Had a chance to check the room out this weekend. Overall I was impressed. Valet service was great. Very conveniently located and eliminates most of the risk of walking through the parking lot. The room itself is comfortable and has a nice vibe. Only complaints about the room itself would be the lack of restrooms and the charging boxes. While the chargers are an excellent idea, the execution is a bit off imo. The cables are way too short and the boxes are a bit in the way but the convenience is worth those two issues.

My biggest issue was with dealers. I understand that with any new room that has new dealers there will be a period of time where things won't run perfectly. However a few of the dealers I saw were seriously attrocious. It seemed like a common point of misunderstanding for the dealers was missed blinds, single big blinds, and posting/buying the button. I saw several situations where it should have been one big blind but the dealer didn't understand and just skipped over a player. I spoke up once but got shot down and the other players didn't seem to care about it so I let it go. Raye, this may be something you want to reinforce with your new dealers.

Other than those issues the staff was great. Nice to see a lot of recognizable faces from established poker rooms. The action was also excellent. 2/5 played super deep and the average pot was well over $100. The 1/2 & 1/3 games I'm sure are equally as juicy. I'm definitely looking forward to playing here more when in the area.

No Tuesday night tournament?

What is the hotel situation?

No hotels on the property or very close by, but this casino is maybe 1mi from center city and plenty of options. There's also a shuttle bus that goes through CC.

howd first day of tournaments go?? runners & top prizes??

kylephilly - Thank you for the question. I'm passing this on to IT. As soon as I hear I'll let you know. Raye

PALLADINN - Thank-you for the question. Please see below.

We had 25 players. First - $625 Second - $375 Third - $250

$50 + $10 + $5 No Limit Holdem Re-Entry Tournament
10:00am – Sunday through Friday
Level Minutes Ante Small Blind Big Blind
1 15 - 25 50
2 15 - 50 100
3 15 100 200
4 15 25 150 300
5 15 50 200 400
6 15 50 300 600
7 15 75 400 800
8 15 100 500 1000
9 15 200 600 1200
10 15 300 800 1600
11 15 400 1000 2000
12 15 500 2000 4000
13 15 500 3000 6000
14 15 1000 4000 8000
15 15 1000 5000 10000
16 15 2000 6000 12000
17 15 2000 8000 16000
18 15 2000 10000 20000
19 15 2000 15000 30000
20 15 2000 20000 40000


We are having an Industry Night Bounty Tournament at 7pm. $55 + $25(Bounty) + $15 + $5. Open to all players. Show your employee card from and casino and receive $10 in food comps. One player from each tournament table will be randomly drawn for a free 15 minute massage coupon.

TheTalkingMule - Thank-you for the question. We will have Tuesday night tournaments in January. As soon as they are approved will post the schedule here.

I can finally promote on here! So here we go. HIGH HAND PROMOTION
Starting on Sunday December 14, every hour from 12pm to 5pm the player with the best hand in the poker room during the previous hour will win $300. Prizes will be awarded at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm 4pm and 5pm on Sunday through Thursday up to December 24th. On December 25th every hour from 5pm to 10pm the player with the best hand during the previous hour will win $500. Prizes will be awarded at 6pm, 7pm 8pm 9pm and 10pm.

I just noticed you're Cyan. Woooo!

I haven't played many tourneys, but isn't 15 minute rounds shorter than most?

Raye,

I haven't been in a couple of weeks... are you now dropping an extra dollar to cover this or is it purely SugarHouse funded? If it's the latter I will be very, very impressed.

Hi ACtoLV! It is purely SugarHouse funded! Raye

Asterox811 - You are right. More like a turbo. 20 minutes might be better suited. Raye

gergdon8 - Thank you for the feedback. I'm working on the tournament schedule for January and will make the changes. Raye

This is great news. If it stays this way you have a chance to draw a bunch of rec players from other local rooms.

Agreed that house funded promos will be great for the room. I'll be back a fair amount when I am home (NJ) every month.

is there already a tournament schedule?

Yes, they started Tuesday. Check Bravo

Raye,
Played in Thursday tournament and ended up 6th just out of money. I think they will get bigger as time goes by. Few things, I had to tell a dealer about a chopped pot(wasn't in hand but was paying attention to board) that was going to be awarded to one player. A few times had to remind a diff dealer to give change for a small blind not played.
These little mistakes can be the reason some players won't come. These issues can be easily fixed though.

Why promote the charging ports at the table if none of them work? Such a needle.

I was disappointed to hear tonight that the high hand includes PLO up against NLHE... So basically, it's going to be a big longshot to win in a hold em game if a couple tables of PLO are running. That said, with this promo completely casino funded, it's not nearly as big of a deal and maybe they want to get PLO running regularly.

I had one dealer who made a few mistakes tonight and was cutting chips out two at a time instead of in fives, which I've never seen a dealer do. Most of the dealers who were slow seem to have improved, though... so good job with that. I heard they keep track of hands per hour and have a chart for all the dealers which will hopefully push the slow ones to work on improving.

Also I'm not sure if it's new or I hadn't noticed but the valet kiosk by the cage is a great placement. I scanned my ticket, cashed out, walked outside and my car was waiting. Can't beat that!

Raye one question I have is about the rule that you can't transfer to a new game for 30 minutes. I get the purpose of it, but when a new 1/3 opened and I couldn't transfer from my 1/3 for 30 minutes but others could transfer from 1/2, it was frustrating. Can you consider a change there?

I personally wish you'd kill 1/2 NL and just spread 1/3 but I assume that's not going to be in the cards any time soon... But if I'm in a bad 1/3 game now and I see several names on the list I'm actually better off switching to 1/2 and getting on the 1/3 list to get into the new game sooner... But that's obviously bad for the room and the stability of the games running.

If the transfer isn't going to leave a game in danger of breaking, in my opinion you should allow transfers into new games. It rewards the players who keep the games going even when they can't table select, and that's good for the room, assuming you'd rather have as many 1/3 and 2/5 games going as possible.

That is awesome. I wish I could make it up to take advantage. You almost never see promotions like that for omaha players. It's good to see Sugar House continuing to distinguish itself from the competition.

I asked the floor of the promo included PLO on Friday and he said no, only hold'em games. They announced all game types over the mic that's why I asked the floor.

If any of you were involved in that drunk game this morning from 3am-7am with the constant >1,000 pots, that was fun.