Get there and back as quickly as possible.

Difference between 3 minutes and an hour though.

Pretty sure it's 15k min for the 100-200

Confirmed min is 15k, the bravo is wrong. Find it pretty funny that people are so star struck by Merson.

This is MD Live's rule, but ONLY for timed games (5/10 NL, 5/5 PLO and higher), and ONLY if the player who was away (who would have been UTG had he not left) had NOT missed his blinds yet.

The reason is that at MD Live - in timed games - players who are away from the table, but have not yet missed their blinds, still get dealt hands until they get a missed blind button. The rule actually makes sense in that case.

However, in your situation, if you were playing in a raked game, the dealer made a mistake. He'd have been misapplying a rule that is still a little confusing to the dealers. But if you were playing in a timed game, he would have been correct. But even then, technically only if he had correctly dealt the player who was away from the table (and who had not missed his big blind yet) a hand.

What game were you playing?

Only taking call ins for 2-5 NL and higher.

Still struggling when it's busy getting people to tables. This last Friday, we were at the only 5-10 NL game, and by the afternoon, the waiting list was 25 deep, yet we went 90 mins with an open seat... Even constantly notifying the floor... I mean "supervisor"
Ugh

Mike Smith, I know you check the board out occasionally...

I've noticed that the Bravo system seems to be pretty temperamental to say the least. Is this the driving factor behind the struggles with keeping tables full and players accounted for, or is there some other factor. The room is great, but I think most would agree that the inefficiencies of getting players to tables and keeping tabs on the players has been the greatest struggle in the first 1+ month. I'm just curious to hear if the root cause has been diagnosed.

In the off chance the guy I made a last longer bet in the Sunday noon tourney is reading this feel free to pm me. No I dont owe anything lol got knocked out in 20th.

Related to the posts above this, I signed up for a 1/2 table and went to go watch the 1/2 tables upstairs. The wait list was 30 deep, and I looked and saw 2 open seats at one table, and 1 open seat at another. I took one of the open seats and started playing with no problems, dealer didn't ask me anything. I heard my name called for a seat about an hour later.

Awful, really.

Were you the first name on that list of 30 people? If you are going to line jump at least have the decency to tell them to take your name off the list when it is being called so they can move on to the next person.

Are things slowing down at the poker room? I was there last Sat. and did notice the WL for 1/2 and 2/5 at prime time (5 to 7 PM) with less than 30 on both lists instead of the usual 80 + for the last few weekend. Also, monitors were showing open seats for both 2/2 and 5/5 PLO at the same time period, both 2/2 were running at 6 handed for a couple hours and we even played 3 handed for a while around 6 PM. There was no WL for 2/2 and 5/5 for at least 2 hours. Are people giving up for the long wait or is it the world series having an effect? However, I did get my panini maker w/o the voucher. I told him I mainly play poker and did not get a print out from the kisok and he manually input my card # and that was it. I told guys at my table to go get it but they came back empty handed. I guess you have to run into the right people to get it b/c I did see a few people at the poker room got it.

It is an issue sometimes, but we're working through it.

Thanks


Mike

I don't think it's bratty to voice protest over an idiotic rule/law. I was also disappointed to be stopped and told to trash my fresh cup of coffee as I exited the casino. When leaving in the wee hours of the morning and faced with a long drive home, it's nice to have a cup of coffee for the drive .. and not have to make an additional stop at McDonald's or 7/11 for one. No other casino I've ever been in stops a person for taking a drink OUT of the casino.

How do they know your coffee is actually coffee?

No matter what the beverage is, any establishment (that is not solely a restaurant with bar in which patrons can leave with soft drinks) with a Maryland state liquor license can not legally let patrons leave the premises with a beverage for it may contain liquor put in it by the guest. I own a bar myself in Ocean City, MD and while I did not make that point initially in the argument. I was later temp banned due to some of the posts I made regarding the issue so I dropped it. It's just a state rule, it has nothing to do with Live security being "jerks". It's just how it is. In the grand aspect of things, to waste a potential 20 minute argument and pull a supervisor away from work they are doing just to explain the situation and still have an upset/unreasonable guest at the end of it, is it really worth it over a cup of joe?

If it were a casino rule, yes .. it would be worth it as a patron to speak up about it. However, as a State law, no .. I didn't know it was a MD State law (and am certainly not shocked that MD has another idiotic law on its books) and I'm sure others that have complained did not know it either. Security certainly doesn't mention it as they are ordering you to dispose of your drink. It would be helpful and avoid some ill feelings toward the casino if they did mention that is a state law.

Mike,

Would it be possible to let supervisors keep their own tips instead of pooling them? I've tipped a few for their excellent work (not much, perhaps $100 or so since the room opened). I would feel much more comfortable knowing that the good ones kept their own token rewards, however small. I would guess though that if you put this idea to a vote among the supervisors, majority might object... Just a thought. Thanks.

I'm sorry but that's how the Regulations read.


Thanks



Mike

I was playing 1/2. It does make sense for the timed games (kinda).
Thanks for the clarification.

This is going to be the last word on the issue in this thread. If you want to continue the conversation, take it to the Maryland thread in Regional Communities, the low content thread in the main B&M Forum, or another subforum of 2+2.

If you have questions or comments, send me a PM or post in the Moderation Discussion Thread. Thank you.

I was thinking about heading here after work on Friday around 5pm. Any ideas how long I'll have to wait to be seated? Thanks! How early can we call ahead?

Any word on the "new restaurants" that Maryland Live is expecting, via their Facebook announcements? I'd love to see them close the gift shop and maybe Phillips too! They really could use a coffee shop, or maybe a smoothie cafe.

Is there a cheapist hotel/motel that offers weekly rates? like a intown suits, studio 6, valueplace ect within 30 minute drive from casino?

For 1/2, it has been about an hour the past few Fridays at 5:30-6 pm. Probably a bit quicker at 5.





There are cheap and maybe sketchy places along rt 1 near 175. Very truck stoppy area. Probably your cheapest bet. There is also a motel 6 near the 95/695 interchange. If you want to spend more, there should be a ton of places in Columbia and near BWI.

There will be a sushi place

There's some dumps up in elkridge on rt 1 that I'm sure are pretty cheap. About a 5-10 minute drive. Also check the Valencia in laurel, pretty sure it's fairly cheap.