It's really not... it is very simple to determine who the last bettor or raiser was. The players will
Know 99% of the time...

Are you in the building today, Johnny?

In a heads up pot sure. Multi way gets confused a lot. In my opinion you are setting up your dealers for failure here.

A lot of places with poorly trained dealers do this. It's a shortcut to doing things the correct way. The dealer and players have to pay a little more attention but it's much easier to do last aggressor when you have professional dealers and regs who know the rules.

When you deal 250 hands a day you will make mistakes/ lose your attention span . This doesn't have anything to do with training. Putting in place rules that are simple and easy to follow makes for more consistency.

I understand it makes it easier but even if the dealer forgets 1/10 times the players will know. Some of us want to play real poker and not some dumbed down version.

Just like they know the action is on them or that there was a straddle or whatever. I really dont understand the strategic benefit to a system of who the shows first matters other then it should be consistent and not open up to angle shooting. And last aggressor will be angle shot a lot and slow down the game.
This is specifically why the WSOP, WPT and HPT all use positional disadvantage.

With positional disadvantage there are no mistakes no arguments no ambiguity no angle shooting!

How many mistakes can their really be?? It's a simple question... Who bet the turn? Or flop? If 9-10 people and a dealer at the table can't figure this out in a second or two, they should give up on poker.

This is why I always just flip up my bottom pair or J high hand and ask for the pot. If someone has me beat, they'll show. If not they can muck. I mix up my play enough, good luck trying to get a read on how I play middle pair no kicker.

Headed into the poker room right now... Wearing a gaudy Tennessee Orange shirt. Look like an overdressed hillbilly....

you must be southern. in MS it's the gaudy red or blue, in LA it's gaudy yellow, etccccc (go Ole Miss)

Finally got a chance to see the hillbilly!

Nice to meet you JG. Hope to see more options and programs for us poker players.

Changing to last aggressor slows the game down. Please change it back. No one I've talked to is happy about this change and less than half the dealers are aware of the specifics of it. If it's all in pre it should be the guy who shoved who shows first. Otherwise, worst position should show. This worked flawlessly at Live. Just my two cents.

Count me among those who think last aggressor is a terrible system. Worst position should show first if no action on the river.

It is actually very logical on a checked river to go with order to act method. It would take to long for me to type on my phone. But a simple way to think is if you bet the flop are you now forced to act first on the turn?

Count me as one that likes the change to last aggressor showing first. Very good change. Just my opinion.

Last aggressor. I bet. You called. I have to show. Whether it happened on the final or earlier street is not relevant, imo.

Can you also get pumpkins at the cage for potential rebuys?

Last aggressor is just fine.

this makes 0 sense

I hit the poker room yesterday and here are my thoughts:

- Nice big room , tables and chairs were nice.
- The dealers were great .
- The check in process went very smooth. I was 30th on the list and was playing in under 30 mins.
- All the MGM employees' I encountered were super friendly.

Johnny, I give your poker room an A+ and thank you for continuing to replying to this thread..

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Can someone on this thread speak to how the rake is in the 1/3 NLH at MGM compared to other poker rooms in the area?

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After I got done playing poker. I headed to go play some Blackjack. I was walking toward the Blackjack table thinking I need to find out if you can double down on any two cards, split any two cards, double down after splitting ect.

So, as I am walking toward the table I see CSM and then I see blackjack pays 6:5 !!!

Looks like I will NEVER play black jack at MGM.. I saw some suckers at the black table but, the tables were pretty empty. (I wonder why) I hope players vote with there feet and stay far away from Black Jack until they come out the some more favorable rules for players.

IMO, better black jack rules will equal much more play and MGM will make even more money then they do now... It could be a win for MGM and players as well.. You could have the odds stacked in the players favor and most all players would still be big losers in long run because of poor play and bad money management skills.. Just my $.02..

Hi Bruce,

The rake at 1/3 NLHE is the same as the other Maryland casinos: $7 max -- 10% up to $5 to the house + $1 @ $10 promo fund + $1 @ $30 promo fund.

Thanks for the laughs with the blackjack comments!

There are 3-2 blackjack tables in the pit right by the poker room (near the conservatory entrance) as well as high limit. But yes, majority are 6-5 throughout casino.

$25 tables right outside the poker room are 3:2.

Read an interesting article last week about how as bad as 6:5 is, it's still better than a lot of other table games that are packed. So, to each his own lol.

Curious if mgm would be willing to match the time raked idea for 2/5 if mdl went through with it?

Really like the poker room btw. Especially the cleanliness compared to mdl, where it was typical to see layers of trash underneath every table

What's a good rule of thumb for the number of people on the 1-3 waitlist vs wait time?


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