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Originally Posted by Victor
wat other casino is there?
Rivers, Charlestown.
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Originally Posted by cap217
5/10NL did run and as you can imagine, was a solid line up. I could only see 2 "fish" there and they werent horrible fish at all. Also 2 new faces I have never seen in a poker room before but they were younger and playing 5/10 so I would assume they were solid.
About the $0.25/hour for comps... ??? I didnt hear anything about comps at all. This sounds horrible and like its a joke but it can be true.
I started the $5/$10 and played in it all night, I thought the lineup was pretty soft. At least five solid fish, and only one player I would say was pretty good. The other two players were just nits.
Confirmed that the rake is $8 a half hour for the $5/$10 which is $2 higher than standard.
Ok my review...
BAD
Rake
Most places are $6 a half hour for $5/$10 and $8 a half hour for $25/$50. Horseshoe charged a rake rate that is standard for a game five times as big. The rake was made even worse by how slow the dealers were in a timed game. To the floors credit though, they gave us a free half our once, but we were still grossly overcharged in rake.
As bad as that rake was, the 200nl rake is an outrage. They need to change it to $1/$3, or change the buy-in rules for people to be able to beat the game. The game caters to fish who just want to socialize and pass money around (which is good business for the casino) but when the fish dry up in a few months, like they always do, all the regulars who won't pay that outrageous rake will have already found another place they feel comfortable playing at, and won't return to a place that has been trying to rape them when the games were good even if they reduce the rake.
Comps
The comps are a complete joke. I can go to Borgata and literally get eight times the comp rate. I didn't eat, but if I was eating I would want to eat at a casino for free since I spend my entire day inside it playing. It costs me $160 in rake to play for 10 hours, and what do I get? $2.50... and that's IF they would have swiped my card in right away, but they didn't and I got $1.75.
That's how you treat your customers? I started $5/$10 game (first guy on the list and I got three people from my $2/$5 game to come over and play so we could start a game) and I get comped less than the change most people have in their couch.
$1440 got raked from that game and assuming everyone swiped in (which they didn't) the total comps were $22.50. At most casinos these numbers would be $1,080 and $90. So they're raking 33% more than a standard rake, and shafting players with 75% less then a standard normal comp.
The Dealers
Very slow very confused.
The Cage
See The Dealers.
The Cocktail Servers
C'mon man.
The Floor
The PA system was complete trash. I can't hear my name or the game being called even when I'm right next to the front desk. That causes games that are ready to never start too because no one knows they're ready.
Enough Gloom, onto the good things about the room...
GOOD
Room Quality
The room is well built. I liked how they had bigger games to the right, the cage in a good location, and a close bathroom. The table size is great, and the chairs are fine imo. The pictures on the wall are a nice touch, and the amount of TVs and their location is well played. I also like the color of the room, which I never really thought much about until I played at the Meadows where the room looks dirty to me because of the colors.
The Dealers
Didn't have a single dealer who wasn't friendly and smiling. They also seemed to be more strict with the rules ( if they knew them) and treat the game like less of a home game and more of a casino.
The Floor
The floor knew what they were doing. They were on top of things, making up for other peoples mistakes. Unfortunately, they were rather busy, being that there were lots of mistakes being made - understandably so. They listened to players and did their best to be fair and cater to their needs. Under this management the room will be well run sooner rather than later.
Overall this is not a casino I would recommend to a poker player of any skill level playing any stake under the assumption that they are trying to win money. The high rake and short stack buy-in rules will kill your winrate. Alongside that, I haven't checked the prices on the food menus, but I can promise you that you will be paying them out of pocket the vast majority of the time. Even when all the service gets to its peak performance, these factors make the room unplayable imho. I would suggest driving the extra distance to play at another casino if you are playing a long enough session.