I also enjoy it. I feel safe playing / parking there, most of the dealers are good and I get some level of comps even though I only play maybe twice a month. Once Baltimore and National Harbor open up I'm interested to see how that impacts the player pool.

whats this Hot Chicks promo april 11-13?
100 points get you a 'chick'.

guaranteed freeplay (random) like last years easter bunny promo?

I don't think poker play qualifies for that promo.

Nonetheless, as usual, MD Live marketing department puts out hardly any details and put out ads with as little info as possible

And the YouTube clips they make are just 2 minutes of bad graphics and a text overlay. No explanations or details.

Yep; same garbage for their April Fools day promo

yup, I know poker doesn't qualify for that promo.
in fact, according to the sign at the brush, poker doesn't qualify for ANY promo.
was hoping u knew since you're a Black card with a casino host and VIP phone # and all that jazz.

Is there a new director of Marketing because last years April promos were clear?

and Since today is Aprils fool day, what were the details of the promo?


edit:
Google tells me Dawn is no longer Director of Marketing since last July :shock:
https://www.marylandlivecasino.com/a...INAL7.9.13.pdf

I still don't know... never bothered coming in. The webpage had a worthless video

https://www.marylandlivecasino.com/p...ools-free-fun/

and I didn't come in to see what it was all about

My table flopped quads 3 times in an hour and a half today. felt like i was stacking $50 all day. Love the live flop promo.

If you have a positive topic you'd like to discuss, please share. Discussing negative aspects that we as poker players would like to see rectified is, as Lattimer has already stated, human nature.

I would love to have a healthy discussion of some positive attributes of this room, but it's unrealistic to expect to eliminate discussion of negative aspects of the room. If you go back and investigate, Mike has been fantastic in responding to the comments made in this thread addressing our concerns and complaints. There are some things he has direct control of and there are those that he does not. But he has definitely been our champion in making this room the best room it can be.

Again, I encourage you to bring up positive topics of discussion. But please, do not expect the complaints and concerns to end. I encourage them to continue because that is how positive change is accomplished when we have someone in a position of power who listens and is on our side.

Sounds like my table. Were you at 43?

This also sounds like table 43...

I am very happy with MD Live as well. I was not a hardcore player - would play primarily with friends and when on vacation in New Orleans. But I've become a regular at MD Live. 35 minutes from home, 15 minutes from work - and usually a short wait to play unless during peak times. No, it's not perfect - we have the known issues with waitresses and the slow cashier line.

But the idea that they don't give a crap about poker players or there is some sort of intentional malice seems absurd - if so why would they build the room in the first place? Sure, they've made mistakes with unanticipated consequences (the rapid fire thing sure sounds like that) but they've also proactively solved several problems: they have gotten much better at filling seats, they put up table number signs, liner around the table to solve the problems at seats 7 and 10, showed sports on the upstairs TVs instead of only Bravo. And Mike has been as open as reasonably possible about the rationale behind the decisions they have made.

I hit quads twice on table 43 on Saturday. Not on the flop though. And I was still down for the day .

They build the poker room for small profits to keep a small, select group of people happy. They also hope that a decent portion of the people coming in will play their winnings in the pits and slots, which enough do. They're also counting on you playing the pits and slots while waiting for a seat, which they do. Finally, they're counting on you bringing friends and family that are going to play slots and pits while you're busy at the poker table, which enough players do.

If fewer players brought people for the pits and slots, poker tables would be replaced by slots and tables rather quickly. Poker players are a necessary evil for the casinos.

My table didn't flop anything all day, but ship the 8 cents in EV from seeing flops with suited broadways

Collectively I think the people that use the parking garage are some of the worst in the country unless the spots are smaller than normal.

They used to care but not any more about the poker players. Although I do play craps here now and then and this is how I was qualified for the "rapid fire" drawing. I do go up twice a week and I'll be up again this morning and I don't think is too much to ask for the drawing to be displayed when they have at least 20 TVs in the room. Also, the drawing is not on a daily basis only when there are promotional drawings.

I know the casino is doing great by bringing in 50 to 60 million a month, although poker revenue is about 2 million, however, if they start treating poker players like the way they did in Charestown, it will hurt them in the long run. I like MDlive and this is where the action is and is also close to me and half of the distant I used to drive to CT. However, If I have to drive double the distant for something better (i.e Horseshoe in Baltimore), I would not hesitate to do it again b/c I used to make the monthly trip to the Borgata before CT and MDLive.

Lots of people double parked.

Yup. Seat 7. I can only imagine how much money that lady would have dumped on the table if she was there the whole time...

Can anyone comment on the Mega Stack tourney tonight? I know its a turbo with 15 min levels and 15k starting stack - wondering what the levels start at and how tough the field tends to be. Also since it starts at 7:15 but its a turbo when does it tend to wind down?

I'm heading over after work and I'm torn between staying at 1/2 or taking a shot at the tourney.

You guys have got to be kidding with this bashing of Maryland lives poker room....what casino has the game selection like this place does?!?

And if you think horseshoe will be better your on pills....Maryland live is the most player friendly room in area and prob the country...

Horseshoe will be comping Zero to 50 cents a hour and will be "no flop with a $5-6 drop"......creased up gemaco cards with 238 nail marks on every card....place will be a joke with 1-1nl games

Coming down at the end of the month for the UFC fights and wondering if I should stay near casino or downtown Baltimore? Any recommendations on hotels near casino? poker rate? How long of a drive is it from downtown Baltimore?

The casino is closer to the airport. Hotels near the airport will do you nicely.

What price range?
The casino website has links to hotels which offer discounts.
About 15 minutes.

you'll probably be able to get a nicer room, at a better rate near the casino/mall or near the airport. it's about a 15 min drive from downtown.

The 10/25 has almost never run on a Monday. The game has been dying and there are never two tables any more. Many players have converted to the 10/10 PLO. The game is even shaky on Friday and Saturday :-(