Seat 2 at Table 26 has a ridiculous glare due to the long LED light right next to the high limit entrance area. Johnny was made aware, came by and sat in the seat to see for himself. He said he’ll work on it since it’s so bad. Customer service like that is much appreciated!

The light should be dimmed soon. And thank you!

Does MGM offer "Player's Bank" like at Commerce? They're a godsend for players who don't want to carry around cash and risk getting robbed, as follow-home robberies from the casino are not uncommon. If not, would you guys consider making it available?

Your question is answered in the first post of this thread. You can find lots of good information about the room there.

I saw this twice just last Sunday morning. On table 18 and the table to the right of it within a span of 1 hour. Both times the floor came over and just let the player have their way even though it was pretty apparent the player (on 18 especially) was FOS, but not backing down from his stance. I can understand not wanting to cause an escalation but if all it takes to get your way is to hold your ground in a lie and give off the impression that you might get aggressive then this is going to continue to be a big problem.

There is a drawback to the new room. It is so impressive they may get so much more business that the lines are just as long as before. During the first few days with the promotions running it has been flat out all week and right now it’s at capacity even with 7 more tables running. This is a testament to the great job Johnny did with the room, but I hope the lines don’t get any worse.

It’s the first weekend with the new room. People are excited. It will normalize soon enough.


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The hallways encircling the poker area seem to be unnecessarily wide. They could move the rails a full 1 yard out and the hallway walking area would still be spacious. Maybe that is the eventual solution to creating more space between the tables.

Completely agreed.

I know plenty of table changers - they just hop around table to table with out asking. Usually they are bad for the game, so no one says anything in hopes we get a random fish - but they really should be banned for a week for doing this.

It's hardly noticeable at the 1/3 games but if you play 2/5 consistently it's a major problem. I've been stuck on bad tables for a while and have asked for a table change but it takes a while - and sometimes the floor forgets, while these other people just do it. One guy in particular probably jumps to 5 tables a night - plays like 3 orbits - walks around - plays a few more and jumps to a new table. it's really strange, not sure how he knows the game is bad with in 30 hands, but meh.

The floor doesn't seem to care at all - and I think are fed up.

Whether its table jumpers or line jumpers - this is a problem that dates back to the early days of the old room. Especially at 2/5. If you are friends with the dealers and known by the floors - they dont give a crap. Nothing will happen to them so you might as well get used to it.

I hope the same isnt the case with the spacing issue. Tables 30-34 suffered from this the entire time the room was open and we heard various reasons for 18 months from we know its an issue to we have a solution to its a security issue but we have a solution to...nothing. I'd like to be positive about it this time around.

Went last night but couldn't play, ended up coming home with some cheesecake instead. No complaints LOL.

Lol...on 2:5 I know just the guy you are talking about

If you identify him publicly I will do my best to shame him into better behavior.

Few things, most of which I'm sure have been mentioned already:

1. Fire the cretin who thought 4 urinals for a 90% male room with 400+ people is OK. I wouldn't be surprised if someone who had to go was going to use the women's restroom

2. No reason for the slot machines to be in this room. I guess you could leave maybe 20-40 of them, but the only people I've seen at them were people just waiting for their poker player friend to leave - i.e. just using them as seats and time killers. There were maybe 5 actual slot players among the 100+ machines. Ridiculous and a waste of space.

3. Is there a self-serve coffee station?

4. Outside rails touching some tables on the lower portion of the room - I haven't sat in one, but I've seen many people butt up against the rails - they looked uncomfortable.

5. Some tables may have malfunctioning software. A few tables consistently had open seats despite the 40 person wait list.

First trip to the new room today.

Overall, I’m impressed.

My slice of cheese pizza was of comparable quality to downstairs.

One additional comment on the men’s restroom design:

The had dryers are external Dyson Blades. There are two of them located on the wall between the three sinks.

IMO, this is going to lead to two tendencies - both of which will require increased attention by the attendants:

1) Increased usage of paper towels
2) There will be a greater tendency for water to puddle on the counter between the sinks due to collections from hands due to the air dryers.

currently playing 2/5 and . . .

- with a 50 count waiting list, it is literally taking 15 to 25 minutes to fill seats on our tables

- 3rd man walking not being enforced, forcing 5 & 6 player hands repeatedly on the new 9-handed tables

- speakers above the poker room area aligning the walkway adjacent to the cashier’s cate are not working

- music playing overhead is unnecessarily loud

i would like to suggest that tv screens with bravo info are available for waiting player viewing from areas just outside of poker room on all sides

additionally, it would be great if when names from registration lists are called, players could hear their names throughout all areas in the room (e.g., in Snacks, at the bar, etc)

just my thoughts . . .

Everybody knows this guy. The last day in the old room he was on table 11. He transferred to my table. Within 30 min he had transferred back to 11. I took a 15-20 min break and when I came back he was at my table again. Not sure why this is acceptable.

One possible solution for this is the use of generic table change cards. Ask for a table change, brush approves and gives you a card, you give it to the dealer at the requested table. Rinse and repeat. Since they won't have specific table numbers on them, they can just make a bunch of them and won't need to constantly go around to collect them from tables.

Would love for anyone in this forum to PM me and identify this player.

Looking for printable structure sheets for the PPO. The website is.... suboptimal.

Anyone with thoughts on how the new room will fare with the PPO coming up quick?

I've not been down yet, but will come for the 300k in a couple weeks. Based on the comments and Bravo.. I could see the Friday night and Saturday night flights getting slammed.

Best to go for a morning flight?
Will the old space be used for extra tables? (I assume..)

MGMNH poker Twitter recommended I email Johnny to receive printable version . Thanks!

Is the new room in the space PPO was held last fall?

Grand Ballroom will be used for 40’extra tables. Same space we used in Nov ‘18 for the PPO, just a smaller footprint.

No. Old space is being repurposed for permanent gaming addition.

for the big tourney in August, will access to the Grand Ballroom be available directly from the poker room level, or will players be required to go down to the main casino floor level, across the casino and back upstairs to the hotel lobby to access the ballroom?