top quality prices for rake? If I am expected to be thrilled that I can pay the rake, can't I expect competence?

Can anyone comment on how long the waits will be this evening on 2-4 and 3-6 limit tables? I'm contemplating going for a few hours tonight.

I agree with this post almost completely? I can't tell what tone you're trying to convey.

Tone? I love this place that's my tone.If you are trying to find soft games look no further.I don't care how bad the dealers are or whatever other gripe anyone has. The soft , scared tight play is worth putting up with all the nonsense.

Yeah I agree. Totally worth it. Just annoying to spend 30 hours a week at a place that is much more unpleasant than the Borgata just because the games are softer. The little things do get to you if you spend enough time in casinos, especially if you eat a lot of meals there and get to know the staff for better or worse.

Agreed but outside of vegas no casino can measure up to Borgata.

and pay an extra dollar per hand in exchange for that .80 per hour. Makes no sense to me. and from reading this board, it's .50 per hour at 1-2. Need to get higher for that dollar.

my game was filled with tight nits, no action.

also the people saying its $1/hr comps, its only .5/hr for 1/2

delaware park is run wayy smoother than this room, my one dealer's hands were shaking the whole time and it took him 2 minutes to figure out which hand won and push the pot over to the winner.

the front desk are a bunch of dicks, this fat lady wouldnt even talk to me she was busy doin sum bs, i went to grab my seat and had to cram myself thru cramped tables. its a horrible layout.

worst poker room/casino ive ever been to. im driving the extra 10 minutes to delaware park, a real poker room. you get reduced rake at $4+1 not that lame $5+1 at harrahs. comps are virtually the same when you account for reduced rake delaware park is a better deal.

dealers are pretty unprofessional telling stories and junk while dealing the next hand slowing down the game, 1 guy was dropping his tips on the floor missing his box, he had to call the floor over to pick up his tips lol. did i mention its located in the ***** ghetto, also theres like no security in the parking garage, sum1 can just follow you out and rob you. give it a week or 2 for the first mugging to happen once the thugs of chester realize its a goldmine waiting to be robbed, they can easily get a team of 3 or 4 guys looking for the big winners and follow them to their car.

for those of you who enjoy bull**** poker rooms, head to harrahs chester for ****ty dealing, bullshyt rake, and horrible a horrible cramped poker room.

The layout does stink its way to tight and the floor and dealers are very green. Are you there for poker or something else?Because your remaining comments just sound like you got buried in the cash game. Every casino has scum in it.Security is everywhere.I feel much safer here then i do at the TAJ or anywhere in Atlantic City for that matter.The games ive played in are the softest games ive seen in 5 years.If your worried about all that other stuff maybe you should stay home and play online.

was there just for poker, broke even basically +$20. so that didnt really factor into my hatred of the room.

i just think its really unprofessional, there constantly slowing up the game whether its getting change for their rack or sum fat lady coming over delaying the game every hour. the ONLY good thing about it is im 10 minutes from there, which is seeping me into staying. hopefully they can work sum of this **** out.

haha also, at the cage obviously be sure to always count your exact chip count, the guy "accidentally" forgot about an extra $25 in my stack, so he had to recount it no harm done i guess. he musta been new.