There is one dealer there who is so slow it puts me on tilt. If you have been there you know who I am talking about.

I actually feel bad for him because when he taps in, people get up and take a 30 minute break.

Maybe some people just aren't cut out to deal.

Also have a friend who I went to high school with, told me all dealers were instructed not to join any online forums and talk about the casino, but some do read this thread.

Heh, on Sunday he tapped in on our 10-20 LHE game, which is time charged. We immediately got the next half hour gratis. After he left, two of the guys at the table said they actually played with him in their home game, and they just skipped him when it was his turn to deal. Oh, the irony.

Agree, though, he is a nice enough guy, and you feel for him a little.

That's hilarious. Good enough to deal at a casino, but not at a home game.

Does anyone know why they were going around asking some tables if they wanted to exclude the table from the Bad Beat Jackpot?

He seems completely overwhelmed. Maybe he should be moved to taking horse bets. No one cares about the horse bettors!

This is interesting. I have been there everyday and have not been asked that. Were they perhaps asking the higher limit tables only?

Yeah, maybe it was just the higher limit tables. I saw him ask the 5/10 NL & the 10/20 LHE tables.

Yes, they asked the 10-20 LHE table when we formed, and we elected not to be BBJ eligible (nor take the drop). Certainly made for fast dealing, since we pay time and the dealer never had to break a redbird for white chips, except when someone needed tipping money.

Not sure about any of the other (higher limit) games.

LHE game report anyone?

Parx only has 57 tables games now including BJ, craps, Roulete and carnival games. I'd be shoucked to see them put 40 to 80 tables in a poker room. Even Foxwoods doesn't do anything close to that.

I thought I read somewhere that they were trying to become one of the bigger rooms on the east coast?

Quick trip report from Harrah's in Chester. I arrived at the room a little after 6:00 pm, and the place was almost totally full. It did fill up completely within the next hour or two.

Yes, dealers and floor are still getting the hang of things, but I figure that will improve with time. I do wish that the tables had cup holders, but that can also be fixed. As can the lack of space between tables. Happily, I had an end seat at a table that was in a front corner. No real space issue for me.

Playing 2/5, the first dealer was not pushed for 2 hours. I never said anything, partly because I'm not the floor, and partly because - who knows? Maybe that's how things are run here? Seemed strange, and the pattern didn't continue.

Friendly players, with lots of action. I left after 4 hours up almost $500.

Actually, most of the dealers at my table were pretty good. Can't complain. I'll definitely be playing there again.

When I left, a little after 10:00, there were 4 tables of 2/5 NLHE going, 1 table of 10/20 LHE, 1 table of 5/10 stud, 1 table of 2/4 LHE, 1 table of 3/6 LHE, 2 tables of 5/10 NLHE, and about a gazillion or so tables of 1/2 NLHE. I didn't see an empty table in the place. And this is a Monday night!

Lee

Hey, another trip report here:

This was my first time at the place...arrived around 6pm (parking and getting to the poker room was real easy) and there were lots of games running and some empty tables. I'm more of a limit player and quickly got on a 2/4 table. A donkfest as would be expected--some of the dealers rake more than they should...taking the bbj $1 before they are supposed to--I believe the rule is at $20 they take it. So you gotta watch them.

Pretty shortly moved to 3/6...fishy too. Probably my biggest complaint about the place was that they don't fill the games quickly enough yet. I was 3rd on the 3/6 list for a while and there were two open seats at the table and they just weren't filling it...seemed to be more concentrated on filling the 1/2 nl games.

At around 8pm they opened the 10/20 lhe game. After I asked the floor guy, they gave us the option of opting out of the bbj, which we did...very nice. $5 per half for time, and the floor guy even gave us half time twice. The game ran pretty much full until around 2am I think it was. Then for the last half we got down to 3 handed. Game broke at 2:30am...not bad at all for a Monday night. Game was good overall but not ridonkulously fishy.

It is definitely very cold in there, and it takes a LOT for me to feel cold...so bundle up. Another issue: one table I was at I was facing the window...while the sun was coming down. They have a shade over the window but the sun was still kinda annoying in my eyes...woulda been nice to have a hat or sunglasses.

A got a philly cheesesteak, which was delivered to the poker room, and it was pretty good...although I'm not picky when it comes to cheesesteaks yet...just moved to the area.

All in all a good experience...I'm not sure what everyone is complaining about. Yes, the dealers need some help here and there. The tables are definitely close together but it didn't bother me at all. The cupholders didn't bother me at all...with a little effort they do slip under the rim of the table. The seats are comfortable and they have a slot in the back where you can fit a chiprack, like the borgata. I thought the room itself was a nice size and very clean and nice looking. It's cool that right on the other side you can see the track and water etc...looks nice.

I'll definitely be back soon.

Has anyone actually confirmed the comp rate of $1/hr?

Was there on Sunday and a Seven Stars Total Rewards player was told by Floor that the comp rate was only $.20/hr. He was told that was all they were allowed at this time but they requested that the comp rate be increased to $.40 or $.50.

Just wondering...

We were repeatedly told that the comp rate at 10/20 lhe was .50/hr...laughable.

dealer said tonight it was $1/hr at $1/$2 NL.

new complaint - they need new people working the cage. they're terribly slow.

What games are you used to playing in? That was the worst 10 game ever. Especially after the 2 seat went busto.

As for comps I have heard floorpeople say it is .50 an hour for all games. This is also consistent with what my TR acct has been showing.

No one has a clue what the comps are.

Every dealer/floorman has a different answer.

This goes for everything - not just comps. Chopped pots, showdown rules, blind posting...
Make a rule and stick with it FFS.

I also went to Harrah’s Chester for the 1st time on Sat 24th. My thoughts concur with what was already said.

1st it's cold in there for sure. Real cold & I had on short sleeves.

That beverage cart is great!

The tables are nicely sized with plenty of room on the tables that is.

Chips are awesome!

Chip cage is slow as molasses!

It was fully packed with looonnnnggggg lists, I arrived 11p. House was run kind of chaotic, but whatever, they’ll get better. They were spreading a lot of games. Stud, Omaha, 8ob, Limit, etc. I added my name to 12nl, 25nl & 510nl whichever would come 1st. 12nl being the longest list actually came 1st.

The players are real soft & fishy. A couple had no idea what they were doing. A goldmine for sure. I raised like every 3 hands & simply bet big in key situations, was stealing constantly. I tripled my stack in no time.

The dealers were average but they’ll get better. I actually saw something I’ve never seen, two players split a big pot when they got their $ in with AKo on a K high flop. One of the players just told the dealer to go ahead to deal the next hand & proceeded to split the pot between he & the other player himself. Dealer says “Great, thank you! Less work for me, I don’t have to worry about it” Just dealt out the next hand. WTH?

My night ended at 3:30a on 25nl table receiving a beat when money went in on Q high flop with AQ to his KQ, river was a K. It’s poker.

All things being considered I like the room, but it should be expanded like now. Seriously, I'm there to make $. Will be back down on Fri straight from work.

You can figure it out if you work backwards. Track your play, look at how much your acct changed. Yes, it relies on them swiping you in/out correctly, but over a few sessions you will notice a trend. For 1/2 it appears to be .50 an hour. Just sayin

Ya the 2 seat was real fun. My normal game is 20/40. The game def wasn't THAT good, but I thought it was still fine. If they are normally much fishier there, that's a good thing.

Recently played some 10 at the borg and it seemed tougher overall.

I ran good in Chester, so maybe that clouded my view of the game.

Here now. Currently two 2-4, two 3-6, one 1-5 stud, two 2-5, rest 1-2 (15 person list) lists of interest for 5-10 lhe, 10-20 lhe, stud hi lo, Omaha hi lo, 5-10 nl

Lots of tables open right now.

On Saturday night, I cashed out for $457. Obviously, $57 worth of my chips did not complete a full row in the rack.

So the cage worker -- who I estimated to be roughly 105 years old -- took out the $57 stack, and cut the redbirds and white chips into stacks of five. Fair enough, and it looked liked standard procedure.

But then she purposely knocked over each of the stacks of 5 chips that she had created so that each revealed that it consisted of 5 chips.

Ok, so maybe that was a little over the top to prove the cameras over-head that she had cut-out stacks of 5.

But then she started to count each chip indvidually.

And when she finished, she started to do it again.

That was more than I could take, and so I blurted out, "I have $457."

That was a mistake because it caused her to lose count.

And that meant she had to start all over again.