Last time I checked they have at least 4 to 6 people running the floor not including the front desk for registration. It should take no more than 5 mins to confirm a new player and it should not slow the game that is already in progress. Not confirming would have you wait a lot longer unless you're one of those who prefers to sit down anytime when there's an empty seat. Disregading the WL is cheating and should be strictly enforced.

I am sure most people would not object the idea of floor being called for seat assign rather than to have wait for hrs. Besides, floor personnel should be walking up and down the floor provide assistance and should not always be in the front of the room. Bottom line, no game is worth waiting for 3 hrs to play.

"AA, your 1/2 seat is ready. Are you AA? Please go to the supervisor with his hand up. He'll point you to your seat at table 10."

I think they need more supervisors on the floor. That should help, but I don't think it's that hard to do this.

whatever happened to rewards card must match between bravo signup and sitting at the table?

does bravo even do that?

Is it possible to swipe a player in to a specific table from the podium? So the player's name is on the board at the table, and can check against player's card? (Although this wouldn't work if someone didn't have a card I suppose.)

Part of the problem is people signing up for multiple lists. Several people have said to me that they sign up for 1/2, 2/5, &2/2PLO, then just play whichever one comes up first.

Is it possible to just have a players card swiped at the registration desk to enter them into the Bravo at their table? That would cut down on line jumpers a lot.

Opened a new plo table #10 someone come play with me im sitting by myself lol

The tricky part about this scenario is that you don't know if people should be taken off of the other lists or not. Perhaps a 2/5 player is on all 3 lists in the example, and he is called for 1/2 - he should be able to play that game until his 2/5 seat becomes available. On the other hand, maybe someone signs up for all 3 games in your example and will play whatever game he gets a seat at first - in this case he should be taken off of the other lists.

If you have played at the Borgata, the floor people always direct you to the exact table and there's no way you can get around it. They have people in the front, the middle, and know exactly what table to send you. There's no way you can just sit anywhere and if they caught you cheating, they threaten to ban you from the poker room. Why can it happen here at MDlive?

Btw, I do tend to sign up for mutiple games and play whatever game comes first. I am sure lots of people do that unless your bankroll won't allow it and you have to stick to 1/2 or lower limit games.

Live needs at least 5x the waitresses they currently have working. I waited 42, 37 minutes for a simple coffee order and 57 minutes for a food order on Saturday. People skipping the WL is the only other issue I've had.

from the start i've been a proponent for Bravo, which has the capability of doing so, assigning seats at tables to players after the players are swiped in at registration - this would DEFINITELY STOP people from walking in, jumping the line, and taking whatever empty seat is available - i think it will also help the registration and seating staff tremendously with filling seats in a timely and efficient manner

i soooo hope MDL starts using this Bravo feature soon

yes

not certain, but that sounds like a reasonable assumption

agree * agree * agree

Did anyone else see the guy actually crying at the table downstairs Saturday night? He said he was a pro and losing 5k really hurts him. Seems like the table was making fun of him for losing. The floor came over a couple times and eventually made him leave. Thought I had seen it all lmao

Didn't see that, but did see a few weeks ago when, at around midnight on Sunday night, a furious woman came stomping in to the upstairs with security. She confronted a man at the table next to me and said that she had been trying to contact him all day and that "the kids were home crying because they miss their father" or something along those lines. She stood there 5 minutes or so until he racked up and left with her. Was hilariously awkward and pathetic.

Dear Mike,

i'm love, love, lovin' MDL! thanx again for being instrumental in making one of my wishes come true - having a poker room close to home

just thought to share a couple of observations . . .

on more than one occasion, I've stood at the front registration desk and witnessed more people sent to a table than there are seats available at that table (maybe because some person walked in and just sat down, skirting the waiting list) as well as no name being called when it was obvious the table changed color on the Bravo monitor advising a seat had become available at that table - i've even gone to the front and pointedly asked why no names for a specific game had been called in the last 15 minutes, when it was apparent to me just walking through the room that there were multiple seats available for that game (i can actually understand why some people would walk in and sit down), to which i received the response, "i'm moving as fast as i can" - additionally, it appears that the person calling names for seats, is also tasked with the job of fielding players' questions when they come up to the registration desk

during peak hours, it might be a better option to have 3 people at the registration desk - one to register new players; a second to assign players to seats; and a third to answer players questions regarding: table location; players card issues; where they are on the list (because they can't see their name on the viewable portion of the list on Bravo), expected wait times, etc., etc.

additionally, thought to mention that on Sunday a football game was on the monitor behind the registration desk, in the place of the Bravo list - of course, having the game on is cool, but as a player standing in line to sign up, i'm more concerned with how many people will be on the wait list in front of me, and what my expected wait time might be, for the games i'm interested in signing up for - so maybe ixnay on replacing the Bravo list with a football game?

just some thoughts . . .

I had someone one of the times I was there just sit at our table and he tried to bring over the buy in claiming he came from a broken game. The dealer asked him what table and checked with one of the dealers next to us who was waiting on their table and they said it wasn't broken so he only bought in the table maximum...but just using that to point out I've seen people numerous times just take a seat. Although, it really doesn't bother me as every time I've played I've spent a while short handed and been at tables that practically have to beg to have seats filled

Bravo has the capability, and it is such a cool feature - the poker room at the Hard Rock in Tampa, Florida uses it, and that room is not 1/3 as busy as Maryland Live!

1) player is swiped in upon registration
2) when a seat becomes available, player's name is called over the PA system; the player is told which table to go to; and their name is sent to the assigned seat and table, where it is viewable by the dealer
3) upon arrival to the table, the player provides his/her player's card, and the dealer confirms the name and swipes them in

done

yes

good question regarding what would happen if a player doesn't have a card

i do the same

What was the game he was playing?

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I don't find those degenerate stories funny at all, I really don't want poker to get the reputation of ruining people's lives. Play the game responsibly, have fun while you're playing, enjoy the strategy aspect of it. But, ffs, don't wind up like one of those guys.

What is 5k to a pro? 1/2 Pro? I don't think you can make a living being a 1/2 or a 10/25 pro since most 10/25 only runs on Fri. n Sat. No guaranteed you'll win all the time being a pro playing 10/25 b/c guys playing 10/25 know what they're doing.

Exactly, is not only sad but also major embarrassment and I'd not feel comfortable sitting next to that guy. I'd hand him a gambling addiction brochure right there if I see one.

You could obviously make a decent amount of money playing 10/25, skill is relative, as long as you are one of the better players you'd make money. I know it only runs on the weekends, but a player playing in the 10/25 would play 5/10 or 5/5 PLO when the bigger games werent running.

Anyone crying at the table probably isn't a pro, if he is, he shouldn't be.

Not only that, but a good 30% of the waiting list is full of nicknames.

"Black" "Smooth" "Ice" "King" "Scooby Doo" "DMX" "XYZ" "DMT" etc etc... All of which I've seen in 4 days straight of play.

I even saw someone at the sign in as "Phil I.V."

That idea will never work