Does anybody know around what time the 3-6L got started today? I am driving over to check out the place tomorrow and I rarely play NL.

place was packed all day gonna be a frenzy in there for a while. they got a new style shuffler that was acting up same company just more techy so you know how that goes. waits were pretty long... weekend will probably be worse some 2/5 guys just left and went to dp 1/2 is 60-300 2/5 is 200-500 buy in. 1/2 had a long list going pretty fast however the 2/5 list moved at a snails pace due to only being 1 table. The 2/5 table was great when it started,. first two hands had all in and calls on the flop.... after that there were still a few spots at the table but they busted quick and the table got kinda tough so I stood up.

Do they have Baccarat in the table games section by any chance? Anyway, I'll be up there tomorrow afternoon, ideally to grind the whole weekend (you'll know I'm from 2+2, trust me)

no Baccarat or any azn game yet

Do they offer the ability to call ahead and get on a wait list?

I played 3-6 for 3 hours today. I arrived at 10:30am, but the game did not go until around 12:15pm. So, I checked the place out for a while. The casino isn't very big, but it is clean and decently laid out. Minimums for BJ at 11am were $15. Craps wasn't going this morning, but when I left at 3:30 they had one table that was packed. I had two slices of pizza at around 1:30 that were ok. I would love to know who has the lock on small casino pizza, because I feel like it is always the same whether I am at a dogtrack casino in Florida or here in Maryland.

While I sat and waited for my game to start this morning, I checked out the three 1-2NL games that were going. They seemed to have some pretty good action. Once the 3-6 was finally a go it was a typical loose low-limit game. At least 4-5 players saw flops every hand, and it wasn't unusual to see 6-8 players per flop. The game was not very upbeat, but it was the middle of the day. Plus, nobody was drinking. Nevertheless, the play was mediocre at best, as I'm sure mine was as well. The room was fine. The dealers did a good enough job for being new, and the lists were pretty long, at least for 1-2NL. I will definitely be returning.

830p friday
6 1/2 NL
1 2/5 NL
1 3/6 Limit

20 people on the 1/2 waitlist alone.
Obviously busy for first weekend. Anyone there comment on how they're handling things?

Everything running smoothly. This place could use another 2-4 tables.

Wish the cards would stop going under the rail at the 3-6. Where's 9.5 when you need him.

(3 seat)

Here are my notes from my first session at Perryville today.

One dealer said that not all the potential dealers are licensed yet, so there is more work now for those who have their licenses. Plus, already being licensed in Maryland is a head start to getting a job at Maryland Live when it opens.

There is a soda fountain right next to the poker area. The wait list board is composed of 9 monitors put together, so it is very easy to see. You don't even need to be in the poker area to read it.

They won't let you keep racks on the table. I like that - it speeds up some of the slow players. However, the racks don't fit in between the seat backs and the cushions.

If you put out a bet, but didn't realize there was a raise, you get to take it back. Actually, they decide if you get to take it back based on the players "intent". I don't like that rule at all - how do you determine intent?

There is a small menu of food they will bring to you in the poker room, but basically it is a hot dog or chile ... or a hot dog with chile on it. I had a friend go to the restaurant area and order the crab-mac-n-cheese and he didn't like it at all.

Most of the dealers were decent. A few had dealt before and it was obvious who they were. We had one who I don't think is going to last - she just didn't seem to know what she was doing at all. On one hand she tried to push the pot to the wrong person. When I objected that it was my pot, she pushed it to me. Then I asked her what the winning hand was - she didn't know. Not a good sign. But for the most part, the dealers were accurrate, which is all you can ask for at such a new place.

Something happened that I thought was very weird. A guy bets the river and everyone folds. He gets the pot and doesn't show. But he forgets to give the cards back. The dealer puts the 50 cards in the shuffler to the left of the dealer, and the shuffler display (annoyingly right by the 10 seat) says that 2 cards were missing - and displays what the 2 cards were. I don't know if they were the correct cards, or if maybe that was a default image for missing cards, but it sure looked like it was displaying what was missing. Yes, it was the player's fault for not mucking his cards, but since I was in the 1 seat, I got to see what they were from the shuffle display. One cool feature of the shuffle display is that it has a built in timer, so if you call time on a player, the dealer just has to push a button and I guess it will count down.

I stopped by for a few hours around noon just to check the place out. The floor, (some) dealers, and cage were all very slow but forgivable for opening week, though I'd say they have a long way to go to settle in. The ambiance of the room is pretty nice for a small roped-off poker room. Music was definitely a bit too loud, it was hard to hear anyone who wasn't sitting right next to you.

No half-rake, even for a 4-handed $1/$2 table we were starting which was 4-handed solely because of slow floor and/or slow cage in filling the seats with the ample list. That was slightly frustrating and evocative of the never-cut-a-break high-price policies of the Hollywood in Charles Town, WV.

The cage also claimed to have no green chips yet (apparently as policy, for now), though the tables did for reloading. Free soft drinks are a nice touch but there did not appear to be much food options. A cafe on the far wall seemed to have a small selection of sandwiches or wraps.

Curious to see if there's ever any attempt to get any game bigger than $2/$5 going here on an infrequent schedule. Sands in Bethlehem, PA was also a 8-table poker room which opened slightly before its larger-from-the-outset competitor (Parx in Bensalem, PA), and though Sands would never have a $5/$10 table most of the time, they managed to coordinate one day a week where a $10/$25 game ran pretty consistently for a while, if I recall. It even persisted once Parx was up and running with its scene. Not sure if this is conducive to the locale of this place or not. It might better fit its customer base by just being a $1/$2 room for people driving down 95.

Not sure about the min, I think it's $200, max is $500.

I was surprised to see that yes, you can call ahead to be added to the list.

I had no problem getting green chips from the cage. The far right window said "Poker" above it and I got my chips there. You can get chips at all windows, but maybe the poker window is the only one with larger denoms???


Was there Friday evening for a bit, I thought it was nice.
Parking was easy and pretty close, but I saw signs for valet also.
Floor seemed friendly and professional.

Dealers were mostly slow and inexperienced when I was there, quite a few mistakes with rake, reading tabled hands properly, etc... (one dealer kept reading full houses as sets for example).
My advice is patience and diligence when dealing with them for now.
Though I've heard some DP dealers are there I didn't see any.

There was an interest list for Omaha, but only 4 people on it and no free table for it anyway.

I'm sure it will take time to iron out the kinks, but it's nice to have a closer alternative.

Just got here at 1:45 and the 2/5 game looked reg-heavy playing 4-handed but may slowly be filling with the Saturday crowd - would join you guys but I'm super short rolled and need to warm up first anyway

edit: just sat at 1/2, 2:20 so not terrible wait

At my 1/2 table right now, the rake structure is _not_ $5/down,

but rather 10% up to $5 max. Don't know when this may have changed.

Just looking at Bravo. 9 PM on Saturday and 19 players on a single running 2/5 table waiting list. Does that mean that the regular 2/5 guys are playing 1/2? The wait for 2/5 has to be two hours plus min and the larger level players must be sitting 1/2. That has to change up that game to play 1/3 minimum

Just got back from another full day at Perryville. First dealer of the day was experienced, but every dealer after that was new this week. Another experienced dealer was just sitting down as I had to leave. Without exception, every dealer I've met at Perryville has been a very nice person. However, I don't recommend talking to them. A bunch of them will stop dealing or collecting cards or whatever they are supposed to be doing, patiently listen to your question, then answer your question, and then resume their duties. It really slows down the game because they can't yet do two things at once.

Here is the funniest dealer mistake of the day. The dealer is dealing out the cards and accidentally exposes a card of one of the players - it was an Ace. He said that it was alright and that he still wanted the card even though it was exposed. She said "You still want it?" He said "Yes". She says "OK" and then starts telling the first person it was their turn to act. I ask "Can he do that?" She says "I think so." I suggested she call the floor.

A player told me the front desk todl him that they have room for 4 more tables, in between the poker area and where the slot machines are. I checked it out - if they take that rope down, they probably could squeeze in 4 more tables. Later on in the day, a dealer told me that there was a decent chance that there would be 4 more tables by next weekend and one row of slots would get moved. There seems to be plenty enough demand for it right now.

Just punched out, cleared about 18bb/hr at 1-2. IMO, the value you get from the one or two spots you're guaranteed to find at a table has to be weighed against how few hands you're getting in while the dealers are getting up to speed

Definitely worth a visit, just don't expect to bang out ~15 hands every down. Biggest disappointment was not getting any hands against the fish who were calling down with gutshots and bottom pairs, even if they were running hot

Yes, that was the case when I was there on Friday.
The 2/5 waitlist was playing 1/2, and the 1/2 did feel like a bigger game.
When I got into the 2/5, it was full of regs who had already chipped up, so tougher than you would expect for a $500 max.

Played my first session Saturday morning. It was also my first time visiting the casino, which was much smaller than I had imagined. It was nice, but there was nothing special about the place that makes it stand out.

There were two full 1/2 tables going when I walked in around 9:30am. My timing was perfect as a seat had just opened up while I was getting chips from the cage. First dealer was obviously experienced, the game was flowing very well. The next three were all new. They were a bit slower, but that's understandable for only having 2-3 days previous experience. There were a few mistakes here and there, but nothing major. With a little more time and experience, I think that this will be a well-run room sooner than later.

I only had a couple of hours to play, and I ended up pocketing a small, but nice 26bb/hr profit for the session. I didn't have to do much, as half the table had been playing all night long, sucking down Miller Lite after Miller Lite. If I had to guess, there was probably an all-in and call (or calls) every 4-5 hands on average. I just had to sit back and wait for good hands. I hope these drunken, all night games are a regular occurrence because it was both entertaining and an easily exploitable, profitable situation. When I left, two more 1/2 tables had opened up, and there was a wait list of about 7 people, and interest lists for, if I recall correctly, 2/5 NL, 3/6 Limit, 5-5 PLO, and 5-10 Stud. It's good to see that they are already willing to spread games other than Hold'em.

I'll definitely be going back on a somewhat regular basis, at least over the next few weeks. If Maryland Live opens up a poker room along with their table games next month, I'll likely be spending more time there as it's closer to my house. Less driving time = more playing time.

A few other things of note:

- They really need to rethink the setup. At peak hours, having Player Services act also as the cage is going to be a nightmare, even with a dedicated Poker window. It's also the least protected cage I've ever seen.

- I'm not a fan of the large Hollywood Open sign hanging over the poker room. It's not the content of the sign, its the placement. It hangs over 3 or 4 tables, rather than on a wall. When they change the ad on the sign, they're going to have to do it when the room is empty, or they're going to have to disrupt any games going on below it and I don't see that going over well with the players.

- When I first walked in, I took a quick walk around the casino to check it out. Penn National is out of their minds. All three of the open blackjack tables were $25 min tables. At 9:30am. If I was on the poker wait list, I might sit down at a $10 min blackjack table to kill time. But I'm never going to sit at a $25 min table. That's potential money out of their pockets.

I had a nice long session on Sat. Great action though I did end up down about 35bb thanks to a nasty kk v 44 confrontation.

The inexperienced dealers were nice and really didn't seem to slow things down that much. I'll look forward to going back to even out my all-in equity.

Oh and calling ahead is mandatory. I managed to time it well and waited no more then 5 minutes when I got there despite the enormous Sat. afternoon list.

Really no reason for $25 bj at 9am......I'd rather have tables going at $10 then have them sitting dead.....

A casino manager told me a long time ago something that made sense..."it's better to be red then dead!!!!"........

Meaning the casino would rather be dealing $5 bj then nothing at all

Same thing happened with Charlestown when their tables opened. I was walking through on a Saturday morning and all of their tables were $25 min. To their credit, the casino was busy and the tables had plenty of bodies, but I still wasn't going to sit down.

I bet the minimums drop once Maryland Live opens. For right now, I think they're counting on the fact that people are so excited to play tables in Maryland that they'll be willing to play higher than they may normally choose.

Ok this place could be a gem but playing 2/5 and having them take rake with out a flop is really bad, especially like this morning we were playing 4 -5 handed and it was usually raise folds then move on. if 2 people limp I raise and take it they take 2 dollars out of that pot. Kinda kills the game. Also they are working on it but they can't go to half rake yet. So 4 handed 2/5 raise to 25 i reraise to 125 and they take full 5 out of that pot. They need a cage near the poker room. Something about the whole casino being able to eye up my 2k cash out as I walk through the whole casino to get to the cage doesn't sit well with me. They def need more tables.

The dealers are new and most of them are decent enough they just need a little help. However there is 2 or 3 that are just overwhelmed and terrified in the box. I really contemplate getting up during their down as the players constantly have to correct them and do their job for them. If I bet 300 on the river and have to help the dealer figure out what is going on it def can give my hand strength away as well as affect further action. These 2-3 dealers tilt the hell out of me. Yesterday was horrible as there were about 4 dealers and 2 of them were this type.

There is no rake that should be taken pre flop!