Really like the mix of games, but wish they would turn the music off in the poker room.

Restricting access to level 6 in the Parking Garage for Chairman is causing a traffic tie up at the end of the lane. Don't see the point as they receive Valet parking anyway. Only a few cars park there now.

Is it the Bravo system in general?
do other poker rooms have the problem of you being dropped in Bravo?

I thought I was doing a good deed by spreading the the word but forgot we are close to NSA. Oh well, no good deed goes unpunished. However, I think you can still get in here now and then and it all depends if the guard allows it. I think if you show your platinum you may still can get in and playing 5/10, 5/5 or 10/10 wouldn't that be included in VIP? These bets are 100x bigger than the $5 slot pull and should be allow to use the VIP lounge regardless of card status.

I think the decision here is up to Mike because he's the one who has control the downstairs back room access to the lounge. Back in the day at the Borgata during the weekend, they always bring out boxes of pizza, fruit platters, and meat on the sticks for all poker players to enjoy. As I said before, there are never more than 5 people in the VIP lounge if you look inside so why not open up to include poker players? Also, if you are really consider yourself a VIP, you'd be dining at the Prime Rib not them finger food.

Why is a 5/10 player more of a VIP than anyone else? The casino makes the same rake from every time game. Their bets have no bearing on casinos profitability.

Also I doubt mike has any control over the VIP lounge. That's something the casino invests in to give their high rollers an extra incentive.

What does VIP have to do with prime Rib? Even the most loaded gamblers wouldn't come to a casino to eat at a $$$ expensive steakhouse every night

Hello... and think. Do I have an "S" on the forehead? The security rope in the back of the poker room wasn't there if it wasn't my post here and as soon as I put up my post, the rope was in place. Who has control of the poker room and who is a frequent reader here? Do you really think the rope goes up overnight by itself? Someone has to give order for it to take place.

When it's said and done, the casino makes more money with people throwing money away on table games and slots than us taking money from each other in the poker room. The perks of MD Live are very generous to poker player...the best? No. But far from the worst. If you want the "VIP" perks, you will need to incorporate table games into your gameplan. It's not based on attendance.

Poker players no longer get points, only the comp dollars. There was a small sign on the first floor registration desk confirming this too. It stated poker play does NOT qualify for casino promotions (which is because we don't get points). It was a deliberate, permanent change.

You do realize someone in the sky is watching you walk on in there right? Probably has something so do with that in my opinion.

Those are sum gud odds at getting a piece of that 75k prizepool.

Either I got a new waitress or something is still screwy with the system, when I tried to pay for food with my card yesterday (after verifying more than adequate comp $ balance on a machine the night before), she came back and said I only had enough points for 80 cents off or something, so I paid cash to avoid looking like a nit. Checked my balance on a machine on my way out and my balance was still more than adequate including credit from the session I just played. I haven't had any trouble paying at the Phillips/Noodles registers with my card since the switch though.

lol at me for paying 13 real US dollars for Phillips' fish and chips

The VIP lounge isn't part of the poker room, and Mike doesn't control it. Also, the plan to restrict access was in place long before your post. I'm not mad atcha'. I just think it's funny that you can repeatedly bash the ethics of someone for accepting an offered 10% discount, but then abandon that high morality when it suits you. But no worries, friend.

I was only following the herds for the feast and I am not lying or stealing here. It was my first time to go in there b/c some of the players I know walked by my table and said lets go for the free chicken wings so I just come along. They also told me they have it every week and since I don't smoke and when I saw people walked back there, I assumed they went for a smoke so I never walked all the way back there. When I followed the guys to the lounge there was a lady security guard there but she said nothing so we all went in for the food. What's wrong with that?

Couldn't have been we had an event for our Chairmen. Must have been my concern over those 3 chicken legs you were going to eat

Does anyone know if the 50/100 game goes every Monday, or would Thursday be a better time to go? Thx.

Pretty reliable on both days - generally actually stronger on monday. Snow today might kill the game tonight though.

I agree, TURN THE MUSIC OFF!! It was louder this weekend and very annoying and distracting. Most players that want to listen to music bring their own.

It is more important to get people seated that have money burning a hole in their pocket. A good poker players profit comes from other players, not a $1.50 an hour comp!

They don't serve chicken legs only chicken wings and they weren't good anyway. As I said in my previous post , I am not going to miss it.

Wow, I thought I was playing for the $1.50 an hour comp and did not know that a good player can really make a profit for living. I think I should consider changing my day trading profession.

its cold + snowy outside. md live is warm. that 1.50/hr food comp plus free wings on fri/sat = nice place to hang out.

just fold everything that doesn't have 4 face cards or AA double suited and you'll be ok.

Mike,

A dealer mentioned today that the tournament guarantees come out of the BBJ fund. Is that true? I don't know if this is standard policy across casinos, but it seems unfair that cash players should have to fund a tournament series.

That sounds totally wrong.

I don't know why the two are mutually exclusive. Every other casino in the country appears to be able to manage both, seating players in a timely manner and ensuring players are receiving the comps they receive.

I swear the Maryland poker player has battered woman syndrome from all those years of being treated like garbage at Charles Town. Yes, Maryland Live is a significant improvement, but you shouldn't just be this push-over consumer. "Oh who cares that they're not giving me my comps, at least I'm getting something, I used to get nothing."

Not 100% sure but that sounds ridiculous and I highly doubt it's true.

This is why hardly anybody plays at CT any more because they were treated like dirt in the past. When you play at a casino, you are expected to be comped because this is how the casinos compete in getting repeat customers. However, when the system failed to register the player's card and management faulted on the the player because management think that it is the player's responsibility then I have an issue as a player.

Who is going to have time to keep track of the little light in the bravo system when I am putting hundreds if not thousands in the pot and also holding 4 cards in my hand? I don't really give a damn about the $ 1.5 comp per hour because I've tipped the dealer every hand that I won. That's right, every hand regardless of pot size including chopped pot that I made no money. Just because those who abused the system why should I be punished when I've done nothing wrong? Meaning when other players at the same table can confirmed my present for logged in for x amount of hours and I should forgone those comp credits because now is my fault not keeping track of the bravo system? I've averaged about 60 hours a month since Live opened and that's $ 90 in comps so why would any idiot is willing to give that up and preferred "seating someone in a timely manner" is more important just not thinking straight. I am not saying I was not registered every time but there's always a possiblility that it could happen and when the system failed, the responsibility should be on the poker room not its players. Therefore, comp credits should be backtracked to the players.

If they don't fix their problem now and allows it to continue will evetually backfire when the competitors show up in the near future. Look at what happend at CT and it could happen here because players are unforgiving when they know they are being treated unfairly.

IIRC DP would take overlay from the BBJ when a tournament didn't reach its guarantee.